Title
Regional Canada Goose Management Service - 2025 Updates
Recommendation
[At the February 18, 2026 Environmental Services Committee meeting, the Committee moved and carried Alternative 2 in the staff report to extend funding as part of the 2027-2031 service planning period.]
The Environmental Services Committee recommends to the Capital Regional District Board:
1. That staff be directed to extend the funding for the Goose Management Service with additional resources identified through the Initiative Business Case process as part of the 2027-2031 service planning period; and,
2. That staff be directed to initiate an amendment to Bylaw No. 4522 Canada Goose Management Service Establishment Bylaw No. 1, 2022 in 2027 to increase the maximum allowable requisition and accommodate any increases based on Board direction.
(WP - All)
[At the February 18, 2026 Environmental Services Committee meeting, the following 3 motions arising were passed:]
The Environmental Services Committee recommends to the Capital Regional District Board:
3. Whereas the CRD has a proven Canada Geese Management program that costs taxpayers of the CRD in requisition;
And whereas the provincial and federal governments have a responsibility for managing wildlife;
Be it resolved the CRD Board Chair write the appropriate provincial and federal ministers responsible for wildlife and request their financial, technical, and regulatory support in addressing non-migratory Canada Geese in the CRD, and that the local MLAs and MPs be copied.
4. That the Board Chair write to the appropriate Federal Minister and local MPs advocating for streamlining the Federal Crop Protection Permit program, including allowing for multi-year permits.
5. That the CRD invites local governments in the region with the Canada goose population impacting agriculture to work with the CRD and senior government partners to reduce barriers to the hunting of geese for crop protection.
(NWA)