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November 23rd

Hurricane force winds

Center of storm offshore

 

Images approximately same time

Storm peaked from 10 til noon

 

 

Meeting held Friday night

Last meeting for Briglio, Hetman and MacKenzie (Pond also but he was absent anyways) --- Perhaps Pages last meeting as Chair – all depends upon whom City appoints to sit on SQCRD ---- I did ask Briglio and Kulesha about monies they collected for either travel or health insurance --- they both claimed ‘entitled’ to the $$ --- more on this later.

 

 

 

Most interesting to me was request to subdivide and sell old logging camp site on the Scotia River

From Forestry camp to Sport Fishing

In long term perspective – part of the move from Native land to Settler Colony based up on Agriculture – which failed up here – so Fishing became the main employer – and 1st Nations sent to small reserves to catch fish --- now after river valleys logged out ---colonizers sell land to sports fishers

 

 

Image above from Book Making Native Spaces

IR 9 dates from 1881 --- Most argue the reserves were given out as fishing sites – and thus all the local natives needed to sustain themselves into future --- thus opening lands to new Settlers --- Perhaps the origin of agriculture designation goes back that far ---

 

(excerpt form letter to permit subdivision(

Land in the ALR
(Agriculture Land Reserve)

Here request in name of Whonnock Industries which was bought out by INTERFOR in 1984 – see this G&M article

One wonders if any taxes ever levied by Province or Regional District on these lots (1945 & DL 7550)

Here is the sketch of the subdivided lands ---

The motion was passed with addendum that proponent ‘consult’ with 1st Nation owner of IR 9.

Karl Bergman originally wanted to put on hold until SQCRD heard from IR 9 owner – but Briglio countered that fishing lodge was within zoning so none RD business and only the IR 9’s affair

 

 

Election Results

Brad Setso took the Electoral Area D seat from Ian Hetman

 

 

At Friday meeting some discussion about Moresby Island Management Committee --- technically appointed by SQCRD – so tried to avoid using the word ‘elected’ which implies their own mandate

 

Role of Gas Tax

I will go into this at another time – but the formation of the ‘Rural Electors’ into a separate meeting group was in part prompted by Gas Tax $$ -- it had been going into a common fund before – but now each different Electoral Area presumably controls it own gas tax funding – thus the 28T to Oona River project

 

 

Alliance building thu SMFCA

Sustainable Marine Fisheries and Communities Alliance group --- Same letter in PR Council package --- all the Native villages and PR + Port Ed getting together to ‘fight’ upriver and sporties – I will argue elsewhere the conflict is misguided --- salmon in decline (climate change) is real culprit --- later

Created by LG on 23/11/2008

Last updated on Monday, November 24, 2008