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Motion with Notice: Partnerships to Protect Old Growth Forests in a Manner Consistent with Reconciliation (Director Isitt)
Recommendation
[At the June 9, 2021 CRD Board meeting, further deliberation on an amending motion was postponed due to a provincial announcement that afternoon. The amending motion, if passed, would result in the main motion being amended to read:
That the Board endorses the following resolution and directs staff to forward copies to the Premier of British Columbia, the BC Minister of Forests, the BC Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Members of the Legislative Assembly representing constituencies on Vancouver Island, and Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities (AVICC) member local governments, requesting favourable consideration:
Resolution: Partnerships to Protect Old Growth Forests in a Manner Consistent with Reconciliation
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Capital Regional District expresses its willingness to work with Indigenous governments, the Government of British Columbia, the Government of Canada and other entities to protect old growth forests on southern Vancouver Island in a manner consistent with reconciliation objectives, including consideration of establishing Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Capital Regional District calls on the Government of British Columbia to allocate funding to enact deferrals in an economically just manner, in the full spirit of reconciliation, and to support through conservation financing and other measures the economic transition of affected Indigenous and non-Indigenous workers, communities and companies from unsustainable old-growth logging toward the development of long-term sustainable local economies.]
That the Board endorses the following resolution and directs staff to forward copies to the Premier of British Columbia, the BC Minister of Forests, the BC Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Memb...
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