Kate-Louise Stamford

Local Trustee, Gambier Island (also recorded as Kate Louise Stamford)

Gambier Island · 14.7 years in office · 232,152 words on the record in 91 recorded meetings · 76 named motions in the minutes · present at 241 minuted meetings

Seats and terms

SeatAreaTermHowFromTo
Local TrusteeGambier Island2011–2014general election2011-12-072014-12-03
Local TrusteeGambier Island2014–2018general election2014-12-032018-11-06
Local TrusteeGambier Island2018–2022general election2018-11-062022-11-18
Local TrusteeGambier Island2022–2026general election2022-11-18present

In their own words

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

  1. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, May 26, 2022 2022-05-26

    • [0:29:14] “Good. Okay, so we're just making sure that everybody can hear you, Stephen, and we can see you on the Zoom screen, and we've got the applicant is in the room, two applicants in the room, actually, and indicating a change of heart, but please go ahead with your recommendation, which, and then he'll tell us how he's come to see your view at the end. So go ahead, Stephen, take it away.” (probable)
    • [1:09:05] “So I am proposing that we ask staff to spend some time to edit the wording of that reference piece that is on our website, and to include specific references to artificial features, including dug ponds and ditches, because that seems to be where we keep getting caught up, is ditches specifically, and in this case, it was.” (probable)
    • [0:43:50] “Section 2.81 of the Gambier Island land use bylaw number 86, a plan signed by BC Land Surveyor showing the location of the lot of all existing and proposed buildings, structures, sewage absorption fields in relation to the lot and zone boundaries, watercourses, wells, sea, in relation to other buildings on the lot.” (probable)

  2. Islands Trust Executive Committee regular meeting, March 17, 2021 2021-03-17

    • [3:43:11] “But we're also putting lots of money into the trust. So I prefer to stay at a federation level. But we are going in a certain direction. We don't have a lot of the issues that other local trust committees have, but we do have one in common, or a few, which is foreshore protection, which we're moving ahead on, and forestry, which I'd like to see us work with other LTCs on.”
    • [3:42:19] “We were working on the budget from a trust council level and that the concept of having to spend more than $10,000 for the Gambier Island OCP and not actually solve my concern, which, or our community concern, which was forestry, or how do we bring in the modernized COCP without having to go through a massive engagement process?”

  3. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, October 17, 2023 2023-10-17

    • [4:07:11] “I move that the Gambier Local Trust Committee meeting be closed to the public in accordance with the Community Charter Part 4 Division 3 S91A for the purpose of considering a personal information about identifiable individuals who hold or is being considered for a position of officer, employer, agent of the municipality, or another position appointed by the municipality, and that the recorder and staff attend the meeting.”

  4. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, November 21, 2023 2023-11-21

    • [0:51:36] “And they haven't done so. So, you know, that's noted. But the speed at which this is going in, it's already going into other islands all up and down the coast. I'm really concerned that the stop at Keats will get bypassed for several years, if not longer, if we do not have our ducks in a row in order to make use of this opportunity.”
    • [0:12:01] “think there could be many reasons. And I think it's, I'm hoping that water specialist Willem Schulbo will be able to enlighten us on many of the details of those questions. But I think it's important to note that this isn't a general trend for Gambier case. This is, this seems to be, as far as I can see, is this particular aquifer.”

  5. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, February 4, 2021 2021-02-04

    • [0:50:36] “So we don't want people to think that this is a place that's easy to dock at, easy to drop anchor. So there's that aspect as well as recognizing that it is that delicate that we don't want to see this as, we don't want to ever promote it as a recreational destination. So that's sort of the other side of how this is being approached.”
    • [0:50:14] “I think one of the things that I also want to say to people on Keats Island is that I also recognize, and I think we all recognize, that this is a delicate area and that there is a fine line between promoting it and also not promoting the recreational aspect.”

  6. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, November 5, 2024 2024-11-05

    • [0:26:31] “So it's corporate entities and the large properties that have leaseholders as opposed to separate property holders. So I'm just looking for a way to be able to express that and find out if that actually has an impact on remuneration or not, and whether or not that is something that is significant in other areas, and not just in the Gambier Local Justice Committee.”
    • [1:04:04] “And I did hear Trustee Bernardo talk about independence. I'm hearing it more as a level of trust. You've hired staff to give you the appropriate expertise and information to consider that they don't have biases or that those biases will impact trust counsel is a little disingenuous to me.”
    • [1:05:35] “And once that is clear, then I'm happy to move forward. And I'd much rather look at other recommendations that Great Northern made, which was really specifying what our communication strategy is, doing feasibility studies on that. That's certainly more along the lines of something I can support. Thank you.”

  7. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, December 6, 2022 2022-12-06

    • [3:35:02] “There's different items in them. So I really emphasize how difficult it is to calculate till you've got your assessment. But that's the kind of numbers you're looking at is overall $600,000 value, $25 increase. And also when I talk to my constituents, I always talk about the increase in their assessed value and what that's done. That is really the driver for their increase.”

  8. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, September 9, 2024 2024-09-09

    • [1:47:41] “Is that still an issue? I haven't really seen it addressed by this committee in a way that makes sense. Otherwise, it could go through the policies. And finally, back to those policies, I'm just hoping that we are relying on the expertise of staff to narrow down what actually does need reviewing and perfectly happy with the idea of reducing those policies down.”

  9. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, February 17, 2026 2026-02-17

    • [1:14:52] “Right now I'm looking for people to run on Gambier and it is the compensation, but it's also the time commitment of four years. I'm looking at the younger folks, you know, people that have, they're not quite sure where they want to go or how, you know, star families, all these kind of questions are a big part of their decision making.”
    • [1:32:15] “When I read through the report that if we're basing this on regional directors and regional directors or regional districts do both planning and service delivery, if theoretically we're only here doing planning plus, plus, plus, but we're not including service delivery, which frankly is the biggest part of the job.”

  10. Islands Trust Council special meeting, February 18, 2026 2026-02-18

    • [1:52:53] “So seeing this, it's just like, can we have a bit more impetus to get better communications to the community? So that's really my focus is communications. Maybe the referral to First Nations, it won't be ready until next term. And I totally understand that. But I do expect that the Squamish will be looking at a fee for service on that.”
    • [1:52:27] “If that means it slows down, I get it, but it's the communication that I really am concerned about, and that's even within the last month, seeing how questions are coming from the community, really pushing back on the process of DRIPA and what does it mean for the island, and I just don't have any resources to work with.”

  11. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, April 17, 2023 2023-04-17

    • [0:38:00] “I understand in the wider context that yes, there's occasionally those meetings and we mentioned the First Nations meetings. My understanding that those are meetings, government to government type meetings, where sometimes they're not open to the public, just like when we have meetings with regional districts, we don't always have them open to the public, but they're not, quote unquote, closed.”

  12. Islands Trust Conservancy Board regular meeting, January 25, 2022 2022-01-25

    • [0:45:33] “If it was the property of the century, you know, if it was a really high priority property that was at risk of development or that where there was a risk of sale or something like that that was coming up, I think we would bring that to the attention of the board and it would require a more fulsome conversation.” (probable)
    • [1:55:32] “I won't be able to be here for 8.1, but I just want to very briefly outline some of the activity that I'm doing with the Finance Committee on behalf of the Islands Trust Conservancy, and that there is a really strong push to reduce the budget as much as possible.”

  13. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, March 11, 2021 2021-03-11

    • [2:34:45] “We are looking for a coordinator for the SAR money. The job description is going to come out any day now. I have a copy of it. One of the things I thought I could do to help people better understand how the conservancy operates is I'm going to provide a shortened synopsis of all the job positions in the conservancy.”

  14. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee public hearing, October 1, 2024 2024-10-01

    • [4:20:12] “It'll help. So these are the kinds of things I see. I want more engagement. I always do. But I also know that the funding is just not there for that kind of support. And it tends to be very formal, which doesn't tend to work that well in our location, just because not everybody lives in the same place.” (probable)
    • [4:28:37] “Number one, that the Gambier Island Local Trust Committee affirms its support of the implementation of the following OCP LUB project recommendations from Squamish Nation listed in Table 1 attached to the staff report dated October 1, 2024, and requests staff to prepare draft language for the applicable policies and regulations for LTC consideration and its subsequent steps.” (probable)
    • [0:11:38] “And the actual authority comes from somewhere else, you know, and that's very easily, the docks are a really strong example of that. And, you know, even just getting permits to fix Hopkins Landing Dock or Keats Landing Dock is permits on one side, and then structural engineering, you work through another side.” (probable)

  15. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, August 25, 2021 2021-08-25

    • [0:45:41] “We can't keep throwing these terms out without a really clear sense of our expectation, at least communicating the expectation out, so that whether the community agrees with that, then they can come back and say, no, we'd like a three or five year process, understanding they're not going to get that successful conclusion for quite a while.”
    • [0:45:19] “A really clear sort of sense of expectations that's sent to the community, that the more engagement, the more transparent, the longer the process, and that it is going to be about process, outcome could be quite far down the line, and that there has to be give and take on that.”

  16. Islands Trust Conservancy Board regular meeting, May 24, 2022 2022-05-24

    • [2:55:22] “And I've, one of the ones that was a real highlight for me was on the heat dome and the impact on the shoreline and specific things that we can do in the planning stage to try and mitigate, ensure that cover is maintained along the foreshore because they, I mean, with all these kinds of disasters,”
    • [1:45:36] “I don't think we want 300 kids running through this particular place, but it is a close association with the camp itself and some kind of clear sense of where the attendees fit or don't fit into this management plan is important, given how large the campus and how close it is to this”

  17. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, March 24, 2026 2026-03-24

    • [0:14:24] “So this has been an exciting change for us to be able to do this kind of partnership, and I'm hoping, here it kind of comes into the islands, is if there's any opportunity to be able to address some of the SCRD projects in a similar manner on the islands, I'm certainly looking towards that.”

  18. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, June 20, 2023 2023-06-20

    • [2:50:54] “People I was talking to one week are in a different job two weeks later or are on maternity leave or, you know, there was a huge variety of false or dead ends, basically, in my approaches to encourage more engagement, not just on this issue, but on the OCP, but on other issues as well.”

  19. Islands Trust Governance Committee regular meeting, May 13, 2024 2024-05-13

    • [2:24:49] “That may be correct that, yes, Salt Spring needs to go in a different direction, but we have to do that through a democratic way, too. So, I mean, there are options out there. I'm not sure if it's going to be simple, as simple as, oh, they're no longer part of the Islands Trust.”

  20. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, September 14, 2022 2022-09-14

    • [2:00:00] “And what I would like to see is, yeah, let's put the flooding. I think we had the flooding in. And then somebody said, that's not accurate. So we pulled it up and didn't put it in. But maybe we need to look at more relevant data to put it back in again.”

  21. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, February 3, 2022 2022-02-03

    • [0:23:39] “On the other hand, I'm a little and this is where I think we do need to move this into the public arena and give it more thought is the idea that we are putting a lot of judgment on the chair can make the chair, a focus of a lot of vitriol.”

  22. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, November 26, 2024 2024-11-26

    • [2:03:54] “And I think there are there can be some basic standards, whether you agree with them or not, is a different question. But to question my integrity, because I happen to agree with a standard, just as I would if, you know, we're supposed to have certain standards on a dock.”

  23. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, April 29, 2024 2024-04-29

    • [0:27:27] “So I hope we can keep following through with that, because just a general sense of this process, it's ongoing. This isn't just a one-off. I see this happening throughout all the work we do now, is this style of response and level of work. So thank you. It was noticed.”

  24. Islands Trust Council regular meeting, March 12, 2024 2024-03-12

    • [0:47:06] “you. As I'm going to want to be here for Gambier-Keats as trustees, I'd just like to thank staff of the Northern Office as well as the Executive Committee for allowing the Gambier Local Trust Committee to push through against process a bylaw that would permit us to have undersea cabling.”

  25. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, August 4, 2026 2026-08-04

    • [1:40:11] “I just want to respond to this. We have a legislative process. So we cannot, like as a local government, we can't just pick and choose who we consider technical experts. What we can do is put a notice out and say, please tell us what works and what doesn't.” (probable)

  26. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee special meeting, May 14, 2024 2024-05-14

    • [2:10:19] “I mean, I'm okay about the exemptions that we talked about earlier, and I, you know, I struggle with them, but I'm working with them. I have worked through this whole document, understanding and recognizing that Trustee Bernardo is ably representing the desires of Keats people, and I respect that.”

Motions and votes from the minutes

Every motion the Islands Trust's published minutes record Kate-Louise Stamford 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
2026-03-10Islands Trust CouncilTC-2026-016that Trust Council add $7,125 to the proposed 2026-27 budget for the purpose of reinstating a portion of the Secretariat funding that supports essential funding for Átl'ka7tsem/Howe Sound Community Forum, the Southern Gulf Islands Forum and the Coastal Communities Climate Action Leadership Plan Steering Committee.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2026-02-18Islands Trust CouncilCOW-2026-009that Committee of the Whole recommend that Trust Council remove referral fees for the Gambier Island Local Trust Committee Official Community Plan project and reduce the related draft 2026/27 budget line by $2,000.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-12-02Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-111that Trust Council request staff to provide options for local trust committees to obtain the permission to hold advisory body meetings by means of electronic or by other communication facilities.MovedTABLEDminutes · source
2025-12-02Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-112the motion be tabled until after discussion of Operational Review.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-09-16Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-088that Trust Council endorse draft Bylaw Compliance and Enforcement Policy 5.5.1.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-09-16Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-092that Trust Council direct staff to include portions of the report dated August 14, 2025 prepared for the September 2025 Trust Council on the Housing Strategic Action Plan, specifically pages 115-117 of the September, 2025 agenda, be included in the next strategic planning session of Trust Council.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-09-16Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-093that Trust Council approve the proposed amendments to the Trust Council Communications Policy 6.10.2 to include branded clothing.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-09-16Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-098that Recommendation 1 move up to the prioritized section of the Governance Committee 2022 Governance Report recommendation.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-09-16Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-103to amend the motion to change the word “exploiting” in recommendation 14 to “exploring”.MovedDEFEATEDminutes · source
2025-07-29Islands Trust CouncilTC-2025-073that the word “material” be removed from motion on the floor.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2025-07-09Islands Trust CouncilCOW-2025-030that Committee of the Whole recommend that Trust Council revise the draft Policy Statement by amending the Preamble to Goal 4 to read in the last sentence: “...sustainable, inclusive, rural and resilient island communities.”SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2024-12-03Islands Trust CouncilTC-2024-100that Trust Council adopt quarterly meeting locations to the end of fiscal 2025/26: a) March 2025, Nanaimo, BC b) June 2025, Salt Spring Island, BC c) September 2025, Gabriola Island, BC d) December 2025, Victoria, BC; and, e) March 2026, Duncan, BCSecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2024-12-03Islands Trust CouncilTC-2024-117that Trust Council request staff to amend the proposed Policy Statement Amendment Project Charter by adding an additional $30,000 for communications.SecondedDEFEATEDminutes · source
2024-12-03Islands Trust CouncilTC-2024-121that Trust Council approve the Meeting Administrator staff position a regular, permanent position at Islands Trust.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2024-12-03Islands Trust CouncilTC-2024-134that Trust Council request Executive Committee to invite BC Ferries representative to the March, 2025 Trust Council meeting to discuss the dissolution of the Ferry Advisory Committees and the future of community representation to BC Ferries.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2024-06-20Islands Trust CouncilTC-2024-062that Trust Council communicate to all Local Trust Committees to notify Trustee Morrison of interest to collectively engage in conversations around Dark Sky Principles Adoption with relevant Regional Districts.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2024-03-12Islands Trust CouncilTC-2024-044that the motion be amended to remove the date and delete the last sentence.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2024-01-15Islands Trust CouncilGC-2024-003that the item Secretariat/hiring in-house legal counsel – needs research be added to the URGENT and HIGH PRIORITY quadrant of the matrix.Voted againstCARRIEDminutes · source
2023-09-26Islands Trust CouncilTC-2023-071that Trust Council Bylaw No. 190, cited as “Trust Council Natural Area Exemption Certificate Fees Bylaw No. 115, 2006, Amendment Bylaw No. 1, 2022”, be adopted.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2023-09-26Islands Trust Councilthat Trust Council amend the vision statement to insert ", respecting Indigenous rights," between "...communities" and "...within" so that the vision statement is “A vibrant tapestry of caring, diverse and rural communities, respecting Indigenous rights within the Salish Sea that flourish in harmony with nature. Discussion ensued. At approximately 11:00 a.m. the electronic meeting failed and resumed at 11:03 a.m. The meeting recessed at 11:07 a.m. and resumed at 11:12 a.m. By general consent the motion was withdrawn. TC-2023-075 Trust Council Quarterly Meeting Minutes September 26-28, 2023 ADOSeconded—minutes · source
2023-03-07Islands Trust CouncilTC-2023-001that the Islands Trust Council request staff to write a letter of support under the Chair’s signature stating that the Islands Trust Council supports the Sunshine Coast Regional District applying for, receiving, and managing the 2022 Community Emergency Preparedness – Disaster Risk Reduction-Climate Adaption Grant.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2023-03-07Islands Trust CouncilTC-2023-029that Islands Trust Council Bylaw 192, cited as the “Revenue Anticipation Borrowing Bylaw 2023-2024”, be Read a Third Time.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2023-03-07Islands Trust CouncilTC-2023-032that Trust Council request staff to review language on the website and other publications regarding the Coastal Douglas-fir zone and associated ecosystems and amend as appropriate, with advice from qualified provincial forest ecologists as needed. TC-2023-033 It wasMoved—minutes · source
2023-03-07Islands Trust CouncilTC-2023-034that Trust Council request the Executive Committee to arrange a presentation for trustees by qualified provincial forest ecologists to provide background on forest classifications, forest health, and the significance of forests in the Islands Trust Area as soon as conveniently possible. TC-2023-035 It wasMoved—minutes · source
2023-03-07Islands Trust CouncilTC-2023-034that Trust Council request the Executive Committee to arrange a presentation for trustees by qualified provincial forest ecologists to provide background on forest classifications, forest health, and the significance of forests in the Islands Trust Area as soon as conveniently possible. 10 in favour 14 opposedMovedDEFEATEDminutes · source
2023-03-07Islands Trust CouncilTC-2023-036that Trust Council refer the educational opportunity around the Coastal Douglas-fir zone and forest discussions to Trust Programs Committee for further consideration as an educational opportunity. (See resolution TC-2023-034).MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2022-11-18Islands Trust CouncilTC-2022-132that motion TC-2022-131 be amended to add after the words “new policy,” “failing which the existing Financial Planning Committee will remain in office.”SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2022-11-18Islands Trust Councilthat Municipal Trustee Sue Ellen Fast be nominated for the position of Islands Trust Conservancy member. Municipal Trustee Fast agreed to stand. Islands Trust Council Quarterly Meeting November 18-19, 2022 ADOPTED Page 10 of 11 It wasSeconded—minutes · source
2022-11-18Islands Trust Councilthat Trustee Susan Yates be nominated for the position of Islands Trust Conservancy member. Trustee Yates agreed to stand. DLS Marlor called three more times for nominations for the positions of Islands Trust Conservancy member. Hearing none, the paper ballots were prepared and distributed by staff. TC-2022-136 It wasMoved—minutes · source
2022-09-20Islands Trust CouncilTC-2022-106that Trust Council Bylaw No. 190, cited as “Islands Trust Council Natural Area Exemption Certificate Fees Bylaw No. 115, 2006, Amendment Bylaw No. 1, 2022”, be read a first time.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2022-09-20Islands Trust CouncilTC-2022-107that Trust Council Bylaw No. 190, cited as “Islands Trust Council Natural Area Exemption Certificate Fees Bylaw No. 115, 2006, Amendment Bylaw No. 1, 2022”, be read a second time.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2022-09-20Islands Trust CouncilTC-2022-108that Trust Council Bylaw No. 190, cited as “Islands Trust Council Natural Area Exemption Certificate Fees Bylaw No. 115, 2006, Amendment Bylaw No. 1, 2022”, be read a third time.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2022-09-20Islands Trust CouncilTC-2022-109that Trust Council approve new Policy 2.1.16 “Guidelines for Executive Committee Sponsored or Islands Trust Conservancy Initiated NAPTEP Applications”.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2022-06-21Islands Trust CouncilTC-2022-041that the Islands Trust Council agree to enter into service contracts with the Boards of the Regional District of Nanaimo, Comox Valley Regional District, Cowichan Valley Regional District, qathet Regional District, Sunshine Coast Regional District, and Capital Regional District for the purpose of sharing the costs of conducting elections, and; That Islands trust Council authorize the Chair and Director, Legislative Services to sign the service agreements on behalf of Council that will be substantially similar to the attached template.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2022-06-21Islands Trust CouncilTC-2022-042that Trust Council Bylaw No. 188, cited as “Trust Council Bylaw No. 188, 2022” be given First reading.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2022-06-21Islands Trust CouncilTC-2022-079To nominate Trustee Peterson for the Governance Committee. Trustee Peterson agreed to stand. TC-2022-080 It wasMoved—minutes · source
2021-11-30Islands Trust CouncilTC-2021-119that the Islands Trust Council approves the amendment of the NAPTEP Certificate for the covenanted portion of the property described as PID 001-081- 110, Lot 38, Section 7, Pender Island, Cowichan District, Plan 32261, Except Part in Plan 35333, to extend the Certificate to cover the increased protection area, and to reference the registration number of the new conservation covenant and survey plan that will be registered.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2021-11-30Islands Trust CouncilTC-2021-120that the Islands Trust Council requests the Secretary to issue a new NAPTEP Certificate for the covenanted portion of the property described as PID 001-081- 110, Lot 38, Section 7, Pender Island, Cowichan District, Plan 32261, Except Part in Plan 35333, to reflect the approved amendment, subject to registration of a conservation covenant and completion of a baseline inventory report consistent with the standards developed for NAPTEPMovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2021-11-30Islands Trust CouncilTC-2021-121that the Islands Trust Council request the Secretary issue a Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Certificate for the covenanted portion of the property described as PID 000-009-474, the west 1/2 of the south east 1/4 of section 21, Lasqueti Island, Nanaimo District, Except parts in Plans 17116 and 30313, subject to registration of a conservation covenant and completion of a baseline inventory report consistent with the standards developed for NAPTEP.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2021-11-30Islands Trust CouncilTC-2021-126that Trust Council approve the draft 2022/23 budget as amended for public consultation.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2021-09-21Islands Trust CouncilTC-2021-083that Trust Council direct staff to develop policy guidance for sponsorship of Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Program (NAPTEP) applications and return to Trust Council for further review and approval.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2021-06-08Islands Trust CouncilTC-2021-047that Trust Council adopt amended Trust Council Policy 2.3.1 Council Committee System (Attachment 1).MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2021-06-08Islands Trust CouncilTC-2021-051that the meeting be recessed at 8:15 p.m.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2021-06-08Islands Trust CouncilTC-2021-059that the Islands Trust Council request the Secretary issue a Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Certificate (NAPTEP) for the covenanted portion of the property on North Pender Island described as “3209 Armadale Road, Parcel Identifier 029-414- 890, and 3210 Clam Bay Road, Parcel Identifier 000-543-527” subject to registration of a conservation covenant and completion of a baseline inventory report consistent with the standards developed for NAPTEP.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2020-12-01Islands Trust CouncilTC-2020-111that the Islands Trust Council request the Secretary issue a Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Certificate for the covenanted portion of the property described as “Lot 12, Sections 64, 65, 66, 67 and 68, South Salt Spring Island, Cowichan District, Plan 1914, Parcel Identifier 006-760-112” subject to registration of a conservation covenant and completion of a baseline inventory report consistent with the standards developed for NAPTEP.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2020-12-01Islands Trust CouncilTC-2020-112that the Islands Trust Council request the Secretary issue a Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Certificate for the covenanted portion of the property described as “Lot 2, Section 72, South Salt Spring Island, Cowichan District, Plan 36292 Except Plan 40974, Parcel Identifier 000-395-081” subject to registration of a conservation covenant and completion of a baseline inventory report consistent with the standards developed for NAPTEP.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2020-12-01Islands Trust CouncilTC-2020-118that motion TC-2020-117 be amended to remove all text after the word “operations”, and adding the words “and that this take place after the Policy Statement Review and that the creation of the Terms of Reference for this project be referred to Executive Committee.SecondedDEFEATEDminutes · source
2020-09-15Islands Trust CouncilTC-2020-069that Trust Council amend TC-2020-032 to read “Executive Committee postpone investigating a presentation by Dr. Richard Hebda at a Trust Council meeting or webinar until the timing is more appropriate.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2020-09-15Islands Trust CouncilTC-2020-090that Trust Council direct the Chair to write to Transport Canada and all relevant Ministers of the BC government to request that they develop a clear plan that supports the goal of the local island community to ensure the New Brighton Dock remains a public access point to Gambier Island and the critical port for the Southwest Peninsula; while at the same time being a fair and reasonable option for the owners of the dock, the Skwxwú7mesh Uxwumixw Council, to consider in their deliberations.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2020-06-16Islands Trust CouncilTC-2020-052that the Islands Trust Council request the Secretary issue a Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Certificate for the covenanted portion of the property described as “Lot B Section 22 Pender Island Cowichan District Plan VIP 67942, Parcel Identifier 024-289-582” subject to registration of a conservation covenant and completion of a baseline inventory report consistent with the standards developed for NAPTEP. Trustee Morrison spoke to a lack of natural forest structure in 2 nd and 3 rd growth forests. There is a legal mechanism in covenants for restoration to occur, Acting Manager of the IslanMovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2020-03-10Islands Trust CouncilTC-2020-017that the eelgrass mapping project in the Strategic Plan be deferred to 2021/22.SecondedDEFEATEDminutes · source
2020-03-10Islands Trust CouncilTC-2020-029that Islands Trust Council Bylaw 179, cited as the ‘Revenue Anticipation Borrowing Bylaw 2020-21” be forwarded to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing for approval consideration.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2020-03-10Islands Trust CouncilTC-2020-032that Executive Committee investigate the presentation of Dr. Richard Hebda at the next trust council meeting or webinar.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2019-09-17Islands Trust CouncilTC-2019-087that Trust Council consider approaching the Province of British Columbia to request additional funding for the Islands Trust annual budget, ensuring any request that goes forward is appropriately strategized in line with other requests currently being asked of the Province; and That Trust Council direct staff to work with Executive Committee and the Islands Trust Conservancy Board to strategize an approach for requesting additional funding from the Province.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2019-09-17Islands Trust CouncilTC-2019-097that Trust Council endorse the Howe Sound Biosphere Region application to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), on the condition that the initiative is supported by the First Nations whose territory encompasses what is known as Howe Sound.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2019-06-18Islands Trust CouncilTC-2019-051that the Islands Trust adopt a practice of providing low-carbon catering by:  Looking for a caterer that focuses on locally sourced products where possible even if it means paying extra,  Making meals vegetarian with a meat option,  That red meat not be offered unless it is sourced “on-islands,”  Clearly communicating the principles of low-carbon, local, vegetarian focus to potential caterers. The following amendment was presented: It wasMoved—minutes · source
2019-03-12Islands Trust CouncilTC-2019-025that Islands Trust Council receives the “Baseline Report: Affordable Housing in the Islands Trust Area (Updated January, 2019)”. 2. That Islands Trust Council receives the document “Affordable Housing in the Trust Area: Strategic Actions for Islands Trust,” and considers adding the high priority actions within it in the Trust Council Strategic Plan for the current term. 3. That Islands Trust Council requests Staff to post the updated “Baseline Report: Affordable Housing in the Islands Trust Area,” and the “Affordable Housing in the Trust Area: Strategic Actions for Islands Trust,” on the websiSecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2019-03-12Islands Trust CouncilTC-2019-039that Trust Council make the following declaration regarding reconciliation: The Islands Trust Council acknowledges that the lands and waters that encompass the Islands Trust Area have been home to Indigenous peoples since time immemorial and honours the rich history, stewardship, and cultural heritage that embody this place we all call home. The Islands Trust Council is committed to establishing and maintaining mutually respectful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Islands Trust states a commitment to Reconciliation with the understanding that this commitment is a lonMovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2018-11-06Islands Trust CouncilTC-2018-115that the Islands Trust Council recommend to Parks Canada that Trustee Middleton be Trust Council’s liaison to the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve and direct that the Executive Committee recommend an Islands Trust Council Vice-Chair who is Chair of a Local Trust Committee affected by National Park policies as an additional Islands Trust Council liaison. Discussion ensued on friendly amendments to motion which would accommodate Trustee Morrison’s interest as an alternate liaison to the GINPR. Trustee Peterson made a friendly amendment to the motion: TC-2018-116 It wasMoved—minutes · source
2018-11-06Islands Trust CouncilTC-2018-116that the Islands Trust Council recommend to Parks Canada that Trustee Middleton be Trust Council’s liaison to the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve and the Trustee Morrison be the designated alternate liaison.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2018-06-19Islands Trust CouncilTC-2018-054that Trust Council request staff to provide a report to Trust Council with information about the implications of the Islands Trust taking on a secretariat role for the Howe Sound Community Forum that considers the needs of existing and potential regional coordination processes in the Baynes Sound/Lambert Channel and Saanich Inlet regions and that the Trust Programs Committee is authorized to provide initial support if it deems it advisable out of its existing budget.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2018-03-13Islands Trust CouncilTC-2018-026that the Islands Trust Council approves the top priorities of the Executive Committee Work Program Report.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2018-03-13Islands Trust CouncilTC-2018-034that Islands Trust Council endorse the Islands Trust Fund’s Regional Conservation Plan (2018-2027).SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2017-06-20Islands Trust CouncilTC-2017-026that Trust Council add Species at Risk to the Islands Trust Policy Statement Topic Review Inventory.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2017-06-20Islands Trust CouncilTC-2017-029that Trust Council request that the Trust Fund Board investigate options for increased use of federal or provincial stewardship agreements for species at risk in the Islands Trust Area.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2016-06-14Islands Trust CouncilTC-2016-038that the Islands Trust Council approve the top priorities of the Executive Committee Work Program Report.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2016-06-14Islands Trust CouncilTC-2016-042that the Islands Trust Council approve the 2015-2016 Draft Annual Report for submission to the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2016-03-22Islands Trust CouncilTC-2016-024that Islands Trust Council Bylaw 165, cited as “Financial Plan Bylaw, 2016/17” be read a third time.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2015-06-23Islands Trust CouncilTC-2015-056that the motion be amended to add at the end: “to begin after the Salt Spring Island referendum”. There was debate on the motion. The question on the motion was put,MovedDEFEATEDminutes · source
2015-03-10Islands Trust CouncilTC-2015-022that the Islands Trust Council request Executive Committee to include in its briefing to council committees, local trust committees and Trust Fund Board a request to consider the advancement of Policy Statement policies that support a healthy environment when developing recommendations for objectives, goals and activities in the 2015-2018 Strategic Plan. There was discussion about whether this would result in the creation of a new work program for staff to review within staff reports. It was suggested that if it is not included in the strategic plan, then it would go in a different direction aSecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2014-09-09Islands Trust CouncilTC-2014-081To add “Advocacy to expand the boundaries of Halkett Bay Provincial Marine Park” as a new business item.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2014-09-09Islands Trust CouncilTC-2014-100that the Islands Trust Chair write a letter to BC Parks supporting, in principle, the request of the Marine Life Sanctuary Society of BC, to expand Halkett Bay Provincial Marine Park boundaries to include the Glass Sponge Reef and Garden off Halkett Point, Gambier Island.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2014-06-18Islands Trust CouncilTC-2014-045To add ‘Gulf Islands Alliance June 3, 2014 letter re: Proposed Logging on Gambier Island” as a new business item.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2014-06-18Islands Trust CouncilTC-2014-078that the Islands Trust Council request the Executive Committee to monitor and consider directing activities related to the environmental assessment process for the Woodfibre LNG project.SecondedCARRIEDminutes · source
2014-06-18Islands Trust CouncilTC-2014-079that the Islands Trust Council request the Executive Committee to review the staff resources available to update and combine Trust Council’s six existing agreements (1994- 1999) into one agreement with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations in order to implement the sections of the Islands Trust Policy Statement regarding Crown Land and return to Trust Council with recommendations for next steps.MovedCARRIEDminutes · source
2013-06-11Islands Trust Councilthat the Islands Trust Council direct the Chair to write to the Ministry of Transportation, Marine Branch outlining the importance of supporting families with children in the Islands Trust Area and encouraging funding for the supervision of young children using BC Ferries Route 13 and the Langdale Ferry Terminal to get to and from school. Resolution TC 159-2013 It wasMoved—minutes · source

Attendance per the minutes

YearPresentAbsent or regrets
201110
2012140
2013123
2014122
2015100
2016120
2017120
2018130
2019140
2020220
2021190
2022190
2023210
2024291
2025211
2026102
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Most-used words on the record

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Meetings they speak most in

  1. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, May 26, 2022 — 2022-05-26, 11,736 words
  2. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, January 27, 2026 — 2026-01-27, 9,139 words
  3. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, November 21, 2023 — 2023-11-21, 7,755 words
  4. Islands Trust Conservancy Board regular meeting, May 25, 2021 — 2021-05-25, 7,523 words
  5. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, June 20, 2023 — 2023-06-20, 7,226 words
  6. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee public hearing, October 1, 2024 — 2024-10-01, 7,156 words
  7. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee community information meeting, February 4, 2021 — 2021-02-04, 6,798 words
  8. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, August 29, 2023 — 2023-08-29, 6,572 words
  9. Islands Trust Conservancy Board regular meeting, May 24, 2022 — 2022-05-24, 6,537 words
  10. Gambier Island Local Trust Committee regular meeting, June 24, 2025 — 2025-06-24, 6,511 words

Words on the record by year

YearRecorded meetingsLinesWords
2021244,85061,746
2022264,33852,910
2023103,05537,772
2024152,63035,389
202581,35618,174
202682,12026,161

Every transcript they speak in (91)

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