Letter Transport Canada re Environmental Protection
· Islands Trust Area · News & Advocacy · 2018
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Topics: Aquaculture & shellfish · Bylaw enforcement · Climate & environment · First Nations & reconciliation · Governance & budget · Marine & foreshore — our classification, not the Trust's.
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Bowen Denman Hornby Gabriola Galiano Gambier Lasqueti Mayne North Pender Salt Spring Saturna South Pender Thetis 200-1627 Fort Street, Victoria BC V8R 1H8 Telephone (250) 405-5151 Fax (250) 405-5155 Toll Free via Enquiry BC in Vancouver 604.660-2421. Elsewhere in BC 1.800.663.7867 Email information@islandstrust.bc.ca Web www.islandstrust.bc.ca October 15, 2018 File No.: 5020-20 Via email submission: TC.OPPLegis-LegisPPO.TC@tc.gc.ca; Julie.mah@tc.gc.ca Transport Canada Let’s talk Ocean Protection Plan Proposed Legislative Changes Re: Submission re: Transport Canada’s Strengthening Marine Environmental Protection and Response Potential Legislative Amendments Discussion Paper Please find attached the Islands Trust’s submission regarding Transport Canada’s Strengthening Marine Environmental Protection and Response Potential Legislative Amendments Discussion Paper. We hope that our comments and discussion paper will inform best practices, regulation and policy, as well as legislative amendments. We are pleased to see a focus on preventing oil spills. Healthy ocean habitat is vital to the economic viability of the Salish Sea region, the health of salmon, and the survival of species at risk such as the Southern Resident Killer Whale. Protecting and preserving the lands and waters of the Salish Sea must be a priority for all Canadians from coast to coast, now and into the future. There are many First Nations who have asserted Aboriginal interests in the Salish Sea region and many who have established harvesting rights; although we have copied First Nations on this letter, we have not directly heard their positions on some of the topics in the discussion paper. Given our commitment to establishing and maintaining a mutually respectful relationship with First Nations, we offer this position while being ready to respectfully consider their positions. Thank you for the opportunity to comment. Yours sincerely, Peter Luckham Chair, Islands Trust Council pluckham@islandstrust.bc.ca Attach: Islands Trust Submission regarding Transport Canada’s Strengthening Marine Environmental Protection and Response Potential Legislative Amendments Discussion Paper cc: Islands Trust Area MPs Cowichan Tribes Esquimalt First Nation Halalt First Nation Homalco First Nation Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group K’omoks First Nation Klahoose First Nation Laich-kwil-tach Treaty Society Lake Cowichan First Nation Lyackson First Nation Malahat Nation Musqueam First Nation Nanwakolas Council Pauquachin First Nation Penelakut Tribe Qualicum First Nation Scia’new (Beecher Bay) First Nation Semiahmoo First Nation Shíshálh (Sechelt) First Nation Snaw-naw-as (Nanoose) First Nation Snuneymuxw (Nanaimo) First Nation Songhees First Nation Squamish First Nation Stz’uminus (Chemainus) First Nation Te’mexw Treaty Association Tla’amin (Sliammon) First Nation T’Sou-ke (Sooke) F
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