A slow answer, on the record · AIT-FAI-001

Eighteen months for an answer.

The Trust won the court case, Wilding. The judge still made it pay its own legal bill. Why? The answer on enforcement came nearly 18 months after the request. And when it came, it did not face the big questions head on.

What we found

Here is a real case about fair treatment. A public body won its case and still did not get its costs back. The court found the way it worked made the case longer and more costly.

  1. Someone took the Local Trust Committee's decision to court. The B.C. Supreme Court threw the case out.
  2. The Trust won. Even so, the judge told each side to pay its own bill.
  3. The reason was the delay. The committee also did not face the big questions head on. The judge did not rule that every Trust decision is made for no good reason.

The demand

Publish how fast you will answer. Publish why you decided. Publish what enforcement did. Then we can all see if the same question gets the same test.

Read and sign the exact petition.

Sources you can check

  1. Wilding v. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee, 2026 BCSC 88 — paras. 8 and 144; verified 2026-08-24.
  2. Islands Trust Policy 5.5.1 — Bylaw Compliance and Enforcement — header, Amendment Dates: “March 11, 2026”; verified 2026-08-26.

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