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Cost of Climate Change, Finances

The Quadra Project – Planetary Solvency

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Actuaries are the people who compile and analyze statistics and use them to calculate insurance risks and premiums. Their studies are finely honed, and because billions of dollars of profits and losses are determined by their conclusions, they are as objective and precise as any in our modern world.

Actuaries now have a sobering view of the world’s economic future if the urgency of global climate change is not addressed. The risk is that the global economy could face a 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 if immediate policy action is not taken on the climate crisis.

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Community

Area C Director’s Report: Recycle Depot, Budget, & a Strathcona Gardens Recreation Service update

From the desk of Regional Director Robyn Mawhinney

Hello and Happy New Year! Here’s hoping for a healthy, connected and kind 2025 in the Discovery Islands, on the coast, across the country, and beyond.

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Politics, Transportation

The SRD’s Active Transportation Planing Grant opens the door for larger opportunities

The Active Transportation Network Planning grant that Quadra Island received, and both Cortes Island and Area D are applying for, opens the door to far larger opportunities. 

As Meredith Starkey, Manager of Planning for the Strathcona Regional District (SRD), explained “Active transportation means anything human powered: walking, cycling, and rolling in the sense of skateboarding or some other type of device that you might use to roll.” 

“This is the BC Active Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program that’s administered through the Ministry of Transportation (MOTI) and Infrastructure. They have  a sub grant  that is specifically for active transportation network planning.” 

“What we have is the network planning grant.” 

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Arts

Bronwyn Claire Asha’s one woman theatre, Celtic folk music & storytelling comes to Cortes & Quadra

Bronwyn Claire Asha is bringing her one woman theatre, Celtic folk music and storytelling show to Cortes and Quadra Islands this weekend. She’ll be playing in Mansons Hall at 7 PM on Friday, and the Quadra Community Centre 7:30 in on Saturday, May 18, 2024.

“I am very excited to come to Cortes. I feel like Cortes and Quadra are both small communities that have a real heart to them and a real community connection,” she explained.

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Housing

Quadra Island considering opting-in to Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act 

Cortes Island is not the only rural area dealing with the provincial government’s Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act. Regional Director Robyn Mawhinney wants to know if Quadra Island would like to opt-in. She is conducting an online poll, which you can access by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page. Mawhinney is  also holding  an in-person meeting in the Quadra Community Centre at 6:30 PM on Wednesday, March 20th. 

“Opting in is certainly on the table right now. You’ve probably seen that there’s a survey out, live right now at srd.ca, which is asking islanders to identify the benefits of short term rentals, their potential concerns with them, and where they should be permitted. I think the survey, as well as providing a window into how islanders want to coexist with short term rentals, will help inform potential zoning by law changes,” she explained.

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