Honourable Anne Kang - Request for Provincial Review of the Islands Trust

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October 16, 2024                      File No.: 4700-20-Prov 
 
Email: MUNI.minister@gov.bc.ca 
 
The Honourable Anne Kang 
Ministry of Municipal Affairs 
PO Box 9056 
STN PROV GOVT 
Victoria BC V8W 9E2 
 
Dear Minister Kang, 
 
RE: Request for Provincial Review of Islands Trust 
 
We write further to the previous Minister of Municipal Affairs’s letter of September 23, 2022, responding 
to our request for a provincial review of the Islands Trust mandate, governance and structure.  
 
In his letter, the Minister noted that local government elections were imminent and asked that the 
incoming Trust Council provide its perspective on the requested review. After nearly two years in office 
in which we have faced the same structural limitations as the previous Trust Council, we can advise that 
we have reached the same conclusion: without systemic change the Islands Trust cannot meet the 
challenges of our time. Accordingly, at its September 24-26, 2024 meeting, Trust Council affirmed its 
support for the original request made under section 8(2)(e) of the Islands Trust Act by resolving: 
 
1. That Trust Council request the Lieutenant Governor in Council for the Province of British Columbia to 
conduct a review of the Islands Trust's mandate, governance and structure. 
 
2. That Trust Council make the request by submitting the letter attached as Appendix 1 to the Lieutenant 
Governor under Section 8(2)(e) of the Islands Trust Act outlining the potential scope of a review, 
including, but not limited to: 
a. An assessment of the optimum governance model to preserve and protect the Trust Area 
pursuant to the Province’s vision for the future of the Trust area. 
b. The object of the Islands Trust Act and clarification of the mandate of the organization. 
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The governance structure of the organization. 
d. The alignment of decision-making processes and structures with the Declaration on the Rights of 
Indigenous Peoples Act. 
e. The geographic scope of the organization and in particular authority over marine areas. 
f. The funding mechanisms provided to the organization in light of a clarified mandate. 
 
3. That the Executive Committee of Trust Council, in conjunction with staff, develop a communications 
strategy that informs the public of Trust Council’s request for a review of the Islands Trust Act and the 
reasons for it. 
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Minister Kang 
October 16, 2024 
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Trust Council asks that as the Minister responsible for the Islands Trust you 

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