Grant Scott

Local Trustee, Hornby Island

Hornby Island · 7.5 years in office · 33,854 words on the record in 11 recorded meetings · 14 named motions in the minutes · present at 101 minuted meetings

Seats and terms

SeatAreaTermHowFromTo
Local TrusteeHornby Island2018–2022by-election2019-03-022022-11-18
Local TrusteeHornby Island2022–2026general election2022-11-18present

In their own words

The most substantial lines attributed to Grant Scott in the transcripts, grouped by meeting; each timestamp plays the Trust's recording from that second.

  1. Hornby Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, January 29, 2021 2021-01-29

    • [1:51:55] “Well, I think the most significant thing to me by far was the meeting, I think, Heather, you were on there, Heather Swellen, you might have been as well, with the Comox First Nation, and I can't remember now the name of their lawyer, and someone else on their cultural, I can't remember the name of that either, but anyway, they had a policy, cultural heritage policy, I think they called it.” (probable)
    • [3:20:24] “So I'm really wondering, do we have to move further in this process, or can we now, I guess this is a question for you, can we now, whenever we get an application that's within, we suspect there might be something, can we forward that to Comarch directly?” (probable)
    • [3:27:12] “Now, the only question I have, Heather, is would we be better just to not send them all to them so that we don't kind of get into this huge bureaucratic back and forth thing or send only the ones where we suspect there may be an impact?” (probable)

  2. Hornby Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, June 16, 2023 2023-06-16

    • [1:13:42] “two months between now and, I mean, this is part of the thing, right, the timing thing. So there's two months between now and our next meeting. So I don't know, keep the process moving. Would that happen sooner? Or is that about the right time for it to come for the APC then to send their referral back? I don't know the answer to that.”
    • [0:47:28] “I think the key from because I don't know who's still listening, but because this is a question that comes up from a lot of people on the island is just they just aren't quite sure, as I was until now.”
    • [0:47:42] “I get a much better idea now is that the key really is the license of occupation, because the federal government, if you get that, then that's sort of automatic, unless there's some extenuating circumstance, as you pointed out.”

  3. Hornby Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, February 18, 2022 2022-02-18

    • [0:09:37] “And they're important, not only the organizations that need the money to run the businesses like trust, but for the people have to pay for it and are the people that are paying for it feel they're getting good value for their money.” (probable)
    • [1:55:43] “I don't want to interrupt you, but I am. Being aware is one thing. Being informed by having it sent to them is another thing. And I think it's my responsibility because we got caught in this before.” (probable)
    • [1:04:11] “Well it would be very good to do it in the hall I mean, there's no doubt at all we do it I just I absolutely agree with so is this the right time to do it.” (probable)

  4. Hornby Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, July 16, 2021 2021-07-16

    • [0:45:14] “That's about it. And it just constantly speaks to the people where Alex and I are always between where we sit right now and what we hear for the other however many days there is between local trust committee meeting.”

  5. Hornby Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, March 26, 2021 2021-03-26

    • [1:21:36] “the assumption we made with the thatch around the arc branch. So I think we have to be overly diligent in sending these things to Comox, even though there's another agency maybe more responsible for like the agricultural land reserve.”
    • [0:53:03] “absolutely no concern about this application at all. So I think we can move right to I'll make a resolution accepting it approving it. I've read it. But there's, there's no negative to it at all that I know.”
    • [3:14:15] “Lisa, what we're going to find very soon on Hornby Island is when a subdivision application, a use permit, development, whatever comes up, that's anywhere around the island that could be a midden or burial ground or other use.”

  6. Hornby Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, December 13, 2023 2023-12-13

    • [3:30:00] “Starting earlier in the morning and getting off Hornby earlier in the afternoon would seem to me a lot more, and for people to get back home earlier on Friday would seem to me to make more sense.” (probable)

  7. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, June 21, 2022 2022-06-21

    • [4:03:46] “I'd like to suggest that the terms of reference and what I'd like to make a motion that the terms of reference and draft policy attached with inaugural, with seven inaugural members appointed at June 23 Trust Council.”

  8. Hornby Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, May 21, 2021 2021-05-21

    • [1:26:01] “And I wouldn't mind having a word in here, something about where would you put it, that LTC has brought up on occasions the length of time it takes to get applications through because it's a huge issue.”
    • [1:47:36] “And what I'm going to say to them then is if he, VHAW, has not approved it and therefore, as we understand it, he's not in compliance with the temporary use permit and he shouldn't be operating.”
    • [1:26:17] “People are always coming up to me and say, what are we even doing in the, you know, it takes so long to get things and blah, blah, blah.”

  9. Hornby Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, June 10, 2022 2022-06-10

    • [3:09:36] “So I'd like a little bit of flexibility there, because if there are no real contentious issues, Greg and you guys all the way over here, maybe we're better having it by Zoom.”
    • [1:05:55] “And I think if we had that, a lot of the things that have come up, particularly down south, might have been somewhat lessened if we had better communications with our islands.”
    • [1:05:38] “So this is the one request specific to Hornby Island to be able to inform the people of Hornby Island of what the issues around the trust, how it works.”

  10. Islands Trust Council community information meeting, July 8, 2021 2021-07-08

    • [4:50:11] “and approve it and then send it us out to us to be able to have a look at it and get back to you”

Motions and votes from the minutes

Every motion the Islands Trust's published minutes record Grant Scott moving, seconding, voting against or abstaining on. The wording is the minutes' own; each row links to the minutes document in the archive.

DateBodyNo.MotionTheir partOutcomeMinutes
2025-12-02Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-125that Trust Council table the motion on the floor.MovedDEFEATEDminutes · source
2025-09-16Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-082that Trust Council approve financial sponsorship of $4,882 for rezoning application PLR20250220 (154 King’s Lane Road) which would vary Salt Spring Island Land Use Bylaw No. 355 to allow development of up to 50-affordable housing units, general offices, a child day care centre, and a reduced minimum lot size for potential subdivision of the subject property.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2024-12-03Islands Trust CouncilTC-2024-112that Trust Council defer any decision for Item 10.2.2 until we reach section 13 on the agenda.SecondedDEFEATEDminutes · source
2024-09-24Islands Trust CouncilTC-2024-089that implementation of the Islands Trust Housing Action Plan be included in the 2025-2028 Strategic Plan, and that Trust Council prioritize implementation of Actions 23, 24 and 26, with a focus on enabling Tiny Homes On Wheels in the Trust Area. (RPC resolution 2024-020)SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2023-09-26Islands Trust Councilthat Trust Council approve Policy Statement Amendment Project Charter v7. Trust Council Quarterly Meeting Minutes September 26-28, 2023 ADOPTED Page 13 of 17 The question on the motion was deferred to Thursday’s agenda following the closed meeting. 11.2.6 Islands Trust 50th Anniversary Activities – Briefing This item was deferred to Thursday, noting that the attachment was not included in the original agenda package. The briefing was emailed to all trustees at 9:00 p.m., Wednesday September 27. 11.2.7 Bylaw 190 DTAS Frater provided an overview of the request for decision presented as a late itMoved—minutes · source
2023-09-26Islands Trust CouncilTC-2023-073that Trust Council approve Policy Statement Amendment Project Charter v7.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2023-03-07Islands Trust CouncilTC-2023-006that TC-2023-005 be amended as follows: after “in light of the pressing needs of” delete and replace with “increased responsibilities for reconciliation with First Nations in the Trust Area, climate change and affordable housing.”MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2023-01-20Hornby IslandLTC-2023-009that the Hornby Island Local Trust Committee request staff to work with applicant Rogers on a report regarding steps the applicant has taken to date and their consistency with the Model Cell Tower Strategy.AbstainedCARRIEDminutes · source
2022-11-18Islands Trust Councilthat Trustee Peter Luckham be nominated for the position of Chair. Trustee Luckham agreed to stand. It wasSeconded—minutes · source
2022-06-21Islands Trust CouncilTC-2022-052that Trust Council approve the severed motion as amended to read: The Standing Governance Committee create a terms of reference (TOR) and draft policy.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2022-03-08Islands Trust CouncilTC-2022-034that Trust Council support the SFU Fall 2021 Semester in Dialogue cohort recommendation to proclaim June 8, 2022 to June 7, 2023 as the "Year of the Salish Sea", thereby joining other governing bodies, organisations, and community groups in a collective effort to improve the health and management of the Salish Sea; and THAT Trust Council direct staff to explore opportunities to collaborate with local organisations, networks, and individuals taking part in the Year of the Salish Sea to raise public awareness about the importance of a revitalized and healthy Salish Sea; and THAT Trust Council enSecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2021-11-30Islands Trust CouncilTC-2021-115that the $15,000 for the Hornby Island Official Community Plan Review be put back into the 2022/2023 draft budget.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2021-07-08Islands Trust CouncilTC-2021-067that motion TC-2021-066 be amended to read “That Trust Council affirms its understanding that preservation and protection of the natural, terrestrial and marine environment is central to the mandate of the Islands Trust and that this responsibility must be given special and profound consideration in all our decisions and in all we do.” Discussion followed. Trustee Brent questioned the mover of the motion - Trustee Scott, “Was it your intention by adding the word “and marine” to diminish the importance of humans as part of the natural environment?” Trustee Scott responded, “Not a bit.” Trustee MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2019-12-03Islands Trust CouncilTC-2019-106that the Islands Trust Council adopt a policy whereby trustee sponsored RFD’s may be included for consideration by Trust Council on a phased basis.MovedDEFEATEDminutes · source

Attendance per the minutes

YearPresentAbsent or regrets
201990
2020100
202171
2022132
2023171
2024222
2025165
202672
Every minuted meeting (114)

Most-used words on the record

don't (227) · that's (214) · there's (151) · we're (117) · heather (116) · first (107) · hornby (89) · they're (55) · around (54) · process (50) · you're (49) · issue (49) · doing (46) · comox (44) · understand (40) · permit (37) · second (37) · number (36) · please (35) · let's (35) · we've (34) · anyway (34) · whole (34) · sorry (34)

Meetings they speak most in

  1. Hornby Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, March 26, 2021 — 2021-03-26, 5,686 words
  2. Hornby Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, January 29, 2021 — 2021-01-29, 5,543 words
  3. Hornby Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, February 18, 2022 — 2022-02-18, 5,381 words
  4. Hornby Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, July 16, 2021 — 2021-07-16, 4,853 words
  5. Hornby Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, June 10, 2022 — 2022-06-10, 3,715 words
  6. Hornby Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, May 21, 2021 — 2021-05-21, 2,469 words
  7. Hornby Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, December 13, 2023 — 2023-12-13, 1,794 words
  8. Hornby Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, June 16, 2023 — 2023-06-16, 1,789 words
  9. Islands Trust Council community information meeting, July 8, 2021 — 2021-07-08, 1,079 words
  10. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, June 8, 2021 — 2021-06-08, 813 words

Words on the record by year

YearRecorded meetingsLinesWords
202161,82220,443
202238899,828
202323173,583

Every transcript they speak in (11)

Transcripts are machine-made from the Islands Trust's own recordings; each speaker attribution carries a confidence mark (certain = identified by ear or hand, probable = matched to a saved voice), and every line links to the second of the recording so it can be checked. Motions, votes and attendance are taken from the Trust's published minutes and quote them verbatim.