How our local government works – Part 3 of 5 from the Feb 9 SRD Board Meeting
A Strathcona Regional District motion to remove the term ‘unceded’ from acknowledgements of First Nations territory was defeated, in a 8 to 6 vote, at the Wednesday, Feb 9 Board meeting.
Continue reading SRD motion to remove ‘unceded’ from First Nations territorial acknowledgements defeatedHow our local government works
The Strathcona Regional District Board is writing Premier Horgan, to protest the government’s new ‘reactive,’ and ‘emotionally driven’ forestry policies.
This letter appears to have largely been composed by Campbell River Director Charlie Cornfield, with some additions by SRD Chair Brad Unger.
If the authors had stuck to the idea that local government should be involved in the process, or taken a less confrontational approach, their letter would have received more support.
Instead, the decision to send it carried by a 7 to 6 vote.
Continue reading SRD protests BC’s ‘reactive’ and ‘emotionally driven’ forestry policiesCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
At their July 14th Meeting, the Strathcona District Board moved that “a letter be sent to the Minister of Forests encouraging the province to become more involved in research and distribution of science-based information.”
As Mayor Martin Davis of Tahsis, who made the motion, explained, “In the last several years there has been a real drop off of participation of Ministry of Forests in providing the research and background that we would hope would be impartial. I think that is a real lack. To depend on the logging companies for our information is really not the best place to be going for this. There should be independent research we can depend on.”
Continue reading Encouraging the province to become more involved in forestry researchThere were two opposing logging protests in Campbell River, last Thursday.
Continue reading Two Opposing Logging Protests in Campbell RiverThe Strathcona Regional District Board (SRD) decided to not support the DFO decision to remove open net pen aquaculture from the Discovery Islands.
Continue reading SRD will not support DFO decision
