Islands Trust draft Policy Statement – Your Input Matters

Islands Trust Council gave First Reading to the draft Policy Statement at its meeting of July 29, 2025. Read more about the Policy Statement Amendment Project on Islands-2050.

Phase 4 of public engagement on the draft Policy Statement has begun and will be ongoing until February, 2026. Referral of the Policy Statement bylaw to Indigenous Governing Bodies and other agencies will coincide with public engagement. Input on the draft Policy Statement can be provided several ways:

Complete the Survey online, or pick up a postage-paid, paper version of the survey at select on-island locations from September 1, 2025:

Attend a virtual Town Hall on September 10, 2025. Register here.

Call: 250-405-5151

Email: islands2050@islandstrust.bc.ca

Present to Islands Trust Council at its meetings in September 2025 and December 2025. If you wish to be a Delegate (virtual or in person) at a Council Committee meeting, use this form.

Participate in an on-island engagement event:

  • Gabriola Island: Town Hall during regular local trust committee meeting – October 9, 2025
  • Galiano Island: Staff-led community info meeting before regular local trust committee meeting – October 14, 2025
  • Gambier Island: Staff- led community info meeting before regular local trust committee meeting – November 25, 2025
  • Hornby Island: Town Hall during regular local trust committee meeting – November 14, 2025
  • Lasqueti Island: Town Hall during regular local trust committee meeting – October 6, 2025
  • Mayne Island: Town Hall during regular local trust committee meeting – September 29, 2025
  • North Pender Island: Town Hall during regular local trust committee meeting – October 3, 2025
  • Saturna Island: LTC- led community info meeting before regular local trust committee meeting – October 23, 2025
  • Salt Spring Island: Staff-led community information meetings (in-person, North and South ends) – tbd
  • South Pender Island: Staff-led town hall meeting during regular local trust committee meeting – November 7, 2025
  • Thetis Island: Town Hall during regular local trust committee meeting – November 4, 2025