Letter Patrick Weiler MP

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700 North Road, Gabriola Island, BC  V0R 1X3 
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December 9, 2019 File No: GM-6410-03 
 
Via email: Patrick.Weiler@parl.gc.ca 
 
Patrick Weiler, MP 
6367 Bruce Street  
West Vancouver, BC  V7W 2G5 
Dear MP Weiler, 
On behalf of the Gambier Island Local Trust Committee I would like to congratulate you on your new 
position as our representative to the federal legislature. 
Our local trust area is comprised of Gambier and Keats Islands as well as all the islands in the Howe 
Sound/Atl’ka7tsem area (apart from Bowen Island Municipality) and islands along the Sunshine Coast as 
far as Pender Harbour. The Gambier Island Local Trust Committee is part of the Islands Trust; a 
federation of locally elected government bodies representing 26,000 residents and approximately 
10,000 non-resident property owners in the Salish Sea area. The Islands Trust Area is located within 
Coast Salish territory and is home to over 28,000 Coast Salish Peoples who have called this place home 
since time immemorial. The Islands Trust mandate is to preserve and protect the unique environment 
and amenities of the Islands Trust Area through planning and regulating land use, development 
management, education, cooperation with First Nations and other agencies, and land conservation. 
Through the provincial Islands Trust Act, we also have zoning authority in the marine area surrounding 
the islands and are strong advocates of local marine issues. 
This term, the Gambier Island Local Trust Committee is represented by myself, Sue Ellen Fast, as Chair 
from Bowen Island; Kate-Louise Stamford, Trustee from Gambier Island, and Dan Rogers, Trustee from 
Keats Island 
The Gambier Island local trustees work closely with the xʷməθkʷəy
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Waututh nations, as well as the municipal and regional governments in the West Vancouver-Sunshine 
Coast-Sea to Sky region. We also are active participants with non-governmental groups and initiatives 
that are supportive of the Trust mandate such as the Howe Sound Biosphere Region Initiative and Ocean 
Wise. 
You may remember meeting with Trustee Stamford on October 8th in Gibsons prior to your election. 
Trustee Stamford outlined the concerns of the community on the South West Peninsula on Gambier 
Island about the potential sale or closure of their dock in New Brighton. This problem continues to be a 
challenging issue to resolve as there are a number of complexities around jurisdiction and long-term 

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