AVICC Resolution on Election Candidates

"THAT the Committee recommend to Council that the Town of View Royal submit the following resolution to the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities (AVICC) regarding an amendment to the Local Government Act to prohibit a candidate from running in multiple jurisdictions: "WHEREAS the simultaneous running for local government office by a candidate in multiple jurisdictions makes a mockery of the election process; AND WHEREAS there is currently no mechanism in local government electionsrelated legislation to prohibit the simultaneous running for local government office by a candidate in multiple jurisdictions; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Province of British Columbia be requested to amend Part 3 of the Local Government Act to add a prohibition on the simultaneous running for local government office by a candidate in multiple jurisdictions.""