Islands Trust Governance Review Final Report February 2022

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ISLANDS TRUST  
GOVERNANCE REVIEW 
 
February 2022 
 
Great Northern Management Consultants 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TO PRESERVE  AND  PROTECT THE  TRUST  AREA  AND  ITS 
UNIQUE AMENITIES AND ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT 
OF   THE   RESIDENTS   OF   THE   TRUST   AREA   AND   THE 
PROVINCE GENERALLY, IN COOPERATION WITH 
MUNICIPALITIES,   REGIONAL   DISTRICTS,   IMPROVEMENT 
DISTRICTS,  OTHER  PERSONS,  ORGANIZATIONS  AND  THE 
GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. 
 
THE ISLANDS TRUST ACT, 1974  

 
 
 
Table of Contents 
Executive Summary ........................................................................................................ 1 
Approach ......................................................................................................................... 5 
These Are Not Normal Times .......................................................................................... 7 
The Islands Trust at a Crossroads .................................................................................. 7 
Evolving Context ............................................................................................................. 7 
Islands Trust Act ............................................................................................................. 9 
Federated Structure ...................................................................................................... 12 
Good Governance ......................................................................................................... 14 
Leadership .................................................................................................................... 16 
Trust Council Committees Need to be Part of a Consensus-building Leadership ......... 18 
Absence of Effective Efforts to Overcome Division Through Dialogue, Compromise and 
Accommodation ............................................................................................................ 19 
Trust Council Division on Preserve and Protect Object ................................................. 19 
Local Governance ......................................................................................................... 20 
Trust Council Policy Statement Bylaw ........................................................................... 21 
Taking Account of the Interests of All Residents of British Columbia ............................ 21 
Challenges in a Federated Structure ............................................................................. 21 
Council Secretariat Needs Improvement ....................................................................... 22 
Good Governance Requires Strategic Planning ............................................................ 22 
Bureaucratic Inertia ....................................................................................................... 24 
Reconciliation ..................................................................................

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