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Langford Council in full force at UBCM

Representing Langford at UBCM 2024: Mayor Scott Goodmanson & councillors Kimberley Guiry, Colby Harder, Mark Morley, Lillian Szpak, Mary Wagner, Keith Yacucha

Island Social Trends

September 18, 2024

Wednesday September 18, 2024 | LANGFORD, BC [Updated September 19, 2024]

by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends

The City of Langford is in full attendance at the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) convention in Vancouver this week.

The convention runs September 16 to 20.

Attending from Langford is all of council — Mayor Scott Goodmanson, and councillors Kimberley Guiry, Colby Harder, Mark Morley, Lillian Szpak, Mary Wagner and Keith Yacucha — and Chief Administrative Officer Darren Kiedyk.

Over four days, the Langford mayor and council have attended 16 meetings with ministers and ministry staff, as well as several other meetings with additional organizations and groups, says Mayor Goodmanson.

mayor, council, langford, 2023 — Langford Council 2022-2026 (from left): Mary Wagner, Colby Harder, Mark Morley, Mayor Scott Goodmanson, Keith Yacucha, Kimberley Guiry, and Lillian Szpak. [City of Langford] – file photo 2022

Councillor Mary Wagner attended a session called ‘Youth Voices: Catalyzing Climate Action and Policy Reform’, as well as the large urban communities forum which undertook a discussion on the BC housing legislation that requires housing to be densified in transit-oriented areas of larger cities.

langford, mary wagner, ubcm — City of Langford Councillor Mary Wagner at the Union of BC Municipalities convention in Vancouver, Sept 18, 2024. [Supplied]

The City of Langford delegation is meeting with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure this morning.

langford mayor, councillors, ubcm — City of Langford Mayor and councillors Mary Wagner, Kimberley Guiry and Colby Harder at Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure session at UBCM, Sept 2024. [Supplied]

This morning the featured keynote speaker to the full UBCM audience was long-time media personality George Stroumboulopoulos.

Langford’s delegation is large enough to cover today’s afternoon town halls:

‘Stronger Public Services’ will be led by Minister of Health Adrian Dix, Minister of Citizens’ Services George Chow, and Minister of Education and Child Care Rachna Singh.
Housing will be led by Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon and Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Rob Fleming.
Emergency Preparedness will be led by Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Bowinn Ma, Minister of Forests Bruce Ralston, and Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Nathan Cullen.

UBCM Executive:

As for action in UBCM leadership, today a call for nominations off the floor for the position of UBCM President and the other Table Officer positions will take place today September 18 at 10:25 am.