• Columns: Sustainability And Water Act Modernization

    By Wendy Bales. First and foremost, water needs to be a human and animal right. At a UBCM resource forum last year someone asked MLA then Environment Minister Penner if he would make water a human right

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  • Columns: Local Government Is Our Servant, Not Our Master

    UPDATED 07/24/10 – COMMENTS RECEIVED – By Maureen Bader. In May, when a B.C. task force released its recommendations to improve local government elections, one recommendation that didn’t get much attention was to increase the length of...

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  • Business News: Major Industrial Property Tax Review Underway

    Submitted. A joint review of major industrial property assessment and taxation has been established between the Province, UBCM, and industry it was announced today. Making the announcement in Victoria was Bill Bennett, Minister of Community and Rural...

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