City of Courtenay Official Community Plan - 2026 update

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Objective 2 Coordinated, inclusionary, and systems-based responses are in place to address evolving complex social issues

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Consider social determinants of health and adopt an evidence-based approach to policy formation, community education, advocacy, and decision making, including ensuring equity priority voices are included in the creation, delivery, and evaluation of services. Identify an appropriate role for the City in the delivery of social infrastructure in relation to other organizations, agencies, and jurisdictions that provide services for equity-priority groups . Work regionally to increase childcare spaces as identified in the Comox Valley Child Care Action Plan, including exploring how the City can support School District 71 in the provision of childcare spaces. Work regionally to reduce poverty in the Comox Valley by identifying an appropriate role for the City in addressing poverty systemically as identified in the Comox Valley Regional District's Poverty Reduction Strategy. Work regionally to further recommendations of the Comox Valley Substance Use Collaborative including identifying an appropriate role for the City. Support regional cooperation in the provision of addiction recovery centres, including those that provide on-site residential facilities. Continue to support the regional coordination of the Comox Valley Emergency Program. Emphasize community capacity building responses as essential to that program, including community adaptation approaches to the longer-range climate emergency. Through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM), advocate to senior governments for action, funding, support, and coordination in addressing social infrastructure needs including, but not limited to: a. Poverty reduction b. Homelessness and below-market housing c. Municipal infrastructure and community amenities d. Complex health care such as long-term care, mental health, and addictions care e. High quality, affordable, and accessible child care space targets as identified in the Comox Valley Child Care Action Plan f. Early childhood health and development g. For a growing seniors population h. Settlement services i. Food security j. Employment k. Public safety

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City of Courtenay Official Community Plan