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L7. Action to Address Challenges Facing BC's Rural Seniors
Status
Withdrawn
WHEREAS rural BC has a proportionately larger and faster growing seniors’ population than urban BC, yet has less infrastructure and resources to support its aging population; and
WHEREAS a greater and more focused provincial response to ongoing concerns about inequities in services and supports for seniors in rural BC is required to address the inadequacies of current approaches to such issues;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the North Central Local Government Association and Union of BC Municipalities endorse the recommendations of the Office of the Seniors Advocate’s report titled “Challenges Facing BC’s Rural Seniors” and dated February 2024, and calls on the Provincial Government to implement said recommendations; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the NCLGA and UBCM call on the Province of BC to begin doing so first by establishing a Ministry or Minister of State for rural BC in recognition of the geographic imbalance of regional representation in the Legislative Assembly
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