Whereas over 700,000 British Columbians lack a family doctor, and the provincial population is growing at 1.7 annually while newly arrived and existing family doctors face prohibitive costs and scarcity of properly configured spaces for community clinics; And whereas newly mandated growth from the province would better serve our communities holistically by incorporating healthcare needs of new and existing residents: Therefore be it resolved that the Province work with local governments, Provincial and Local Divisions of Family Practice, and developers to encourage or require consideration of community health clinic spaces in new development, including but not limited to, providing provincial health infrastructure fundingsubsidies, provincially leased spaces, and connections between physicians and healthcare workers to understand and address community needs within new spaces; And be it further resolved that the Province explicitly include funding for community health spaces in eligible Amenity Cost Charges ACC benefits.
