Drugs, Public Safety Among Issues BC Municipal Leaders Will Discuss Next Week

Published on September 13, 2024

Leaders from municipalities across British Columbia will gather next week in Vancouver to discuss their priorities for the provincial government to take action on. Drugs, mental health, homelessness, and public safety resolutions are among those announced ahead of the meeting. Last year’s Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) convention got much attention for a resolution it passed calling on the government to prohibit drug use near places children gather and other public areas.  The provincial government acted on that, successfully scaling back its decriminalization pilot project in the past year with the backing of Health Canada. The UBCM will help gauge what new issues municipalities are seeing emerge and how they want the province to respond to the opioid crisis and public safety issues, among others. The conference will run from Sept. 16 to Sept. 20 and includes 267 resolutions; 25 percent more than last year....

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