Infrastructure, housing, UNDRIP will top agenda as local governments meet in Victoria next week

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Members of local governments and First Nations are gathering in Victoria next week for the annual Union of B.C. “Local governments are being asked to fill that gap. Infrastructure funding among top issues for UBCMInfrastructure funding is a major concern for this year’s convention. It said local governments are more often taking on tasks that have historically been up to the provincial and federal government. The province mainly distributes infrastructure funding to local governments through a variety of grant programs.