2017 UBCM Minister Meetings

Attendees from City: Mayor Bob Simpson, Councillors: Paull, Roodenburg, Thapar, Elliott

Minister  New School for Quesnel Education  Municipal/School District partnerships for vulnerable children  Capital improvements

Minister  2017 Wildfires - Emergency response Public Safety/Solicitor General lessons learned & resources needed to improve response capacity

Minister  Quesnel’s high child vulnerability – more Children and Family Development accessible social programs and family supports in BC

Minister Scott Fraser  Quesnel Recognition, Reconciliation & Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Partnership Initiative – L’htako Dene Cultural Centre project

Minister  Improvements to Community Climate Environment and Climate Change Strategy Charter  Rationalizing and integrating climate objectives [Eg. GHG reduction vs. air quality]  Bio-economy options to address climate change while transforming the forest sector - Potential immediate projects

Minister  Post-fire recovery strategies & options, Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations AAC re-determination, Fibre supply  Bio-economy options in PG  Quesnel region  Quesnel’s request for an interface community forest and new CWPP  Rural community & economic development options & opportunities

Minister  Quesnel’s physician recruitment/primary Health care success and lessons learned  Major renovation of GR Baker Memorial Hospital  Rural needs for improved services and delivery mechanisms  *MH&A Requests redirected to Health:  Rural needs for improved services & delivery mechanisms  Quesnel partnership with Northern Health

Minister  Quesnel's housing needs Municipal Affairs and Housing  Provincial "maintenance standards" & stronger tenancy act  Alternate regional governance models

Minister  Tourism recovery post fire season Tourism, Arts and Culture  Rural arts & culture needs and opportunities  Quesnel Arts, Culture & Heritage Initiative

Minister  Rural poverty issues, especially as Social Development and Poverty Reduction resource sector declines/transitions  Partnership opportunities to address systemic poverty [local gov’t, health, social services, school district]  Seniors’ poverty

CRD Minister Meetings Mayor Simpson to attend

Premier  Overall impacts of the wildfires in the Cariboo region and the region's economic future - Funding for fire-impacted residents and businesses