North Pender LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Regular Meeting 
May 30, 2025 ADOPTED Page 1 of 10 
 
North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date:  
Location:  
May 30, 2025 
Anglican Parish Hall 
4703 Canal Road, RR#1, North Pender Island, BC 
 
Members Present: David Maude, Chair 
 Aaron Campbell, Local Trustee 
 Deb Morrison, Local Trustee  
  
Staff Present: Robert Kojima, Regional Planning Manager (electronic) 
 Brad Smith, Island Planner 
 Bruce Belcher, Planner 2 (electronic) 
Warren Dingman, Bylaw Compliance & Enforcement Manager (electronic) 
 Lisa Millard, Meeting Administrator/Recorder (electronic) 
  
Others Present: There were 14 members of the public present. 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Maude called the meeting to order at 10:01 a.m.  
2. TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
Chair Maude acknowledged that the meeting was being held in territory of the Coast Salish 
First Nations. 
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
The agenda was re-ordered and Item 15 will be discussed following Item 11. 
By general consent, the agenda was approved as presented. 
4. TRUSTEE REPORT 
Trustee Campbell reported increased conversations with community members  who are 
expressing concern about varying situations and how they might be affected. 
Trustee Morrison reported attendance at a recent Committee of the Whole meeting that 
focussed on discussion about the controversary regarding a September 2023 closed 
meeting and reiterated that the meeting was closed to discuss legal decisions to inform the 
definition of the Object of the Trust and not to decide the Mandate as has been erroneously 
reported in the media.  
  
ADOPTED 

 
North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Regular Meeting 
May 30, 2025 ADOPTED Page 2 of 10 
5. CHAIR'S REPORT 
Chair Maude reported the following: 
• Trust Council received a response from the Provincial Minster denying the request for a 
governance review and this response will be discussed at Trust Council meetings being 
held on Salt Spring Island in June 
• In response to recent commentary stating that the government should relocate 
residents off of the Gulf Islands and that Islands Trust has strayed from its mandate, 
Chair Maude stated that: 
• The original 1975 Trust Policy Statement recognized the islands are existing for 
the people and that the welfare of those people must be the primary concern of 
the Trust 
• Therefore, the current work regarding housing is within the scope of the 
founding mandate 
6. ELECTORAL AREA DIRECTOR'S REPORT - None 
7. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
A member of the public spoke to the following topics: 
• They will be submitting Freedom of Information requests to disclose the identity of the  
broker that holds the insurance policy for Islands Trust and asking if Trustee Campbell 
has a personal relationship with, and has received gifts from, the proprietor of Big 
Dig’em Excavating 
• They have sustained damage to their home on Port Washington Road which they believe 
is a result of

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