#PeopleLiveHere · AIT-HOU-001

People live here.

Housing is not named in the Islands Trust object clause. Neither are jobs, schools or the cost of living. Residents are named—but as beneficiaries of preservation and protection.

What the record proves

Land-use decisions shape how many homes and what kinds of homes can be built. The statute's object names preservation, amenities, environment and beneficiaries; it does not name housing as an institutional objective.

  1. Section 3 says the Trust exists to preserve and protect the Trust Area and its unique amenities and environment.
  2. The same sentence says that work is for the benefit of residents and British Columbia generally.
  3. A successor local government would still be bound by provincial law and continuing local bylaws, but would answer for housing and land use in the ordinary local-government structure.

The demand

Protect the islands. Make room for the people. Keep existing environmental rules through transition and make the local planner answer for homes too.

Read and sign the exact petition.

Primary receipts

  1. Islands Trust Act, RSBC 1996, c. 239 — s. 3; verified 2026-08-24.