Vancouver City Council |
Motion on Notice
Submitted by Councillor Green for the Regular Council meeting of December 14, 2004.
2. Federal Funding for PCP+5 Proposal
MOVER: Councillor Green
SECONDER: Councillor Stevenson
WHEREAS:
1. The Government of Canada ratified the Kyoto Protocol in December 2002, committing Canada to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by six per cent below 1990 levels by 2012.
2. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability have established the Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) to provide a forum for municipal governments to share their knowledge and experience with other municipal governments on how to reduce GHG emissions.
3. 118 municipal governments across Canada representing more than 60 per cent of the population have already committed to reducing corporate and community GHG emissions through PCP.
4. PCP participants commit to working towards reducing GHG emissions in municipal operations by a suggested target of 20 per cent below 1994 levels, and a suggested target of six per cent reductions below 1994 levels through out the community within ten years of joining the PCP initiative.
5. PCP participants can apply to the Green Municipal Funds for support in completing inventories and implementing plans, resulting in increased capacity to respond to climate protection and deliver GHG reductions.
6. PCP participants and partners have communicated their need for a renewed program with additional resources.
7. The PCP+5 proposal calls for a renewed PCP Program requesting $5 million over 5 years.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE City of Vancouver urges the Government of Canada to fund a renewed PCP program at $5 million over five years.
THEREFORE BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED THAT this resolution be sent to FCM for use in securing funding for a renewed PCP program.
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