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For earlier materials see Table of Contents

Here is a DFO link to all BC Harbour Authorities

And North Coast HAABC listings

On local ‘Authorities’ and ‘accountability’	Howard Gray questioned the Port Ed Harbour Authority
	Problem runs deeper

Gray presentation Council Jan 26^th

The several local authorities are products of late 1990’s when Feds withdrew from running airports and local docks etc

Thus Seal Cove Airport Society (defunct??)
PR Airport Society, the docks etc

Speaking to someone from Dodge Cove, they actually find controlling their own docks to be beneficial ---- I am told Lax Kw’alaams and Metlakatla run their docks but not as an Authority

And what about the ‘Airport Society’?--- presumably a non profit society with Directors appointed by City

See this history

But as has been recently brought up about Prince George Airport Authority :

PG Citizen story on their Airport Authority: claims to be public, but private

And Vancouver where YVR authority appointed by nominees
But YVR unaccountable (Blog)
the lines of accountability are vague for these presumably public bodies

	Landlord Tenant dispute
	I will return to Henry Green the Master Carver another day --- the ironies of situation --- I was told City once looked into building the present Museum on SQCRD & Carving shed land – but found out that Carving shed etc was actually Reserve Land --- so decided upon present location where land not disputed --- thus there is some logic to Henry’s suggestion Lax Kw’alaams run the carving shed

PR City Council – and Conflict of Interest – Community Charter: Ethical Conduct (link) next steps??-- Section 111

Illegal – contrary to Tax Act?

When this broadened out to include other groups at January 26^th meeting – Bedard spoke to the motion and voted for it

I suggest this contravenes the Community Charter

(Conflict of Interest)

At another level this is how things are done in PR --- self interest seen as ‘For the Greater Good’ especially by the ‘ruling class’


	Oil stained Looney –is how Dogwood initiative makes point about Tankers, Coal Bed Methane etc threatening North Coast Waters

	We See
	New Boardwalk – on both City property and owners --- so wonder who paid for it

	Part of Trail
	Presumably the new foot bridge is part of some Grant money to upgrade the trail

Created by LG on Feb2, 2008

Last updated on Tuesday, February 03, 2009

NATURE

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Here is a DFO link to all BC Harbour Authorities

Howard Gray questioned the Port Ed Harbour Authority