Mayor Lee Brain keeps the Scrap the Tax ambitions his priority for the week of UBCM

As the delegates to UBCM Convention at Whistler head into day four and the homestretch of the five day political gathering in the famous British Columbia resort area, the topics of conservation have been plenty among many of the delegates, with a number of hot button issues making for the flow of discussion so far.

We noted yesterday that Councillor Barry Cunningham had put some of his efforts towards health care and discussions with Northern health officials while at the convention, with the larger topic of provincial health care making for a much discussed and reviewed session with Health Minister Adrian Dix.

Other communities have also put some focus on Crime, housing and homelessness issues to name a few.

However, when it comes to the topic of most note for Prince Rupert Mayor Lee Brain, his first dispatch from convention week issued yesterday, featured another in what has been a week of message making on the current talking point for City Council the #Scrap the Tax petition push that was launched one week ago.

Mr. Brain called on fellow Mayor Knut Bjorndal from Port Edward, as well as Prince Rupert Councillor Barry Cunningham and Port Edward councillor James Brown for the group shot photo and message sending notes from outside the Whistler Weston.

The Prince Rupert Mayor observing of a joint meeting with Port Edward officials on Wednesday, wth both communities taking part in a session with the Minister of Finance Selina Robinson.

Shortly after the Mayor's message to his social media stream was released, the relay began to fan out to share the word. 

With Councillor Cunningham noting of constructive meetings, though no details as to what may, or may not have been tackled were outlined in the social media blitz. Nor were any observations provided on how the province may have responded to the demands of the North Coast group.

Also making note of the Mayor's update through their own social media streams, were links from Councillor Reid Skelton Morven and council election candidate Terri Forster. 

Councillor Brown from Port Edward also shared the message for Port Edward residents.

As day four of the municipal government gathering moves forward, the Scrap the tax narrative remains the dominant theme for Mayor Brain's message making through his political Social media feed.

More notes on the reaction and conversation to the topic since it was introduced can be found through our Council Discussion archive.

Since there are some other important topics being discussed at the convention, hopefully we'll see a few other notes related to the work of those Prince Rupert Council members at the convention make its way into the information stream. 

That as the five day UBCM conference comes to an end tomorrow.

For the Prince Rupert delegation, the key event to come, could be the closing speech from Premier John Horgan tomorrow morning. 

That presentation historically has always made for a closely watched conclusion to the event.  

And for this year perhaps,  one where the Prince Rupert delegation may be hoping for a shout out and maybe a mention  of their themes as part of the wrap up remarks.

A look at what other communities are speaking to during convention week can be reviewed from our archive page here.