Gaps in provincial services, increasing regulatory requirements and emergency management costs are stretching local budgets. The Union of BC Municipalities is calling on all parties in the provincial election to consider the growing financial pressures on local governments. The call to action is set out in Stretched to the Limit, which highlights the cost pressures local governments face due to gaps in provincial services, new housing mandates, and new responsibilities for emergency management during B.C.’s intensifying flood and fire seasons. | 
