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June 7th, 2019

Todd G. Stone, MLA


Kamloops-South Thompson
Official Critic for Municipal Affairs
Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC V8V 1X4

Dear MLA Stone:

Thank you for your letter dated April 26, 2019 regarding the BC Liberal Caucus at the
2019 UBCM Convention.

As the Official Opposition, we look forward to your party’s participation at our


Convention. The clinics, workshops, resolution sessions and receptions provide a wide
range of opportunities for MLAs for all parties to engage with BC local governments on
the opportunities and challenges facing BC’s communities.

This year marks the 116th year of the UBCM Convention. Over the many years of
organizing and delivering our annual meeting, we have established a number of
protocols with regard to our program.

One of our protocols concerns the formal participation of the Official Opposition, which is
provided through a keynote address by the Leader and, in some years, the sponsorship
of a breakfast. Our Convention Committee considered our request to expand this role for
the Official Opposition by promoting three caucus sessions concurrent to our current
agenda. Since the promotion of additional sessions would draw delegates from the
established program, we are unable to accommodate your request.

As discussed earlier, we officially do not advertise events that are outside of our
Convention program unless there is a sponsorship of some nature. Based on our earlier
conversation you advised that a sponsorship is not an option for the Liberal Caucus.

Our Convention Committee wants to assure you that as a non-partisan organization,


consistency in our protocols for the role of Official Opposition have been consistent for
several decades, and that we will maintain these in the coming years as well.

Thank you once again for your outreach on this matter. I am available if you wish to
discuss this further.

Very best,

Arjun Singh
UBCM President

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