Changes to flight paths in Greater Vancouver Region and Southern Vancouver Island

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June 12, 2023 File No. GB-6410-03; 0110-20-LTC Chairs; 11-5595-30-10 
 
Via email: service@navcanada.ca, raymond.bohn@navcanada.ca, 
 
Raymond G. Bohn, President and CEO NAVCAN 
Marc Courtois, Chair of the Board NAVCAN 
 
Dear Sirs: 
 
Re: Changes to flight paths in Greater Vancouver Region and Southern Vancouver Island 
 
I am writing as Chair of Islands Trust Council, Chair of the Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee and a 36 
year resident of Thetis Island. I acknowledge that I live and work on the territories of many Coast Salish 
First Nations. 
 
The Islands Trust is a special-purpose government created by the Province of BC through the Islands 
Trust Act. It is unique federation of special-purpose governments (12 local trust committees and an 
island municipality) mandated to preserve and protect the unique amenities and environment of the 
islands and water between the British Columbia Lower Mainland and southern Vancouver Island. 
 
I am writing to you today on behalf of the Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee as a follow up to a 
submission I sent in February 2023 in response to your consultation regarding "Changes to flight paths in 
Greater Vancouver Region and Southern Vancouver Island". This submission was a request for an 
extension to the consultation period as there was inadequate notice to allow us, and communities in the 
Islands Trust Area, to respond in a meaningful way. 
 
I have had no acknowledgement or response to this request. 
 
My previous email is attached as well as documents in our files regarding air traffic management in and 
around the Islands Trust Area. 
 
I am following up further to alert you that our concerns are both environmental and social, and include 
concerns about degradation of the quality and enjoyment on the rural nature of the Islands Trust Area, 
and impacts on bird migration and habitat. 
 
The Islands Trust Area has been continuously impacted by low-level transits of large and small aircraft 
including floatplane and helicopter. The noise, visual impacts and environmental impacts have always 
been a great concern to residents, visitors, and Islands Trust Council. 
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Raymond G. Bohn, Marc Courtois 
June 12, 2023 
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Preserving and protecting over 450 islands and surrounding waters in the Salish Sea 
Bowen Denman Hornby Gabriola Galiano Gambier Lasqueti Mayne North Pender Salt Spring Saturna South Pender Thetis 
 
 
 
As a side note, during Covid restrictions, the almost complete absence of aircraft traffic in some regions 
of the Islands Trust Area r

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