Whereas the British Columbia Transit Act requires regional transit commissions to tax municipalities for the annual cost of a public passenger transportation system pursuant to section 15 of that Act; And whereas public transportation systems are generally unable to provide frequent, regular, or any service to rural communities that are taxed by the regional transit commission for the system: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request that the Ministry of Transportation and Transit amend the British Columbia Transit Act to provide a two-tiered financing model for taxation by regional transit commissions to municipalities thereby alleviating some of the financial pressure on rural municipalities that are taxed for, but receive little to no transit service.
