The BC Chamber of Commerce encourages and welcomes member local chambers to submit policy resolutions to its policy process. During this process, the BC Chamber of Commerce’s Policy Review Committee reviews the policy and provides feedback to the chamber about the quality of the policy and how it can be enhanced. The Policy Review Committee also determines whether it will support or not support the resolution. Even if a resolution does not obtain Policy Review Committee support, it may go forward to a vote of the general membership, if the author chamber wishes. However the general membership will consider Policy Review Committee feedback in voting.
The cannabis resolution that you mention, the Policy Review Committee (PRC) did not support the resolution. This was its determination:
“The Cannabis prohibition issue is increasingly becoming a societal issue drawing considerable debate and the PRC is concerned that the Chamber and the business community may not be well served placing themselves at the centre of this debate. The Chamber membership has been presented with this issue a number of times and has declined to push the Chamber executive into taking a leading advocacy role. The PRC consequently does not support this resolution at this time.”
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At a recent Chamber Business to Business event Oliver – former president Petra Veintimilla announced that the organization has drafted a “business case” calling for the federal government to end the prohibition of cannabis in BC and Canada.
The resolution was set to be introduced at an upcoming BC Chamber meeting in Vancouver.
The proposal of the chamber suggests that businesses incur a cost of property crime, police enforcement and health care.
The Chamber believes that a drug like marijuana would not cost that much once legally produced and the population would not have to steal to find the money for a legal drug.
BC Chamber rejects local initiative on legalizing marijuana use | oliver Daily news
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