Lasqueti LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Lasqueti Island ADOPTED 1 
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
February 24, 2020 
 
Lasqueti Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
February 24, 2020 
Judith Fisher Centre 
#1 China Cloud Bay Road 
Lasqueti Island, BC 
 
Members Present: 
 
 
 
Staff Present: 
 
Peter Luckham, Chair 
Peter Johnston, Local Trustee 
Timothy Peterson, Local Trustee 
 
Heather Kauer, Regional Planning Manager 
 
 
Others Present: 
Dave Olsen, Recorder 
 
There were five (5) members of the public in attendance 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Luckham called the meeting to order at 11:03 am. He acknowledged that the meeting was 
being held in territory of the Coast Salish First Nations.  
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
By general consent the agenda was approved as presented. 
3. TOWN HALL 
 The Chair introduced staff and Trustees and introduced the Town Hall. 
A member of the public asked that the Local Trust Committee (LTC), and the Islands Trust in 
general, not do tokenism with respect to Indigenous rights.  She referred to the 
recommendations on page 38 of the agenda package and noted that two items inspired this 
concern: 
 Item B (traditional welcomes) because in Vancouver she attended meetings where a 
ceremony was done at start and then the Indigenous people left while the remaining people 
felt it interfered with the meeting. 
 Place naming because a name change for a major road in Chicago didn’t change anything 
substantial in terms of race relations. 
The Chair explained that the Islands Trust is striving to avoid tokenism and stressed that the 
organization is genuinely committed and that her comments were appreciated. 
4. REPORTS 
4.1 Trustee Reports 
Trustee Johnston reported that he sent a letter to the Tla’amin Nation and posted a link 
to that letter to the local email list and noted that he has received no response to date. 

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Trustee Peterson reported that he was the recipient of the Cathy Watson Memorial 
Award, which allowed him to attend the Local Government Leadership Academy in 
Richmond.  He found it interesting to talk with the Mayor of Richmond who advised that 
they only get 10 people out to their meetings; he had the opportunity to network with 
others. 
He also reported that he is pleased to have been selected by the Executive Committee to 
attend the upcoming Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference. 
4.2 Chair's Report 
The Chair reported that Trust Council is coming up on Salt Spring Island, where the 
budget for the next financial year will be finalized.  There also continues to be a lot of 
climate change initiative work as well as reconciliation work. 
4.3 Electoral Area Director's Report - none 
5. MINUTES 
5.1 Local Trust Committee Minutes dated October 28, 2019 - for adoption 
  By general consent the minutes of October 28, 2019 were adopted. 
5.2 Section 26 Resolutions-Without-Meeting - none 
5.3 Advisory Planning Commission 

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