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Housing Minister to speak, the minister responsible for hosing in the BC Government will address the conference on housing hosted by the UBCM on Valentines weekend.
Ravi Kahlon
Ravi Kahlon BC Minister o Housing will address the conference on housing hosted by the union of british columbia municipalities on the weekend of the 13th and 14th of February.
Ravi was formerly the secretary for Parliament with respect to Sport and Multiculturalism.
Affordability
Weekend forum
The thought that access to housing is out of reach is a prime mover of talk in the market.
Editors note: If anyone looked,GIC renewals two year compound rates are dropping to 3 and a half percent
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The UBCM is having a second housing summit. Its mandate is to be the voice of the municipal governments in BC and to have a unified lobby for issues including housing. Demand for housing including for new residents and in partnership with covid has put a pressure on affordable housing across Canada.
As of 2021, the vacancy rate in British Columbia’s rental market was quite low, with some areas seeing rates below 1%. This has contributed to heightened competition for rental properties and increased pressure on the availability of affordable housing. The situation has been further complicated by the influx of new residents and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on housing demand. The Government of British Columbia and the UBCM have been actively addressing these housing challenges to ensure the availability of affordable housing for the residents.
The Government of British Columbia has announced a new policy to address the affordability of rental housing. Starting from January 2024, the annual rent increase cap will be set at 3.5% below the inflation rate. This measure aims to provide more stability for renters by balancing the need for landlords to cover increasing costs while preventing excessive rent hikes.
The decision comes as a response to the ongoing housing challenges in the province, where the demand for housing, coupled with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, has put significant pressure on affordable housing. With the vacancy rate in British Columbia’s rental market remaining quite low as of 2021, this new policy is expected to contribute to the availability of affordable housing for residents.
Valentine weekend
The conference runs the 13th through the 15th of February 2024.
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There are about 97,000 serving members of the regular army and reserves from the 2021 census.
Veterans
The 2021 census also counted nearly half a million veterans of which 75,000 are women, that’s about 16 per cent of the counted vets. Fully 1/3 are from 25 years to 54 years, and 4 of 10 are over 65.
Minorities
There are about 5 percent of now serving CAF members that are indigenous and 2.8 percent black,2.5 percent Chinese,2.3 Asian 1.4 Filipino,1.2 Latin American, making minorities more then a token of the serving force in 2021.
The British Columbia municipalities convention is on in Vancouver at this moment. Convention host Anne Kang is engaged with the work of work of overseeing her first convention has the host. The convention theme is balancing act, Anne is also the minister of municipal affairs in the British Columbia government and it’s been a member of the ubcm for 15 years.
Discussions untill this time have included the decriminalization of illicit drugs and it’s difficulties and $40,000 forgivable loans to build suites on single-family dwellings.
Both items are typified as crisis.The group hosted a housing summit earlier and this is the 20th year since and drug laws were liberalized in BC.
Declaritive forum
The UBCM is a forum for discussion and getting together of municipalities across a province it will be passing resolutions that are declarative in nature and are sometimes brought back to the legislature or to the home jurisdictions of all the mayors and councils in BC. On the agenda is resolution in respect to difficulties in getting permits and to access annual allowable cuts for the forest industry.
The city of Merritt has a resolution on the agenda for the up coming Union of British Columbia Municipalities. The potential law is item an NR 88, “To expidite forestry cutting permits”. This is a new issue before the body, NR designates that no action is required by the UBCM and will be an agree or disagree statement. Cutting rights are given by law through an AAC Annual Allowable Cut. The actual harvest requires permits for road access etc to be of any use.
The AGM is being held in Vancouver in September where an executive will be elected. The statement may have effect on ballots for or against candidates. look for item 149 on the agenda.
The Union of British Columbia municipalities is advertising for people to stand for the executive. The ubcm is The voice of the municipalities in British Columbia. Membership comes from being an elected person from a municipality in BC.
Lead,follow or get out of the way.
If you want to lead, then follow. When you follow, note the quirks the followers make, and be stronger than those quirks.
Thicken your skin, public speak.
Members of a public speaking club. Good starting place. File Photo…
KDG
The 2023 convention runs from September 18th to the 22nd. The theme is balancing act, he conventions in Vancouver.
camp on a traffic island on a freeway… File Photo KDG
Spring sprung
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Fifteen dollars worth of bottles File Photo KDG
Editors note: This is not what we had in mind when we recommend getting close to nature. However the sense of freedom is a motivation to many we have talked to in this lifestyle.
While the view that there will be never ending deficits may be held. The truth at this hour is there is no commitment to balanced budgets in this bill.
Great care to maintain services.
The deputy prime Minister of Canada says that: there has been great care taken to maintain services services.
Nine million people to be better off.
There is aental plan coming before the end of the year. This spending is estimated to help 9 million people not covered by dental plans including seniors and children.
New spending 💰💰
The new spending infact may be addressing what may be unfunded liability with its consequence showing up in the erosion of our Great society and its affect.
This may effect our public and private domains and the Peace of the nation.
Interest on acquire debt a concern.
Yes the amount of interest paid on acquired debt and where the money goes to is a concern, we hope all the bright minds in Canada will accommodate these difficulties.
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