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Name: Anonymous on Jun 9, 2010Comments: I have lived here 23 years and I can't recall one good thing the island trust has done.....we need to have governance that balance jobs with every other aspect of the island we hold dear. Catering to a few very wealthy people who have nothing but time to go meeting is only pushing service people off the island.....just look at how many workers are coming to the island in the morning.....and thats not all because of property prices.....Flag
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Name: Keith Watt on Jun 9, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Kathy Sumpter on Jun 9, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Liz Cunningham on Jun 9, 2010Comments: I read parallels and similar concerns the Island residents have with the those in 'control' as I have to my own District and as one fellow commented "why be concerned what someone does to another is what that person will do to you." Thanks FC really hit home with that statement! Good Luck!Flag
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Name: Brandi Mackinnon on Jun 9, 2010Comments: Please review the Islands Trust. They operate like a very narrow mined and heavy handed special intrest group!Flag
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Name: Kyle Heeb on Jun 9, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jun 9, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Christa Schadt on Jun 9, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: John Cake on Jun 9, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Carol Miller on Jun 9, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Amanda Swallow on Jun 9, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Barb Jimenez on Jun 9, 2010Comments: It's about time!Flag
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Name: Jeremy Baker on Jun 9, 2010Comments: 40 years on Gabriola, with three Grand children living on the Island.The Islands Trust has bungled the issue of a Community Water Service, through inept bylaws, failure of enforcement and shockingly bad legal support in the court case. I am particularly concerned about the ability of an off- Island Trustee making a tie breaking decision for us and I am not impressed with the ability of the Trust Council overrideing the Local Trustees. I am not happy with going ahead with issues like affordable housing, without a viable plan for expanding buisiness opportunities to provide better employment prospects, There is no plan for a small industrial park for manufacturing buisnesses. We need an opportunity to take a second look at where we are and where are we going. I do not see a bright future with the Island Trust as it is presently constructed.Flag
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Name: R. Preston on Jun 10, 2010Comments: I am a property owner on Galiano Island. Over the past 15 years I have witnessed a significant deterioration in the propriety of local government under the umbrella of the Islands Trust. I have watched as bylaws beyond the powers of local government (such as requiring a donation of 75 % of an owners land in exchange for a dwelling permit) were developed and enacted only to be rescinded when a group of owners commenced a Supreme Court action against the local government. In 2008 I watched an unprecedented violation of acceptable democratic principles as bylaws of the elected local government aimed at resolving some of the fundamental problems of the Island were prevented from reaching the Minister by the Islands Trust Executive and Council. I have seen an inability of the local government to operate within the legislative framework of the Province and a dysfunctional relationship with Provincial Ministries. I have seen an inordinate flow of taxpayer’s money into litigation and legal opinions to justify action against citizens which is driving hard working people from the Island and seriously inhibiting the development of a sustainable island economy. I have seen the principles of good land stewardship replaced by a strategy which involves repressive control by local government and a focused attack on the property rights enjoyed by other Canadians. I cannot believe that these consequences were intended 35 years ago when the Islands Trust Act was developed. There can and should be a balance between the legislative powers of the Province, the functioning of the communities, the needs of the owners and residents, and the long term protection of the beauty of the Gulf Islands. In my opinion the realignment of that balance is long overdue and requires a review of both the Islands Trust Act and the operation of the Islands Trust itself.Flag
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Name: TOBY FOUKS on Jun 10, 2010Comments: I support this petition.Flag
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Name: Jim Helset on Jun 10, 2010Comments: The trust is attempting to act as a local government without being mandated to do this. It is a land use body only and should be made to work like the ALR. The local trust is diluting its efforts by getting involved in things it can control or changes such as enviromental and global climate change issues, they are supposed to be concerned with local land use issues only.Flag
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Name: Fiona Walls on Jun 10, 2010Comments: The review is well overdue.Flag
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Name: Rachael Brown on Jun 10, 2010Comments: Keen to see original Act together with what improvements can be made.Flag
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Name: Don MacLeod on Jun 10, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jun 10, 2010Comments: It's about time!Flag
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Name: Mike Woode on Jun 10, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Petra Otten on Jun 10, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Melissa Howard on Jun 10, 2010Comments: Let's all work hard to get a municipal government on all the Gulf Island of British Columbia. It is high time the the people on the Gulf Island are better represented!!Flag
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Name: Paul McGowan on Jun 10, 2010Comments: Salt Spring. Can the authority figures. Agencies like the trust are taking viable rural communities to the brink and then beyond. A viable community does not need governing only the practice of social awareness.Flag
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Name: Dorothy Elizabeth Young on Jun 10, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Peter J. Lake on Jun 10, 2010Comments: I am not against the Trust on Salt Spring. Indeed I support it's mandate fully. I have long been of the opinion that the Trust should be at an arms length from making land use decisions and should not be directly involved in the planning function as it is now. In other words it should be truly independant senate and making decisions in accordance with the appropriate Official Community plans and it's mandate. Local governance regarding services needs to be addressed by an independant body as is sanctioned by the legislation. Reform the Trust!Flag
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Name: Don Dashwood on Jun 10, 2010Comments: Islands Trust spending seems to be out of control. I believe we could be better served by a local government.Flag
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Name: Jason Dyck on Jun 10, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Julia Lucich on Jun 10, 2010Comments: At the Aug. 6, 2009 meeting of the Salt Spring LTC, the Chairperson is quoted (in the official minutes) as saying that its "decisions are made concerning land use, not people". It seems they either fail to see the connection, or have a callous disregard for the consequences those decisions have on the community (i.e., "people").Flag
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Name: Nicholas F Hunt on Jun 10, 2010Comments: It is high time that the trust act is reviewed. Too many bad decisions being made.Flag
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Name: Mike And Norma Wood on Jun 10, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jun 10, 2010Comments: Its about time.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jun 10, 2010Comments: I have lived here 40 years on the island....and I have not seen any good things they have done .Flag
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Name: Pauline McDonalod on Jun 10, 2010Comments: Yes I totally agree that a review of the Island Trust Act is long overdue. I believe the rules and regulations is a direct contributor to the islands affordable housing problem.Flag
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Name: Gary Lucich on Jun 11, 2010Comments: -An amended Trust Act must include: a)an appeals process. b)a standardization of procedures for Trustees, Administrators, and Users of the Islands Trust and its services alike. c)the ability for decisions of a local nature with no impact on outside communities to be decided on, in whole, by the representative(s) of the impacted community. d)a system of greater transparency and accountability of the Islands Trust (especially its Trustees and Administrators) to our community and respective governing bodies at large. e)a mandate that clearly addresses the need for BOTH the preservation and protection of our natural environment and resources AND the sustainability and healthy growth of an island community's economy, industry, infrastructure and overall well-beingFlag
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Name: L Mackey on Jun 11, 2010Comments: Not allowing owners of vacation property to rent their place when they are not using itFlag
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Name: Paul Naaykens on Jun 11, 2010Comments: I AgreeFlag
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Name: Mary Gillies on Jun 11, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Rachelle Chinnery on Jun 11, 2010Comments: In my limited experience with the Islands Trust, I have no complaints. But it can only be a healthy exercise to review the Act and adjust aspects to better serve the Islands that have changed so much in 35 years. This review might help clarify and redefine its structure.Flag
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Name: Karen Ross on Jun 11, 2010Comments: Hornby Island. After 35 years, there's a whole new generation - of residents and politicians - that could have input in a review process. With economic pressures on the island communities, a review of what the governmental structure might look like to ensure a balance of enviromental protections, diversity of ages and income levels, and the social fabric of the island communities, is timely.Flag
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Name: Gundy Macnab on Jun 11, 2010Comments: The Government of British Columbia having passed legislation to create the Islands Trust would be derelict in not reviewing the mandate of this unique level of government after 35 years in the face of a serious and growing concern amongst Gulf Islands residents.Flag
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Name: Tadeusz Debicki on Jun 11, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Sheldon Duff on Jun 11, 2010Comments: I own a 20 acre piece of forest land on Galiano which is rendered essentially useless and unusable by the consistent and concerted efforts of the islands trust. I would like to build a cabin on the property, but it seems that is not going to be possible in my lifetime. The islands trust and their local reps pervert the preserve and protect mandate to justify their "I've got mine, no more joiners" policies. It is high time to take a close look at this legislation and how it is being used.Flag
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Name: Ross King on Jun 11, 2010Comments: You can't "Preserve & Protect" the land-base and environment in isolation from the socio-economic wellbeing of the residents.Flag
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Name: Walter Forstbauer on Jun 11, 2010Comments: The Islands Trust has simply become an extremist environmental organization that does not respect property rights, democracy or the econonomic needs of it's residents.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jun 11, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jun 11, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Barbara Wadman on Jun 11, 2010Comments: I thoroughly back Robbie Preston's comments which are clearly written and which explain the devilish years of anguish we Forest Lot Owners have been put through for far too long. It is time some sensible decisions were made on Galiano, not the emotional ones put upon us by the minority of island dwellers.Flag
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Name: David Walls on Jun 11, 2010Comments: I do not believe that the Islands trust is a form of Local Governance. We need local representation that would govern all fascists of daily life, not just a few local hot topics.Flag
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Name: Simon Rook on Jun 12, 2010Comments: I don't want the act reviewed, I want it replaced with local government.Flag