Opposition to Bill 79 - the Columbia Basin Trust Amendment

WHEREAS Section 2 of the Columbia Basin Trust Amendment Act, Bill 79, replaces local government power to appoint Columbia Basin Trust Members with an opportunity to nominate candidates for the Lieutenant Governors selection; AND WHEREAS under Bill 79, the Lieutenant Governor may decline any nomination from a local nominating committee; AND WHEREAS the Lieutenant Governor may remove any director after receiving a written request to do so from, a the minister, or b the board of directors; AND WHEREAS the above diminishes Columbia Basin communities power to determine their representatives to the Columbia Basin Trust; AND WHEREAS Section 5 of Bill 79 removes specified public accountability from the Board of Directors: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of BC Municipalities request that the provincial government rescind the legislation.