Regular Council Meeting Held on July 17, 2019

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CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF POUCE COUPE 5011 - 49 Ave., Pouce Coupe, BC V0C 2C0

AGENDA Regular Meeting of Council Wednesday, August 21, 2019 7:00 PM in Council Chambers

Item Description

Page . 1. CALL TO ORDER . 2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA . 3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES OF . 6 - 20 3.1 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council adopt the minutes from the regular Council meeting held on July 17, 2019.

. 4. INTRODUCTION OF LATE ITEMS . 5. PUBLIC HEARING - NONE . 6. DELEGATIONS - NONE . 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES . 8. NEW BUSINESS . 21 8.1 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letter from the PRRD - re: Municipal Participation in Planning: Local Government Act Part 14 - Planning and Land use Management for discussion.

. 22 - 27 8.2 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council direct Administration to draft a Wage Loss Reimbursement Policy.

. 28 8.3 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the donation request from the Pouce Coupe Museum for discussion. Page 2 of 138 August 21, 2019 Regular Council

AND THAT Council decide if they would like to make a donation to the Pouce Coupe Museum Harvest Tea.

. 29 8.4 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letter from BC Ambulance Service for discussion.

. 30 - 31 8.5 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letter regarding the 2019 UBCM Official Opposition Meeting Opportunities as information and consideration.

. 32 8.6 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letter of support for the Rural Dividend Fund Application as information.

. 33 8.7 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council appoint two (2) new alternate delegates for MIABC's voting list.

. 34 - 69 8.8 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the report from North Cowichan on UBCM Resolution- Regional Management of Forestry as information.

. 70 8.9 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the "BC Oil & Gas Commission request to meet with Village Council Member" as information/consideration.

. 8.10 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the email from DC Disk Golf Club as information.

. 71 - 72 8.11 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council discuss the concept of a walking/cycling trail around Pouce Park.

. 73 - 74 8.12 RECOMMENDATION:

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THAT Council approve using Digital B photography to take aerial photos of Pouce Coupe.

. 75 - 76 8.13 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT the Village of Pouce Coupe decline to take over operation of the water trailer.

. 9. CORRESPONDENCE . 77 - 78 9.1 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the Policy Directive 19-09 from Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch as information.

. 79 - 91 9.2 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letters in support of Library Funding as information.

. 92 9.3 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the save the date invite from BC Natural Resources as information.

. 93 - 96 9.4 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the signed Collective Letter - Forestry Dependent Communities as information.

. 97 9.5 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letter to the District of West Vancouver on "support of single use items resolution" as information.

. 98 - 101 9.6 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the Site C bulletin as information.

. 102 - 103 9.7 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the communications from FCM on "Show your support for the Gas Tax Fund" as information.

. 104 9.8 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letter from the City of Victoria on Creating Page 4 of 138 August 21, 2019 Regular Council

a Lobbying Registry as information.

. 105 - 108 9.9 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the "official call for Expressions of Interest to host the NCLGA 2021 and 2022 AGM and convention" as information.

. 109 - 116 9.10 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive Bylaw No. 588 Property Maintenance and Noise Bylaw as information.

. 117 9.11 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letter from the PRRD supporting the building of a permanent addition at the Pouce Coupe Elementary School as information.

. 118 - 120 9.12 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letter from UBC on Energy and Environment Research Initiative as information.

. 121 - 122 9.13 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letter from Janet Lalodge as information.

. 123 9.14 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the NCLGA Board Highlights as information.

. 124 - 128 9.15 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the information/report on Protection of Groundwater as information.

. 9.16 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the invitation to the NEBC Coal & Energy Forum Committee as information.

. 129 - 130 9.17 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the invitation for the Resource Breakfast at UBCM as information. Page 5 of 138 August 21, 2019 Regular Council

. 9.18 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the information from Private Forest Landowners Association as information.

. 10. RESOLUTIONS - NONE . 11. BYLAWS - NONE . 12. ADMINISTRATION REPORTS . 12.1 CAO Report . 131 - 134 12.2 Action Items

. 135 - 136 12.3 Capital & Special Projects

. 137 - 138 12.4 Council Calendars

. 13. REPORTS . 13.1 Councillor White Report . 13.2 Councillor Smith Report . 13.3 Councillor Hebert Report . 13.4 Councillor Drover Report . 13.5 Mayor Michetti Report . 14. IN-CAMERA as per section 90(1) (a) (c) (g)of the Community Charter

IN-CAMERA as per section 90(1) (a) (c) (g)of the Community Charter:

(a) personal information about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer, employee or agent of the municipality or another position appointed by the municipality; (c) labour relations or other employee relations; (g) litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality. . 15. RISE AND REPORT . 16. ADJOURNMENT

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CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF POUCE COUPE 5011 – 49 Ave., Pouce Coupe, BC V0C 2C0

MINUTES

Regular Meeting of Council July 17, 2019 7:00 PM in Council Chambers

1 CALL TO ORDER @ 7PM In Attendance:

Mayor Michetti Councillor White Councillor Smith Councillor Hebert Councillor Drover Chris Leggett, CAO/CFO Sandy Stokes, CO

2 ADOPTION OF AGENDA

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH

THAT Council adopt the agenda as presented. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

3 ADOPTION OF MINUTES OF

.1 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council adopt the minutes from the Regular Council meeting held on June 19, 2019.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE

THAT Council adopt the minutes from the Regular Council meeting held on June 19, 2019 as presented. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

4 INTRODUCTION OF LATE ITEMS

LATE ITEMS: 8.14 Variance for DeWetter fence 9.16 Taylor Gold panning invitation

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8.15 Draft letter to Minister Sohi- signature requested 8.16 Skate park quote for landscaping

5 PUBLIC HEARING - NONE

6 DELEGATIONS - NONE

7 UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES - NONE

8 NEW BUSINESS

.1 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council decide if they would like to meet with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure before UBCM. The district manager has requested a meeting with Mayor and Council on August 1 in the afternoon.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH

Council agreed to the meeting on August 1, 2019 at 1 pm in the Council Chambers. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

.2 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council adopt the 2018 Annual Report as presented.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH

THAT Council adopt the 2018 Annual Report as presented. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

.3 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the email from Brent Reschny for discussion.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR HEBERT SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH

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THAT Council direct administration to ask public works to remove the speed bumps that are on 52 Avenue and the speed bumps on 55 Avenue. CARRIED MOTIONED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR HEBERT THAT Going forward when someone calls in to complain about the speed bumps administration is to notify public works to go remove them and keep a list of the addresses and next year the speed bumps will not be put back in those areas. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

.4 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letter from Rob Brown for discussion.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH

THAT Council receive the letter from Rob Brown for discussion. Council discussed waiving the fees for the rental of the community center for Rob Brown to conduct auditions for the Sukunka film project. Council agreed to waive the fees for the community center rental. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

.5 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the invoice from Jocks Restoration for discussion.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR BARB

THAT Council receive the invoice from Jocks Restoration for discussion. CAO discussed the issue and Council agreed to reimburse the resident. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

.6 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council decide if they would like to do an ad in the BC Yukon Royal Canadian Legion Book this year.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR HEBERT SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE

THAT Council decide if they would like to do an ad in the BC Yukon Royal Canadian Legion Book this year. Council discussed and decided to make a $500.00 donation to the Pouce Coupe Legion. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

.7 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the Library Agreement for approval.

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MOVED BY COUNCILLOR HEBERT SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE

THAT Council receive the Library Agreement for approval. Council discussed the agreement and they have a question about who will cover the cost to convert the temporary classroom back to library space. Would like this to come back to the next council meeting. TABLED

.8 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council accept the Q2 Budget Report and the 2019 Capital and Special Project report for information.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH

THAT Council accept the Q2 Budget Report and the 2019 Capital and Special Project report for information. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

.9 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council discuss placing one or more speed bumps on 52nd Street.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE

THAT Council discuss placing one or more speed bumps on 52nd Street. Council agreed to move the speed bumps from 52nd Avenue and put them on 52nd Street. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

.10 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council thank the DC Volleyball Association for providing volunteer support on Canada Day.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR HEBERT SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE

THAT Council thank the DC Volleyball Association for providing volunteer support on Canada Day. Council requested that a thank you letter be sent to DC Volleyball. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

.11 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council approves travel, registration and accommodation expenses for Mayor, Councillors and CAO up to $4,163.00 per person to attend the UBCM 2019 Conference in Vancouver from September 22-27, 2019.

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MOVED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR HEBERT

Council approved the travel, registration and accommodation expenses for Mayor, Councillors, CAO and CO to attend UBCM. Mayor, 2 Councillors, CAO and CO will be attending UBCM this year.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

.12 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council direct administration to demand the $5,000.00, that was given to the SPCA for the cat spay/neuter program, be returned to the Village of Pouce Coupe immediately.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR HEBERT SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH

THAT Council direct administration to demand the $5,000.00, that was given to the SPCA for the cat spay/neuter program, be returned to the Village of Pouce Coupe immediately. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

.13 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the incident report from the fire chief as information.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH

THAT Council receive the incident report from the fire chief as information presented. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

.14 RECOMMENDATION: LATE ITEM

THAT Council grant Mr. DeWetter a building variance permit to increase the height of his fence to 5 feet as requested in his letter.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH

THAT Council grant Mr. DeWetter a building variance permit to increase the height of his fence to 5 feet as requested in the letter. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

.15 RECOMMENDATION:

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THAT Council receive the letter addressed to Minister Sohi, Freeland and Hajdu for discussion.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH

THAT Council receive the letter addressed to Minister Sohi, Freeland and Hajdu for discussion. The letter is requesting that the mayor sign - Mayor Michetti agreed to sign the letter.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

.16 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council choose which contractor to award the skatepark landscaping to.

Mayor Michetti and CAO recused themselves as there is a conflict of interest. Acting Mayor - Councillor Smith for this item. MOVED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE

THAT Council choose which contractor to award the skatepark landscaping contract to. Council reviewed the quotes that were provided and asked that administration go back to the contractors and ask them to resubmit their bids. Council would like all quotes to reference the same work/items being quoted. DEFEATED

9 CORRESPONDENCE

.1 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the thank you letter from the DC Kiwannis Marching Band as information

.2 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letter from Courtesy Matters as information.

.3 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letters for support for Libraries as information.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR HEBERT SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE

THAT Council send a letter of support for the libraries. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

.4 RECOMMENDATION:

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THAT Council receive the letter from Mayor Walker of White Rock as information.

.5 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letter from Minister Robinson as information.

.6 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the updates from Site C as information.

.7 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letter from Canada's Energy Citizens as information.

Mayor Michetti will sign the petition.

.8 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letter to Minister of Municipal Affairs as information.

.9 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the correspondence from Prince George as information.

.10 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the requests for letters of support from Richmond as information.

.11 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letter from ECOMM as information.

.12 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the letter regarding Trans Mountain as information.

.13 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the RCLC workforce report as information.

.14 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the Dawson Creek Art Gallery - June report for information.

.15 RECOMMENDATION:

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THAT Council receive the North East Emergency Management Newsletter as information.

.16 RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Council receive the "World Invitational Class "A" Gold Panning Championships" letter as information.

All of the above correspondence was received as information.

10 RESOLUTIONS - NONE

11 BYLAWS - NONE

12 ADMINISTRATION REPORTS

.1 CAO Report • painting is now complete at the museum and the office interior. MOTIONED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR HEBERT, THAT administration have a series of (3) arial photos of Pouce Coupe done to put up on the walls in the office now that the painting is complete. • spoke with April Moi and Bryan about interviewing people in Pouce for tourism video, Council suggested that they speak to Herb Nodes, Joyce Doonan, Mable Gunther and go to the seniors home • Both job ads are out, Admin. Assistant and RFP for Animal Control Officer/Bylaw. 10 applications for Admin. so far • Cemetery sign can be fixed for $500. - advised to proceed • Mayor Michetti, Councillor Hebert and Councillor White - Thank you for the walks around town, they brought lots of issues to my attention and they have been shared with staff and public works • Thank you Sandy for the fire department certificates - Reids name needs to be fixed • Golds property - have issued notices for the unsightly property • there is a failed sewer line up on 48th street • Campground concept meeting - owner did not show up for the meeting- will wait for them to reach out to us • Maintenance - mower deck down on trackless • newsletter is underway • Community Center closed for a week for in-depth cleaning - DC Art gallery had to reschedule one of the events

.2 Action Items

• Council reviewed the list of action items

MOTIONED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH THAT the meeting go past 9:00 pm.

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• Canada Day 2020 will be at the ball diamonds • Council asked administration to reach out to the grant writer and ask about building grants to build a new kitchen down at the park.

.3 Capital & Special Projects

.4 Council Calendars

13 REPORTS

.1 Councillor White Report • Attended July 1 celebrations • Attended school tour • Attended library meeting • Currently painting fire hydrants

.2 Councillor Smith Report • Attended PRRD meetings • Attending a meeting tomorrow night for Bulterys' House • Meetings at UBCM for Director's from PRRD

.3 Councillor Hebert Report • Was on the float July 1, took friends through the museum • Went on the school tour • Met with Adam from the post office - see attached report • Went and visited Reg and Ednas' property - we should have a water diversion bylaw - see Dawson's MOTIONED BY COUNCILLOR HEBERT, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH, THAT Council instructs public works to stop collecting garbage and recycling from the people over the hill outside the Pouce Coupe boundaries CARRIED

.4 Councillor Drover Report • table for future discussion: possible replacement of post office, discussion about subdivision of tiny homes, supports twinning Tremblay house

• Attended school tour • Attended Canada Day Parade - Les did an awesome job on the float - well done by all who participated • Skate park - special paint for skate park • Thank you to the CAO and CO for good job

.5 Mayor Michetti Report • Attended July 1 celebrations

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• Attended PRRD - Community to Community meeting in Doig River, also discussed medical roads and Bultery house • Monday night gave fire department certificates out • July 17 had meeting with a business owner - no show • Mayor Michetti - FCM report attached

14 IN-CAMERA AS PER SECTION 90(1) (J) OF THE COMMUNITY CHARTER as per section 90 (1) (j) information that is prohibited, or information that if it were presented in a document would be prohibited, from disclosure under section 21 of the Freedom of Information and Protection Act

MOTIONED BY COUNCILLOR WHITE, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH THAT Council move to in-camera at 9:38 pm CARRIED

15 RISE AND REPORT

16 ADJOURNMENT

MOTIONED BY COUNCILLOR HEBERT to adjourn meeting at 9:40pm

Chairperson Corporate Officer Mayor Michetti Sandy Stokes

Certified True copy of the Regular Council Minutes July 17, 2019, Council Chambers, Pouce Coupe, BC

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COLUW ched- CJHOF Council Report:

1. Attended the July 1“ Parade — rode on the Museum ?oat. Another bouquet for Les and his team! I brought my company from Ladysmith, Canmore, and Chetwynd to the Museum. As we were wandering outside near the tmpper’s cabin, there was quite a contrast in comparison to the Fire Department property. That mess is unsightly and embarrassing for tourists to view.

2. Post Of?ce Report following a meeting with Adam from Vancouver and Carol Clark.

3. Reg and Edna: Ivisited their delightful property on Monday by request. They have legitimate concerns which Ithink need to be dealt with.

a. need a water diversion bylaw for ALLresidents. Do we have one? Maybe look at Dawson Creek's.

b. Noise bylaw enforced. Isn't this supposed to be quiet time between 10 pm and 8 am? A running diesel truck situated in a near vicinity to the residence is an annoyance on a regular basis. This truck could be moved to the double—widedriveway located away from this resident and maybe more palatable.

c. Property surveyed and their fence line is approx. 1 or 2 feet from their house. On the upside- the fence is beautifully constructed I

d. Is there anything preventing sheds/storage from being located between houses? Seems to impede ?re?ghters access and increase risk of ?re spreading from one building to the next.

4. A few walks and a few drives later.... Our little Village is the victim of neglect! We seriously need to address the assets and their lack of maintenance. They are:

a. old library building

b. Municipal building

c. maintaining the soft impact beneath the playground equipment

d. ditches and culverts

e. sewer lines

f. paving

5. Appreciation Certi?cates at the Fire HallMonday night.

6. Tom Stewart — Re: Cemetery Sign correction

- mowing along the fence line at the cemetery— old posts breaking his lawn mower blades

Bythe way, the cemetery looks fantastic!

A couple of questions — are we still planning a tour of the water treatment plant?

Are we still recycling/garbage pick-up outside of the vi lage?

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From the Office of Electoral Area D

August 2, 2019

Mayor and Council Village of Pouce Coupe c/o Chris Legett, CAO

Sent Via Email: [email protected]

Mayor Michetti and Council:

Re: Municipal Participation in Planning: Local Government Act Part 14 - Planning and Land Use Management

Section 381 of the Local Government Act allows municipalities to opt out of Part 14 – Planning and Land Use Management by giving notice to the Board before August 31st in any given year. If the municipality choses to opt out, they would no longer be required to share the costs of the service, nor would they have a vote on any matters related to Part 14.

In 2018, the rural Directors met with Mayor and Council and requested that the Village of Pouce Coupe opt out of planning or enter into an agreement to only participate in a defined area of the region with a reduction of shared costs for the service. At that time, the Village of Pouce Coupe chose to remain fully opted in to the planning function. The cost of the planning function to the Village of Pouce Coupe in 2018 was $2,432 and $3,605 in 2019.

I would like to request that the Village of Pouce Coupe reconsider their decision to remain opted in to the planning function. Alternatively, the Village could give notice to the Peace River Regional District Board prior to August 31, 2019 stating that the Village would like to opt out of Part 14 – Planning and Development fully, or enter into an agreement for the creation of a joint planning area for lands adjacent to Pouce Coupe’s boundaries. If requested, I would be willing to meet with Mayor and Council to discuss further.

I look forward to your response.

Leonard Hiebert Director, Area ‘D’

diverse. vast. abundant. PLEASE REPLY TO: X Box 810, 1981 Alaska Ave, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4H8 Tel: (250) 784-3200 or (800) 670-7773 Fax: (250) 784-3201 Email: [email protected] ppppprr9505 [email protected] St, Fort St. John, BC V1J 4N4 Tel: (250) 785-8084 Fax: (250) 785-1125 Email: [email protected]

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Village of Pouce Coupe DATE: August 21, 2019 MEMOTO: Mayor and Council \-=--‘—"—t FROM: Chris Leggett, CAO E’.9..'.§.€.¢.%.. SUBJECT: Council Wage Loss Reimbursement (..3.Q“Pe

PURPOSE

To provide Council information on the wage loss reimbursement policy for the District of Taylor as requested.

BACKGROUND

At the June 19"‘Meeting of Council, Administration was asked to research a wage loss reimbursement policy with the District of Taylor.

The CAO contacted the CFO for the District and was advised that such a policy exists.

Council resolution number 100/2011 and 151/2018 are attached here for your reference.

District of Taylor resolution number 100/2011 appears to be more in line with the general discussion had at the Village Council meeting and outlines a policy whereby members of Council who miss paid work to attend Council related functions can be reimbursed up to $400.00/day for lost wages to attend to official Village business.

IMPACT ON BUDGET, POLICY, STAFFING

The impact to the budget willdepend on the course of action taken by Council.

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS

All municipal Councils set their own compensation levels. Regardless of policies set by other municipalities, Village of Pouce Coupe Council should discuss the merits of a wage loss reimbursement policy.

Administration feels the idea/premise of the policy is sound as Council members should not have to incur personal ?nancial losses to attend to of?cial Village business. The ?xed monthly stipend set in Bylaw 965, 2014(Council Remuneration and Expense) is intended to compensate Council members for the time spent preparing for and attending at regular Council meetings (22 a year). It also speaks to reimbursement of direct expenses incurred to attend meetings (mileage, food, taxi fare, hotels, etc). The bylaw does not address the situation where a Council member would take an unpaid day off work to attend a meeting or function on behalf of the Village. In this situation, it would in fact cost the member money in lost wages to attend. This is a gap in Administrations view.

Members of Municipal Councils often use vacation days or take days off without pay to attend to meetings and conferences. It is also a common barrier for people looking to run for a seat on a municipal Council to decline being nominated as a candidate since they cannot take the

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Council Conference/Meeting Attendance & Remuneration

Type: Authority: Approved By: × Policy × Council × Council  Procedure  Administrative  CAO &/or Dept. Head Department of Primary Responsibility: Administration Date Adopted: Council Resolution Number: Date to be Reviewed: May 21, 2019 #151/2018 2022 or earlier

Meeting fee remuneration will be provided to Mayor & Council as per the amounts outlined in the Consolidated Fees and Charges Bylaw and criteria outlined in this policy. Upon submission of personal expense claim forms, Mayor and Council shall be remunerated for conducting business and attending meetings, in or outside of the region, including travel time, as specifically authorized by Council. Remuneration for attendance at multiple meetings attended on the same day will be calculated based on the total number of hours spent attending all of the day’s meetings, including associated travel time.

Definitions: 1. External Meeting means any meeting hosted by a third party organization, which is held outside of the municipality and where an elected official has been appointed as a Representative for the District of Taylor. Such meetings must have an internal or third party staff member in attendance where a formal agenda and meeting minutes are prepared and recorded. 2. Internal Meeting means any meeting held within the municipality, organized by the District of Taylor or a community/regional organization where an elected official is appointed as a Community Liaison.

Exclusions & Exceptions Meeting fee remuneration is not eligible for an elected official’s attendance: 1. At any Internal Meetings, unless specifically authorized by Council; and 2. Whenever the sponsoring organization of a meeting provides a per diem or stipend for the elected official’s attendance, such as the Peace River Regional District Board Meetings.

Elected officials may be eligible to receive the meeting fee remuneration for Internal Meetings when the matter is brought before Mayor & Council as part of a Council Meeting and the decision to provide the remuneration for the meeting is passed by resolution.

Eligible Conferences & External Meetings Mayor & Council shall be authorized to attend and receive remuneration for the following conferences and External Meetings:

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Conferences: External Meetings:  BC Natural Resources Forum  Alaska Highway Community Society  Council of Forest Industries  BC Hydro Go Fund Committee Conventions  Municipal Insurance Association of BC  *Federation of Canadian  North Peace Airport Society Municipalities Conferences  North Peace Rural Roads Task Force (FCM)  Northern Development Initiative Trust  North Central Local  Peace Williston Advisory Committee Government Association  Resource Municipalities Coalition Conventions  Short Term Health Care  Union of BC Municipalities  Site C Environmental Assessment Convention  Site C Regional Community Liaison Committee  Any event or conference  UNBC Northern Medical Trust Board and Local located within the Peace Advisory Committee River Regional District  UNBC Northeast Regional Advisory Council

*Note: The FCM Conference is only eligible for the Mayor or Council Representative only when it is held in Central or Eastern Canada. However, Mayor & all members of Council are authorized to attend the FCM Conference if it is held in Western Canada. (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba)

Authorization of Attendance The following processes can be used to receive authorization for attendance at an external meeting or conference not specifically outlined in this policy and not previously approved by Council: 1. A meeting or conference attendance request is delivered to the District Office and is included on a Council Meeting Agenda as correspondence whereby elected officials may gain authorization for attendance through a resolution of Council. 2. An elected official may request that a meeting or conference agenda be included as an item for discussion at an upcoming Council Meeting whereby elected officials may gain authorization for attendance at the event through a resolution of Council. 3. Authorization can be granted by the Mayor to attend meetings or events that require District of Taylor representation. Meeting or event details must then be brought to the next Council Meeting by the Mayor or attending elected official for formal authorization.

Review of Eligible Conferences & External Meetings A review of eligible meetings and/or conferences will be conducted at the Inaugural Meeting of Council or earlier if requested.

Conferences & Spousal Programs The Mayor has an allocated travel budget, which is set annually by Council. The Mayor is authorized to attend any conferences (provincially, nationally or internationally) within this budget that they deem to be important to the District’s community interests.

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Reimbursement of elected official’s travel expenses shall be provided in accordance with the District’s Travel Expense Policy.

For any conference or convention where a spousal program is offered, the District will pay the cost of the spousal program. Travel Expenses for the spouse of an elected official, when attending conferences and conventions where a spousal program is provided shall be allowed, but spouses are not eligible for a per diem. If attendance requires the purchase of plane tickets, an elected official’s spouse will be limited to two return airfare tickets per year.

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Council Wage Reimbursement

Type: Authority: Approved By: × Policy × Council × Council Procedure Administrative CAO &/or Dept. Head Department of Primary Responsibility: Administration Date Adopted: Council Resolution Number: Date to be Reviewed: May 3, 2011 #100/2011 2015

Members of Council who incur a legitimate and quantifiable loss of income for attendance to out of region local government functions (e.g. training, seminars, AGM’s, etc) shall be reimbursed accordingly. To support this loss, a written statement must be provided by the employer. Such reimbursement shall be limited specifically to hourly wages and not reflective of secondary costs (e.g. such as benefits, pension contributions, loss of seniority, etc.) and shall be limited to a maximum of $400.00/day.

Councillors who have “on call stipend” wage loss would only be reimbursed the on call rate. Those having to refuse a shift (scheduled one week prior to the event) for the time they are away would be reimbursed upon submission of a written statement from their employer.

Deviations from the above guidelines must be approved by Council resolution.

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To update M|ABC’s voting delegate list.

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We currently have 2 previous Councillors who are no longer here listed as the alternate delegates. We need to appoint 2 different people. Our current voting delegate is Mayor Lorraine Michetti that they have on ?le.

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JULY 15, 2019 File: 0250-20-UBCM

VIA EMAIL: UBCM Members – All Elected Officials

Dear UBCM Members,

Re: UBCM Resolution – Regional Management of Forestry

This letter is to advise that North Cowichan Municipal Council passed the following resolution on June 19, 2019. Accordingly it has been submitted to the UBCM, and accepted for the 2019 Convention:

WHEREAS the forest industry in British Columbia has been on a steady decline in recent decades, with dozens mill closures, thousands of lost jobs and once-thriving rural communities experiencing severe economic decline – due in large part to corporate mismanagement, misguided government policies, and lack of public oversight;

AND WHEREAS many communities across British Columbia and globally have demonstrated that when local people are empowered to manage public forests and other common resources through community forest licenses, regional trusts and other community-based governance models, there are significant social, economic and environmental benefits;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Province of British Columbia explore the feasibility of:

 Adopting a new model of regionally-based forestry management that will empower local communities to engage in long term planning of the regional economies and ecosystems;

 Creating a Forest Charter passed by the Legislature that includes an overall vision, sustainability principles, and standards for our forests; and

 Appointing a Forester General to serve as a new independent officer who will report annually to the Legislature and work with the diverse regions of our province on local land planning processes.

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Enclosed for your information is the paper Restoring Forestry in BC, which provides a strong basis for the resolution. Council requests your favourable consideration of this important issue at the upcoming Convention.

Yours Truly,

Matt O’Halloran Deputy Corporate Officer

Enclosure

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Restoring Forestry in BC The story of the industry’s decline and the case for regional management BY BOB WILLIAMS January 2018

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RESTORING FORESTRY IN BC The story of the industry’s decline and the case for regional management by Bob Williams January 2018

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

BOB WILLIAMS was Minister of Lands, Forests and Water Resources in the BC government of Dave Barrett (1972–75) and Deputy Minister of Crown Corporations in the government of Mike Harcourt (1992–96). He has a degree in Community and Regional Planning, and in October 2017 was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by Simon Fraser University.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to the four anonymous reviewers of an earlier draft of this report. Special thanks to Ben Parftt and Seth Klein for their reviews and edits. I would like to thank my friend and colleague Ray Travers, RPF, who has advised me on forestry matters ever since I was Minister of Lands, Forests and Water Resources. This work would not have been possible without his continuing deep knowledge and advice, which has helped so many of us who care about our forests.

The opinions and recommendations in this report, and any errors, are those of the author and do not necessarily refect the views of the publishers or funders.

This report is available under limited copyright protection. You may download, distribute, photocopy, cite or excerpt this document provided it is properly and fully credited and not used for commercial purposes.

PUBLISHING TEAM

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ISBN 978-1-77125-368-0

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Contents

Preface ...... 4

Part 1: The decline of forestry in BC ...... 5

Our own tragic statistics ...... 6

The auditor general shows concern ...... 8

Sweden shows us what to do...... 8

The bad deals in forestry continue ...... 9

What is the corporate game plan? ...... 10

The forestry tenure system ...... 12

More about the landlord game ...... 13

Western Forest Products’ sweet deal ...... 14

We used to manage locally, but no more ...... 15

Part 2: A new way forward ...... 17

A legislature to highlight BC’s great regions ...... 17

The need for a Forest Charter ...... 18

The need for a BC forester general ...... 18

“Forestopia”—a better future ...... 19

Story one: Local is better—the little town of Mission ...... 20

Story two: Local is better—Revelstoke is the new Mission ...... 21

Story three: Local is better—Creston Community Forest is a model for the Columbia Basin ...... 22

Story four: Creating the Columbia Basin Trust ...... 23

Conclusion ...... 25

Appendix: Charts from external sources ...... 27

Bibliography ...... 32

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Preface

I AM A CITY BOY, but my life was forever changed when, at the age of 19 after my frst year of university, I opted for summer work in the Kootenays with the BC Forest Service. Our job was forest inventory—counting trees—and shedding light on what was there.

Our crew drove in our little Austin vans up to Slocan Valley and Nakusp, established our campsite on Kuskanax Creek, and hiked the entire region mapping its forests: virgin white pine in the Monashee Mountains, cedar/spruce in the wet regions, golden tamarack in the south.

I few regularly in a 1927 Junkers biplane next to the most gutsy bush pilot in the region. I got to know and admire the local folk: loggers of the hinterland, Doukhobor families of the Slocan, Japanese people whose family members had been interned in prison camps, pioneers of the Boer War, children of British remittance men, tough men scarred by grizzlies. These were the wonderful working folks of the Arrow Lakes before their lands were fooded and tied into the greater Columbia River hydroelectric grid.

All this I got to know as well as the Forest Service that served them from its small green and white barns that characterized ranger stations in the villages and towns of Arrowhead, Nakusp and Slocan City. It was a rich, networked rural community where the local forest ranger presided, and it made an incredible positive impression on me, a kid from Vancouver’s Eastside.

It is now all gone, replaced by absentee corporations, a distant and computerized government and the fnancialization of everything. I felt it was time to catalogue this decline and sketch out new hope for the future.

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Part 1: The decline of forestry in BC

WHY HAVE WE NOT BEEN HONEST WITH OURSELVES? We have a monumental failure on our hands— For several forestry in British Columbia. Almost everything about forestry in BC is wrong, given that this generations in marvellous resource is endowed to us by nature. coastal BC, we demolished great Since the Second World War, we have pretended that we have the right answers. forests, clear-cut We have pretended that we’ve developed a scientifcally sound base for sustainable forestry countless valleys practice. We’ve pretended we have a successful industry. We’ve pretended we have a successful and watched licensing and cutting program. We’ve pretended we get full value for our trees and that we have giant corporations a proper and competitive system for selling timber and cutting rights. We’ve pretended we have come through and good public and corporate managers alike. On all of these points, and more, we have failed. liquidate this great natural asset and Let’s, in our own interest, fnally face up to the ugly truths of forest policy history in this province. then move on. The truth is that we have had a policy of liquidating our forests. For several generations in coastal BC, we demolished great forests, clear-cut countless valleys and watched giant corporations come through and liquidate this great natural asset and then move on.

Throughout the postwar period, older generations saw a proliferation of sawmills on the BC coast and miles of log booms. Today, those buying expensive waterfront condos along False Creek would fnd it hard to believe that older generations in Vancouver were used to seeing a solid mass of log booms in the water between Cambie and Main Streets and sawmills in the heart of the city. The same pattern prevailed on the city’s southern shores along the Fraser River as well as in North Vancouver, north Burnaby and Port Moody.

But now, much of that industry is gone. In the 25 years beginning in 1990 and ending in 2014, more than half of the coast’s larger sawmills (56 per cent) closed their doors, and output fell by almost exactly the same.1 It has been a program of liquidation, not sustainable forestry. The historic pattern from 1911 to 1989 is laid out for all to see in the seminal work Touch Wood.2

We are a remnant of what we once were, and the data are there to prove it.

1 British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, 2015. 2 Drushka, Nixon and Travers, 1993.

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OUR OWN TRAGIC STATISTICS

Statistics for the past two decades alone begin to spell out some of the current reality.

For example:

1997 2016

Forests as a percentage of provincial GDP 4.5% 3.3%

People directly employed 85,000 59,900

Forest revenue* $986,000,000 $746,000,000

Source: BC Stats, “B.C. Economic Accounts and Gross Domestic Product,” https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/ data/statistics/economy/bc-economic-accounts-gdp. *These fgures are not adjusted for infation.

Between 1990 and Between 1990 and 2015, the number of large- and medium-size sawmills in BC declined from 2015, the number of 131 to 70, a 47 per cent decline. Veneer mills went from 20 to 13, a 35 per cent decline; pulp large- and medium- mills went from 24 to 17, a 29 per cent decline; and the number of paper mills was halved from size sawmills in 12 to six.3 Our mainstream media rarely report on this startling data anymore. BC saw a 47 per A few forestry company names that have disappeared: cent decline. • Canadian White Pine • Kootenay Forest Products

• Crown Zellerbach • MacMillan Bloedel

• Doman • Northwood

• Eburne • Powell River Company

• Eurocan • Rayonier

• Fletcher Challenge • Weldwood

• Fraser Mills

Measured against our peers

In a quiet way, the most damning report on the BC forest sector came out of the province of Ontario. The Finnish consulting company Jaakko Pöyry, one of the world’s most highly regarded forest consultancies, undertook a review of the value-added forest industry in that province and compared it with that of other provinces and jurisdictions outside Canada.4 Section fve of the report—its conclusions on their qualitative benchmarking—is devastating for BC and is summarized here. The report was written in 2001, but if anything, an updated study would show BC faring even worse.5

3 British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, 2015. 4 Living Legacy Trust and Jaakko Pöyry Consulting, 2001. 5 British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, 2015. According to the report, BC lost roughly half of its coastal sawmills in the years after the Ontario government commissioned the study.

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Management capability BC scored one out of fve when it came to the education, skill level and management sophistica- tion of executives and owners in each benchmark area and functional competences (for example, marketing, fnance, operations, human resources and information technology). Quebec scored two; Ontario, 2.5; and Denmark, fve. We were the worst.

Skill levels This addressed the skills, experience, technical knowledge and expertise of the workforce and the availability of skilled support trades. A similar pattern prevailed, BC at the bottom again at one out of fve.

Clustering On the synergy between manufacturers, those that harvest the raw materials, equipment manufacturers and so on to develop secondary wood products, BC was once again at the bottom of the heap.

Policy environment On government policies and programs that enhance the free-market conditions for business enterprises, BC was found the least competent.

Industry and market structure and accessibility As for relations between primary and secondary producers and the overall competitiveness of secondary-wood-product manufacturers, our province once again came last. With its failed forest tenure system and lack of open log-markets, which would encourage domestic manufacturers to gain access to the right logs, it’s hard to see how it could be otherwise.

Technology Here Western Canada also lags behind.

Raw material The consultants noted that in Western Canada, primary manufacturers look upon remanufacturers as competitors rather than customers, as it is the case elsewhere. And once again, they gave BC a failing grade: one in a possible score of fve!

So there we have it. The best forestry sector consultants in the world put us at the bottom when compared to our peers.

For more statistics on BC's declining forestry sector and poor performance, see Appendix.

From a 2016 article in Truck LoggerBC:

Since 1987, about 50 sawmills [on the BC coast] have closed, where 27 of these closures occurred since 2004. BC coast lumber production has plunged from 4.7 billion board feet in 1987 to 1.4 billion board feet in 2015. With less than 30 sawmills left in operation, one may conclude that the BC coast has been a graveyard of sawmills over the last 30 years.

The good news is that all of the high cost mills have been closed. All of the remaining mills are survivors with better cost structures and increased output, where many have a reasonable chance of continuing on.*

* Russ Taylor, 2016.

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THE AUDITOR GENERAL SHOWS CONCERN

A source as unbiased as the auditor general of BC has said we need to be far more diligent about these matters.6 A 2012 audit of the forests ministry’s management of timber concluded:

• The ministry has not clearly defned its timber objectives and therefore cannot assure that its management practices are effective.

• Existing management practices won’t be able to offset the trend toward forests having a lower timber supply and less diversity in some areas.

• The ministry does not appropriately monitor and report its timber results against its timber objectives.

On ministry stewardship, the auditor general pointed out there is a signifcant gap between the total area the ministry replants and the total area suitable for replanting. He was also concerned about incomplete data entries by the private sector and the information system generally.

The report left the unmistakable impression that our forest policies are hopelessly fawed and both ill defned and ill measured. Over the years we have consciously lowered the bar for management, measurement and reporting of this great public resource.

On ministry Much of this off-loading of provincial stewardship expanded dramatically under Premier Bill stewardship, the Bennett (1975–86), whose government appointed Mike Apsey, former head of the Council of auditor general Forest Industries (a corporate lobbyist), as deputy minister of forests. pointed out there Today, most professional associations express great concern that their own problems and conficts is a signifcant gap are detracting from what is really important—namely, defending the public interest by protecting between the total our Crown forest resources. area the ministry replants and the Enough of this bad news. Let’s look to our ultimate peers, the Swedes. What do they achieve, total area suitable given they have the same amount of commercial forest land as BC? for replanting.

SWEDEN SHOWS US WHAT TO DO

Sweden’s annual tree growth in managed forests is well over double that in BC. Repeat: Sweden has an equivalent area of forest land and gets twice the growth that we achieve. Is there some- thing we can learn here?

Sweden manages their lands in a scientifc manner. We do not.

The standing stock in Swedish forests has increased dramatically from 2,300,000,000 cubic metres in 1950 to 3,900,000,000 cubic metres in recent years. BC forests have been in constant decline.

Sweden’s success has been achieved by satisfactorily stocking, thinning and intensively managing their forests.7 Let’s be clear—there is huge payback from thoughtful, scientifc management, payback that we in BC have never seen and never will if we continue our reckless course of liquidation.

6 Offce of the Auditor General of British Columbia, 2012. 7 Tree thinning involves selectively logging trees amidst standing trees. The logged trees, which are generally small, are then taken to mills for processing, while the remaining standing trees are left to grow taller and bigger before harvesting years or decades down the road.

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This demonstrates, of course, what can happen when we manage for value. By managing their forest lands in a continuous, careful manner—intensively stocking sites from day one and thinning two or three times during several rotations (i.e., holding off on the fnal cut over a longer period of time), Sweden has increased the value and volume of trees growing in its managed forests. Tree-thinning operations alone in Sweden produce 30 per cent of the annual cut. That level of performance is achieved on an actively logged and managed forest land base that is roughly equal to British Columbia’s.

In BC we don’t invest in thinning the forests we replant. This means we miss opportunities to work with both the initially lower-quality wood coming from thinning operations and then from the much higher-quality wood coming from trees that are logged from managed plantation lands decades down the road.

Ray Travers, a long-time BC civil servant with a masters degree in forest management and silvicul- By managing their ture, argues that we should emulate Sweden by employing some of its effective on-the-ground forest lands in a practices. He believes we won’t get there just by shifting to area-based tenures—the quick fx continuous, careful championed by BC’s corporate forest interests. A values-based silviculture system in young forests manner—intensively combines high-level stocking (approximately 2,500 trees per hectare) and extended rotations stocking sites (more than 100 years) and frequent light commercial thinning, each less than 30 per cent of the from day one and stand, along with other management requirements, Travers says. thinning two or This “growing for value” rather than our own “growing for volume” as practised in BC can, Travers three times during believes, generate returns along the value chain from low-grade sawlogs at $88 a cubic metre to several rotations, high-grade logs at $143 a cubic metre and veneers at $325 a cubic metre. If BC produced more Sweden has high-grade logs, this would bump the forestry return by over 60 per cent. We have a long way to increased the value go in BC in straight forestry terms to attain such values.8 and volume of trees growing in their managed forests. THE BAD DEALS IN FORESTRY CONTINUE

That in British Columbia we have failed to extract suffcient value from our forests is undeniable. But there is more. In the early 1990s, the provincial government appointed the Forest Resources Commission to assess the state of BC’s forests and forest management. Led by Sandy Peel, a former provincial deputy minister, the commission concluded based on overwhelming evidence that stumpage fees (the price the Crown charges for trees logged on public lands) “are not capturing the full value of the resource.”9 Peel went on to state:

In fact, the private transactions produce an asset value more than four times higher than that found for stumpage. This suggests that industry is capturing a much higher value from the forests than is the government.

The best recent example of this is the sale of TimberWest to two public-sector pension plans, one that’s Canada-wide (run by the Public Sector Pension Investment Board) and one in BC (BC Investment Management Corporation). The lands involved run down the east side of Vancouver Island, adjacent to the north/south settlement pattern on the island’s eastern shore. The pension funds recently acquired the lands—327,000 hectares in total or just over 10 per cent of all of Vancouver Island—for $1 billion.10 Curiously, the province does not show our own immensely

8 Travers, 2014. 9 Peel, 1991. 10 Hamilton, 2011.

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valuable public lands, including the timber (some 20 million hectares), on its balance sheet. Think about that. Our own government is mute on the value of one of our most precious, largely publicly owned resources!

The lands acquired by TimberWest were frst sold off in a deal between early industrialist Robert Dunsmuir to the Canadian Pacifc Railway. These were Crown-granted fee simple lands with full property rights; one could say extreme property rights in that the land grant included the lands beneath lakes, for example. Much of the land was sold off over the years since the early grant but still covers 10 per cent of Vancouver Island.

WHAT IS THE CORPORATE GAME PLAN?

The lands in question, and others on the coast, are now being mined of their trees, which are exported in raw, unprocessed form at levels never before seen. As the number of mills on the coast has fallen precipitously, the number of raw logs exported by coastal forestry companies has skyrocketed.

As the number In the four years beginning in 2013, the government allowed 26 million cubic metres of raw logs of mills on the to be exported from BC, the highest four-year tally in provincial history.11 coast has fallen I would suggest that the real business plan for our forest corporations has been, for decades, to precipitously, the be the real landlord, the real rent collector of our public resource. number of raw logs exported by coastal It works like this. Companies happily pay below-market rent to the government for the trees they forestry companies cut. That discounted rent, in the form of low stumpage payments, allows the companies to make has skyrocketed. handsome profts. These days, the handsomest of those profts come from selling raw logs to out-of-country buyers.

But there’s more to it than that.

Sandy Peel made this clear in 1991 when, as mentioned in the previous section, the provincial Forest Resources Commission that he led issued its report The Future of Our Forests.12 Peel’s professional estimate at the time was that the Crown collects only a quarter of the timber value. The real business of forest corporations is to be the rentier in economic terms. They collect the real rent the government leaves on the table.

If the companies then decide to get out of the two-by-four business, a low-value commodity, they sell the business but attach a value to the uncollected rent that the government has left on the table. That value is then multiplied by three, four, fve, six or seven times the annual rent the government collects, and because we no longer have competitive bidding for our trees, the price is based on calculations of value—an estimate of market value. The lack of real-market tests means that the government underprices our timber sales to the big companies. And because the government has not done its job collecting the full rent from our forest lands or the trees cut on them, it means the company collects not only the conventional profts of its enterprise, but also some of the resource rent as well.

In normal business transactions, the proftability of a company determines its value to a great extent. In BC, however, because the province does not collect all of the stumpage revenues that

11 Parftt, 2017. 12 Peel, 1991.

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it should, when companies go to sell their assets, they take the value of the discount, apply it to the trees under their control to cut, and pass that added cost onto the buyer. It amounts to one giant markup that should have been collected all along in higher stumpage fees by the province, but instead is collected by the companies when they sell.

That is the real gravy. It has been going on for decades, but was not always so.

On a continuous basis through the 1970s and earlier, the province’s forests ministry employed its own counsel, Clarence Cooper, to see that forestry companies never embedded the value of timber when their businesses were sold. There was a simple reason for this: the timber belonged to the people of BC, not the companies. Capitalization of the value of a Crown asset was seen to be virtually criminal. A corporation had to provide a breakdown of the assets being sold, and no amount was allowed for the timber. We maintained Crown ownership then.

Today, in many ways, harvesting the value of Crown assets is the primary game for many industry The commodity players, especially when they want to get out. We now have an industry that for the most part lumber game’s main is in the cheap commodity lumber business. In the long run, however, the value of commodity focus has been to lumber is in relative constant decline. Surges in US housing demand and a declining dollar help increase profts BC’s commodity lumber industry. But the commodity lumber game’s main focus has been to by decreasing the increase profts by decreasing the number of workers and pumping out more and more two-by- number of workers fours. Some managers estimate that future “ultra” mills may only need a hundred or so workers. and pumping out So increasingly, the game is to collect the rent and multiply it signifcantly when you sell the more and more company. This has not been a good deal for BC or forestry workers. two-by-fours. As noted earlier, coastal sawmill production has been more than halved in just 25 years. And as mills have closed, raw log exports have soared. It’s a classic high-grading, cut-and-get-out exercise (harvesting the highest grade of timber and then moving on) for corporations that are not interested in the long run. As Sweden has shown us, forestry can be a long-term business.

In British Columbia there were forest industry corporate names that we assumed would be around forever, some of which were listed earlier. One of the most recent closures was Chick Stewart’s Port Kells B mill, which he moved from Vancouver’s False Creek in the 1970s to Langley because there were no more big logs left on the coast. Chick, now 88 years old, is also one of the last great independents on the coast: an iconic remnant of a former entrepreneurial breed that once dominated the industry. He is a proud example of entrepreneurial human capital that British Columbia has lost as the forest industry transformed.

So if most BC forest corporations are now rentiers, what does that really mean? It means that:

• Companies have largely replaced the forests ministry and collect much of the true value of our forest assets when those assets are sold.

• New entrepreneurial human capital is lost.

• There is little interest in moving into value-added projects, as research can be costly and risky, and there’s already a decent or handsome return in just being a landlord.

• Corporations have little interest in long-term forestry/silviculture.

• For the government, rent income, which should have been used to replenish the resource by planting, thinning and managing, has been usurped by others.

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THE FORESTRY TENURE SYSTEM

The primary tenure system on the BC coast has been the Tree Farm Licence, or TFL. The tenure area is defned as a specifc and usually large block of land.

In the province’s Interior, the tenure system is primarily volume based, a foating volume over a sub-region. So instead of companies having logging rights for geographically defned areas (with TFLs), the province assigns volumes of timber they can cut from a large tract of forest called Timber Supply Areas (TSAs), in which other companies may also operate. In the Interior, there has been strong industry pressure to use the TFL coastal system, which is seen as a stronger property right for proponents. Interior logging giant West Fraser has been one of the keenest proponents of such change.

In the earliest days of issuing TFLs on the coast, there was an argument for combining private lands that logging companies owned with adjacent Crown lands to form large, integrated units where forest management was the primary objective. The goal of corporate proponents in the Interior is to expand their landlord rights over Crown lands and then sell the company, just as their counterparts on the coast have done. Fortunately, this kind of land grab is not advocated across the board in the Interior. In fact, the largest company operating there has taken a dissenting view.

The goal of corporate On April 15, 2014, Don Kayne, the president and CEO of Canfor Corporation, wrote a letter to proponents in the the Vancouver Sun in which he noted the Interior forest sector was undergoing a signifcant trans- Interior is to expand formation in the wake of the mountain pine beetle epidemic, and “In our view, this is absolutely their landlord rights not the time for major changes to tenure administration.” He continues: over Crown lands Governments and industry must focus on understanding what timber is available and what ad- and then sell the justments are needed in primary manufacturing. We feel the benefts of the area based tenure company, just as are marginal at best and that there are many higher priorities that would yield greater positive their counterparts on impacts. More importantly, the public opposition to this proposal is a deal breaker.... Canfor the coast have done. would only support a fully transparent public process that is fair to all licensees and involves suffcient public involvement so we could be confdent it has the support of British Columbians.

Instead, Kayne argues:

Government resources should be focused on maintaining the health of the interior forest sector, completing an updated forest inventory to support planning and decision making, resourcing smaller tenure holders and the BC Timber Sales program so they can access their tenure volume, and assisting communities with any necessary rationalizations in primary manufacturing.

These were incredible statements in the public interest coming from a major forestry company, and most British Columbians wouldn’t have known about them because there was no subsequent news coverage. This was an extraordinary failure especially since the statements must have been endorsed by former premier Glen Clark, now president of the Jim Pattison Group responsible for Canfor.

This represents a signifcant shift for this province: the beginning of one major frm aligning some of its corporate interest with the public interest. Subsequently, the Supreme Court of Canada’s precedent-setting decision in December 2014 in favour of the Tsilhqot’in First Nation meant any new TFL decisions would be extremely problematic. That unanimous decision, and others before our courts and legal tribunals, underscore our failure to deal honourably and forthrightly with First Nations. First Nations have borne the burden of decades of our misguided forest policies. Any credible change in direction must have First Nations at the forefront as we chart a new course.

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MORE ABOUT THE LANDLORD GAME

Every now and then the reality of some of our forest enterprises is exposed for the insider, landlord game that it is.

In the earliest days of the Social Credit government of W.A.C. Bennett (1952–72), Forests Minister Robert Sommers was convicted of bribery and corruption for his dealings with a senior British Columbia Forest Products employee in granting TFL licences. Prior to the court proceeding, a Liberal member of the opposition, Gordon Gibson Sr., argued that “money talks” in the granting of forest licences. Gibson, a long-time logger and forestry company worker, doggedly made his case both inside and outside the legislature about one of the crudest examples of the landlord game in the modern era. This case took ages to get to court under the province’s then attorney general Robert Bonner. Bonner dragged his feet for years before proceeding with the case against his colleague, who eventually went to jail. BC Forest Products Corporation, which made the bribe, was never charged by the attorney general, and the TFL remained in place. The company simply kept its ill-gotten gains and passed them along to others when it was sold!

By this time, signs that the game was more than forestry became apparent to some critics. First Nations have borne the burden The opposition forest critic in the 1960s (me) argued that it seemed strange that the CEO of of decades of our the newly formed MacMillan Bloedel Corporation (the merger of Powell River Company with misguided forest MacMillan and Bloedel Ltd.) was a former BC Supreme Court judge, John Valentine Clyne. I won- policies. Any dered out loud if Clyne’s primary value was his political link with Victoria, and Clyne threatened credible change to sue, advising me so by telegram. Instead, I invited him to run against me in Vancouver East. He declined. in direction must have First Nations at At a later stage, as a minister in the Dave Barrett government (1972–75), I hired W.C.R. (Ray) the forefront as we Jones to lead Canadian Cellulose—the holding company for Crown-owned forestry companies. chart a new course. Jones told me that his dealings with Clyne after the amalgamation resulting in MacMillan Bloedel caused him to resign and move east to work for one of Canada’s most-prominent business families, the Westons. Jones had established a fne paper-manufacturing plant for the Powell River Company on Annacis Island, which was a major, and still unequalled, movement toward value-added enterprises in the sector. Clyne, however, was not the least bit interested in pursuing that kind of work; he was more interested in the landlord game. A little later Robert Bonner, who held the attorney general post in the Social Credit government, became CEO at MacMillan Bloedel. Some things never change.

As minister, I was concerned about the cannibalization of the central coast’s forest resources. The government, therefore, took over Crown Zellerbach’s newsprint operations at Ocean Falls and undertook an inventory and analysis of the forest resources in the sub-region that included Ocean Falls, Bella Bella, Bella Coola, Rivers Inlet and the magnifcent Dean and Kimsquit Valleys. The Kimsquit Valley was virgin mature forest. I few over it by helicopter when the salmon were running, and we found ourselves fying amongst what seemed like thousands of eagles that had arrived for the huge salmon harvest.

For an urban lad, it was a breathtaking experience of the grandeur and life cycle on this coast. At the time, I felt I almost heard opera music celebrating the wonder of the experience. I also believed that we could carefully exploit the basin with modest logging that could beneft some industrial activity on the central coast for Ocean Falls, Bella Bella and Bella Coola, providing new employment in the small communities and new ferry service linkages for local economic development.

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And then the government changed.

The new Social Credit government of Bill Bennett (1975–86) closed the Ocean Falls mills, which then operated under a Crown holding company. The unallocated timber in the Kimsquit Valley was put up for bid by the new government, and Doman Industries won the bid with the promise of a new pulp mill in Nanaimo. They logged and logged and logged that magnifcent valley and exported the raw logs to Asia. In fact, freighters waited at the river mouth to load the logs for transport directly across the Pacifc. There were no new jobs or value-added opportunities: so much for providing employment on the central coast.

The devastation of the Kimsquit Valley was photographed by the local forest rangers, and speaking in the legislature I likened it to Jack London’s Valley of the Moon. Doman then also threatened to sue me. It was the ultimate rent-collecting game by another corporate friend of the government. The pulp mill was never built. The tenure and cutting rights remained as company not Crown assets, and they continued to be transferred as company assets even after Doman Industries went bankrupt.

Later, Herb Doman, a founder of Doman Industries, got into serious fnancial diffculties. He advised Bill Bennett, now the former premier and a major Doman Industries shareholder, ahead of public knowledge that a major deal failed, which caused the share value to drop dramatically. Bennett sold his shares before anyone else, and was ultimately convicted of insider trading after a prosecution by the estimable Joe Arvay (a former civil servant).

WESTERN FOREST PRODUCTS’ SWEET DEAL

In a July 2008 report, then auditor general John Doyle issued a damning review of decisions made by then BC forests minister Rich Coleman—decisions that bestowed enormous economic benefts to Western Forest Products. The report was titled Removing Private Land from Tree Farm Licences 6, 19 and 25: Protecting the Public Interest?’13

Tree Farm Licences typically encompassed enormous areas of Crown land, which forestry companies paid a token amount to hold on to—for example, one penny per acre per year. Companies also had privately owned land that was typically rolled into any new TFL and managed to the standards of the day. In return for gaining access to huge swaths of publicly owned timber in new TFLs, forestry companies agreed to send the timber they logged to their own manufacturing facilities to provide local employment (a quid pro quo arrangement known as appurtenancy). This applied equally to the small portions of private lands rolled into the TFLs.

The private land holdings within the TFLs were essentially seen as 100 per cent mortgaged to the Crown as security against the benefts that companies received for the exclusive use of the timber on TFL lands, most of which were owned by the Crown.

In 2003, the terrible reversal of this decades-long contract occurred with the passage of the provincial Forestry Revitalization Plan, which proved to be anything but revitalization. Under this statute, the tying of forest tenures such as TFLs to manufacturing facilities and employment was formally ended. As the auditor general noted, “Historically, most TFLs required timber manufacturing facilities as an appurtenance (addition).... The same entity had to own the mill and the licence.”14

13 Offce of the Auditor General of British Columbia, 2008. 14 Ibid., 19.

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In 2004, Western Forest Products (WFP) applied to remove its private tenures just before Rich Coleman became forests minister. The company’s request was granted before Coleman left the ministry in 2008, a deal that beneftted WPF’s three TFLs on southern Vancouver Island—TFLs 6, 19 and 25.

The following timing is outlined on page 68 of the auditor general’s report:

November 24, 2004. WFP applied for the removal of private lands from its TFLs. June 16, 2005. Rich Coleman was appointed minister of forests and range. April 28, 2006. WFP delivered an information package to the ministry, telling the provincial government that it was acquiring Cascadia Forest Products and intended to sell the private lands. December 20, 2006. A briefng note for ministry staff was prepared recommending deletion of the private lands as the minister wanted.

The value of these lands at the time of approval was estimated by the ministry at $150 million.15 This is the landlord game—often The auditor general concluded, “The ministry’s process for making its recommendations to the played offstage Minister was not well-defned,” with little analysis or evaluation done, and using unsupported and resulting in statements about WFP’s fnancial health. And “the Minister, as the fnal check in the process and giveaways of massive the statutory decision-maker, did not do enough to ensure that adequate consideration was given to the public interest.”16 proportions.

The minister’s decision gifted Western Forest Products with enormous fnancial benefts. After three years, the company would be able to export raw logs from the TFLs, a privilege worth hundreds of millions of dollars because offshore log markets are often worth 50 per cent more than local markets.

Some gift indeed!

This is the landlord game—often played offstage and resulting in giveaways of massive proportions.

WE USED TO MANAGE LOCALLY, BUT NO MORE

In the past, the BC Forest Service was a venerable institution that served the public well. It did so for 100 years. Forest Service staff were highly disciplined and for many decades quite decentralized into various “macro-regions,” such as Nelson Forest District, which covered both the East and West Kootenays. Within that region (as was the case in the province’s other macro-regions), small ranger stations were plentiful in tiny communities like Nakusp, Arrowhead and Rock Creek. This was in the days of public working circles and rangers working with local loggers. The decentralized nature of operations meant that public servants with the Forest Service were actively involved in local forest-management decisions and seen to be serving the interests of local communities.

Responsibility for the Nelson district has now been transferred to Kamloops, hundreds and hundreds of kilometres away. Cutting rights have been transferred to larger and larger corporations, and governance happens in the provincial capital, Victoria—again very far away. Victoria, in turn, transfers much of its responsibilities to the large corporations, which become more fnancialized

15 Ibid., 2. 16 Ibid., 29.

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and largely under the control of big money. As a result of this centralized, fnancialized, stifing pattern, we fnd the net gains from our publicly owned forests signifcantly reduced and local know-how, care and responsiveness removed.

That is, local entrepreneurial capacity is ignored because of corporate control of the resource, human capital is not productively engaged and moves on, and regional development is lost.

The challenge is The challenge is to unravel this mess. For all intents and purposes, the bureaucracy has become to unravel this privatized, research is increasingly commissioned by corporations, and the provincial knowledge mess. For all intents base has declined rapidly compared to other jurisdictions. The “redefned” industry should, by and purposes, any measure, get a failing grade. the bureaucracy The initial problem is that facts are not getting out to the public. Data and information are often has become terribly out of date, inventory is unfnished and undefned goals prevail. Even worse, to under- privatized, research score the abandonment of an active public service to protect a public resource, the Forest Service is increasingly was eliminated on its 100th anniversary, in 2012. Staff were integrated into a large centralized commissioned bureaucracy, much of it in Victoria. by corporations, and the provincial Thoughtful essayists like Wendell Berry make the point that “industrial economics has clouded our knowledge base being so much that it has almost stifed the imagination.” has declined rapidly Out of great concern about the state of forestry in BC, I decided to team up with three highly compared to other regarded professionals and together we toured much of the province over the past several years.17 jurisdictions. We concluded that BC needs a forester general as we believe the harsh realities of this failed sector could best be revealed by an offcer of the legislature as soon as possible.

For far too long, we have been hiding the facts as corporate control of our forest resources has expanded, and we have accepted absentee management in both the public and private sectors.

We make the case for the forester general in the next section.

17 The team included Ray Travers, RPF (Registered Professional Forester); Denis O’Gorman, MA in Planning; and Fred Parker, RPF. We did these tours because we all felt passionately about the future of our forests and forest industry. We spent time in Prince George, the Cariboo region, Revelstoke, Creston, Nakusp, Midway, Maple Ridge and various communities on Vancouver Island.

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Part 2: A new way forward

A LEGISLATURE TO HIGHLIGHT BC’S GREAT REGIONS

A decentralized approach or, more positively, empowering our regions was a goal shared by long- term civil servant Alistair Crerar and me. In the early 1990s, before the Mike Harcourt government was elected, Crerar, who was my former deputy minister and one of BC's fnest public servants, prepared a paper for me on how decentralization could work.

We agreed that the grand macro-regions of the province needed more control over forestry gov- Regionalization ernance and other natural resources. But how should we begin? Crerar suggested starting with would also ensure a standing committee of the legislature. The route he proposed was to create multiple standing that power committees composed of MLAs from each separate region. Each committee would fund the plan- rested with the ning exercise in their region and then regional resource plans would be forwarded by the standing communities most committee of the House for approval. It was, and is, a brilliant practical frst step in reform. directly affected by Nothing is risk-free, and the risk here is that committees might vary wildly in approach and partisan forest management politics could infuence outcomes. Having decentralized regional committees could result in di- decisions and not verse outcomes around the province, but people could see what worked and what didn’t in various with bureaucrats regions and how lessons learned in one region might apply elsewhere. Regionalization would also in Victoria. ensure that power rested with the communities most directly affected by forest management decisions and not with bureaucrats in Victoria.

The likely regions would be the Kootenays, the Central Interior, the Northern Interior, Vancouver Island and the Coast. A fner-tuned pattern might identify the Okanagan and the Lower Mainland as regions.

The goals of decentralizing would be to:

• Maintain or enhance the environment and sustainability.

• Involve the public at the local level in planning, claims, management and stewardship.

• Capture the rent of natural resources.

• Raise real income.

• Provide fulflling jobs.

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• Create an acceptable level of economic growth.

• Improve equity and fairness.

This is a tall but appropriate order given the value of our Crown forest lands. In the end, the regions would compete toward excellence rather than enduring the one-size-fts-all approach, which has resulted in such inadequate outcomes in recent decades.

Crerar and I saw decentralization as the beginning of our province’s regions being free to manage their own economies, while understanding the limits to growth and design by nature. Decentralization would be a great These regions (which may be segregated further) would have regional foresters, who with local step toward more citizen input would report to the standing committee of the legislature and the forester general (see below), providing a feedback loop that empowered people in the regions. Regional com- local control, mittees would include representatives of local First Nations, who would participate in planning democratizing processes as equal partners with their non-Indigenous neighbours. the sector and bringing First We believed this would be a great step toward more local control, democratizing the sector and Nations to the table bringing First Nations to the table as true partners. Equally important, citizens could tell their as true partners. elected representatives what they want from our province’s iconic resource.

THE NEED FOR A FOREST CHARTER

The colleagues I travelled the province with and I concluded that BC needs a Forest Charter to ar- ticulate overall goals and a purpose for this resource. Forester Ray Travers is drafting such a charter.

BC’s auditor general demonstrated there are no established substantial principles to help us best steward this grand resource. The charter must include an up-to-date resource inventory based on science-based forest practices. This would correct a dangerous drift in oversight of our public forest resources that accelerated in 2002 when the Gordon Campbell government (2001–11) repealed sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Forestry Act, which required the chief forester to maintain an inventory of the province’s forest lands. Later, the same government disbanded the Forest Service’s internationally renowned research branch. The charter should re-establish such important practices and move toward the better results achieved by our peers in Sweden (and similarly in Finland) and emulate them to a greater degree.

The goal should include increased volumes of timber and getting more value from our forests with expansion and increases annually. Stewardship and monitoring must again become public sector functions to reassert public interest in this critical industry.

THE NEED FOR A BC FORESTER GENERAL

British Columbians are the custodians of the most important forests in Canada. Our commercial forests are equal in area to all the forested lands in Sweden. We have the beneft of a more southern latitude so one may reasonably assume we have much better results in this sector. We do not.

We showed earlier in this paper that we only do half as well as Sweden in terms of volume, value, employment, productivity, research and management (silviculture). In all of these important areas, we lag behind.

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We no longer have a Forest Service. Our admired cadre of uniformed public servants were dis- missed on the institution’s 100th anniversary. We no longer even receive an annual report from their remnant group or its ministry.

Increasingly, the job of managing this public treasure has been shuffed off to the corporate private sector. The system of local management from countless ranger stations throughout the province has completely disappeared. Now, instead of proper reporting to British Columbians, we get inadequate or misleading comments from the minister or staff. The legislature has become a forum for baffegab rather than informed discussion and debate. Our supposed democratic structure fails us all.

In other policy areas where the system has failed us, we were able to create new servants of the legislature (and ultimately the public) rather than employ more bureaucrats who are servants of the party in power. We believe that the way forestry management has evolved in BC has failed us and, therefore, we must have a forester general responsible to all of us for this iconic resource.

We have made this kind of change to protect children in the care of the state. And we have We must have a created other servants of the House, such as the ombudsman and the auditor general. Indeed, as forester general we have shown in this paper, the auditor general has repeatedly reported about the inadequacy responsible to all of the forests ministry in determining management principles or goals or even in serving the of us for this iconic public interest. That should shock all concerned citizens. resource. This role would also be From our travels around the province studying this sector, we believe the forester general should report to the legislature annually and also to new regional standing committees of the House linked to regional composed of elected members of each of the grand macro-regions. The forester general would foresters who would also be linked to regional foresters who would work with local representatives on regional planning work with local processes. Working like this, we might establish policy and plans tailored to respective regions, representatives on which would be a dramatic change from the current and frequently unaccountable off-loading of regional planning management to the private corporate sector. The forester general would, in turn, be guided by processes. the new Forest Charter and be accountable to the legislature, as are other independent offcers like the auditor general.

“FORESTOPIA”— A BETTER FUTURE

In 1994, Michael M’Gonigle and Ben Parftt wrote the excellent book Forestopia: A Practical Guide to the New Forest Economy. Their analysis echoes that of my colleague Ray Travers, who has said, “We start with the best timber in Canada, half of the country’s volume, yet produce only 24 per cent of the sector’s jobs and only a third of the value of Canada’s manufactured forest products.”

Despite this grim reality, M’Gonigle and Parftt saw real signs of hope at the same time.

Chapter 5 of the book covers the Eco-Forestry Convention at the Big White ski resort near Kelowna, where speakers identifed why the volume-to-value forestry mantra is so important for our future.

Others like Jim Smith, a former ministry of forests employee and professional forester with the Vernon Log Sort and Sales Yard, and Loni Parker, of the Revelstoke Community Forest,18 spoke of how the industry could have a brighter and different future.

18 A community forest is a forestry operation managed by a local government, community group, or First Nation for the beneft of the entire community.

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Smith argued for the importance of labour over capital and how small loggers were generally the happiest. The book envisioned the critical shift from corporation to community and a shift toward real stewardship, the kind that Smith believes is possible in the Creston Community Forest.

These two authors celebrated the Swedish model and its success, emphasizing a point made by David Haley, a professor emeritus in the Faculty of Forestry at UBC, that BC’s second-growth forests are mismanaged because of our shortened rotations, and there is other scientifc know- how that is currently ignored. M’Gonigle and Parftt boldly argue for reform of log markets and local control of revenues, which would lead to a highly decentralized future that most of us would endorse. Finally, they envisioned a community economy. It really was a forestopia they hoped for—community-based control. These authors pulled no punches. They identifed the need for signifcant, substantial change to forest practices in BC as demonstrated by fghts in the woods throughout the province including at Clayoquot Sound.

A new vision for M’Gonigle and Parftt conclude, “In the absence of a new economic strategy, debates over the fu- forestry where ture of BC’s forests will remain mired in unhealthy, unproductive skirmishes over one watershed to everyone can win is another.” We need “an honest discussion of BC’s forestry goals and how they mesh or clash with today’s BC economy,” because continuing with how things were would mean an impoverished essential. There is an future. (It was a prescient prediction 20 years ago, given the mill closures we have seen since.) absolute need for an A new vision for forestry where everyone can win is essential. There is an absolute need for an invigorated market invigorated market to end the corporate landlord game and the usurping of capitalized Crown to end the corporate assets. Ray Travers has noted this is “hardly an unsettling suggestion for a free enterprise society.” landlord game and the usurping Some 20 years ago, these authors argued that “British Columbia is on the verge of catastrophe of capitalized or a new beginning.” They called for the capacity to reinvent our economies and policies, saying, Crown assets. “If we take this opportunity, we can make peace and prosperity at home. The world is watching.”

Several examples in Forestopia showed that a hopeful future for community forestry in BC was possible, namely in Mission, Revelstoke and Creston.

I have been interested in forestry in BC for decades, and in recent years I travelled with two registered professional foresters and a land planner to tour forestry-dependent communities in the Interior, the Kootenay region, along the coast and on Vancouver Island. From Mission in the Fraser Valley to Revelstoke and Prince George, we visited communities both large and small and spoke with people interested and involved in community forestry practices. We also visited the upper Columbia River area to meet people involved with the formation of the Columbia River Trust, in towns including Nakusp, Arrowhead and Fauquier.

STORY 1: LOCAL IS BETTER—THE LITTLE TOWN OF MISSION

In the early 1950s, the BC government embarked on a major transfer of Crown timber rights to the large forest corporations. These new licences gave the corporations monopoly control over millions of acres on the coast. The new licences were an amalgamation of small, semi-private tenures with massive Crown tenures. It was the frst great enclosure of the commons in this province, where 94 per cent of our lands belong to the Crown.

At that time, an accountant and colleague of mine lived in Mission, where the Great Depression had been hard on this sprawling rural municipality. The town took over some 30 per cent of land parcels during the Depression and Second World War from families unable to pay their taxes. Most of the parcels were on the town’s forested northern edge. When a group of local residents saw

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that corporations were grabbing Crown land along the coast, they concluded it would be better to have a community tree farm on their northern fringe rather than some absentee forest-company landlord. This activist group convinced the city council that the city should amalgamate the lands they had taken in lieu of taxes with the Crown forest lands, which covered a wide swath of land to the mountains to the north.

Mickey Rockwell was the leader of the project. Mickey, like so many rural BC folk, was a great storyteller, and the Mission tree farm was one special success story. Locals like Mickey saw the potential of a community-owned and managed forest. There could be recreation space for kids to enjoy, thinnings that produced stakes for farmers and enhanced the future of the best trees, campsites for the locals to enjoy, and jobs in good forest management, silviculture and logging. All that and revenue for the town! No mean achievement. This Mission success In the process of getting to know the resource, the people of Mission realized that conventional story—the need, planting of Douglas fr seedlings made no sense on their cold, windy crags. The best species they the capacity and the concluded was yellow cedar, the dominant mature species in their area. But there were no yellow drive of local people cedar seedlings to be had as no one had generated this species on the West Coast. So Mickey and to come up with the folks decided to try to generate seedlings themselves, but failed. They tried again. One night, better answers than they put the seeds in the freezer rather than the fridge by mistake. And presto. Freezing the seeds distant corporations was necessary for them to germinate. The folks in Mission achieved what no one else on the coast or academics— had—propagating valuable yellow cedar! converted me This Mission success story—the need, the capacity and the drive of local people to come up with into a committed better answers than distant corporations or academics—converted me into a committed regionalist. regionalist.

STORY 2: LOCAL IS BETTER—REVELSTOKE IS THE NEW MISSION

Our group, which included professional land managers, decided in early 2012 to continue our discussion and research by touring various forest communities in the Kootenays, the Cariboo/ Prince George region and Vancouver Island. The journey commenced in Revelstoke, a small city tucked into the mountains in southeast BC.

Revelstoke intrigues me because I played a role in helping establish the community forest tenure when I was a deputy minister for Crown corporations. I had urged Philip Halkett, then the deputy minister of forests, to create the conditions for a community-based licence without which I feared the community would lose its sawmill and many local jobs. The community and the sawmill became holders of the licence.

The former long-time mayor of Revelstoke, Geoffrey Battersby, was the driving force behind the renaissance of this beautiful town and played a critical role founding its tree farm as a community enterprise. He was greatly responsible for the charming downtown, the amazingly successful Downie Street Mill and the community forest, as well as a community-mill entity to convert mill waste to energy. The forester who managed the community forest confded that he had arrived in Revelstoke with a private-sector bias but changed his mind with the opportunity to manage the forest for the longer term. He is now committed to the community-based approach.

All this happened in a region with very diffcult terrain, in the Interior wet belt, and with a multi- plicity of tree species. The community dealt with it all and came out well fnancially. Indeed, on our tour, we saw some of their products, including beautifully fnished cedar selling for $2,200 per 1,000 board feet. Jack Heavenor at the Gorman Brothers–owned mill was a formidable manager

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It proved again working with his community colleagues. They understood “value not just volume,” in contrast to that local people so many of their competitors. This was the next generation of what I had uncovered in Mission using their skills decades earlier. It kept one’s hopes alive for the kind of reform desperately needed, proving again and access to local that local people using their skills and access to local resources can play a transformational role in resources can play their own communities. a transformational role in their own communities. STORY 3: LOCAL IS BETTER—CRESTON COMMUNITY FOREST IS A MODEL FOR THE COLUMBIA BASIN

Our group visited Kootenay communities including Nakusp, Kaslo, Castlegar, Midway and Creston. Creston was a joy, and another revelation about the benefts of community-based forestry, this time led by long-time BC Forest Service staffer Jim Smith.

First, a side story about Smith’s background and some of the complications of his later career in the Forest Service.

Many years earlier, at the end of my term as minister of forests, I was mentoring a young assistant named Andrew Petter, who hailed from Nelson and was employed by Lorne Nicolson, the then housing minister. I told Andrew about one of the ideas I was considering—open dry-land log super-markets for public timber. Crown Zellerbach, a major forest landowner in Oregon, had embarked on such supermarkets and found that they signifcantly increased their returns.

Years later, young Andrew, now forests minister, remembered that discussion and decided to undertake a pilot project in Lumby, near Vernon in the Okanagan Valley. Smith and one of his Forest Service colleagues were put in charge. From day one it was a huge success. At frst, they had a fairly limited number of tree species and timber grades, but over time there were requests for additional species and grades. Indeed, their yard sold almost 60 varieties of raw wood of varying quality due to market demand. At last BC had a real log market in the Interior of the province, and the fnancial returns were far higher than stumpage or revenue for Crown timber anywhere else in the province.

Strangely, the NDP government of the day found these high revenues disturbing. It was hard to believe except in our various fghts with the US Congress; their politicians argued that our low, uncompetitive stumpage fees were a subsidy and they variously threatened, or achieved, duties on our forest products at the border. Over the years we had argued that those fees were not a subsidy, but Smith’s good work in Lumby was providing fuel to the American softwood lumber lobby’s claims. So what did our government do? It sent auditors and others to the Lumby Yard determined to show that the yard’s numbers were faulty and too “high,” which they confrmed. Smith and his colleague were let go, and the Lumby Yard was closed down. Despite that ghastly treatment, Smith carried on, and when we met with him years later in Creston, he was still a happy warrior and a great forester now running the successful community forest in Creston.

For those who don’t know, Creston is a sunny orchard town on the edge of the East Kootenays whose main industry is the huge Columbia Brewery with its famous Kokanee brand. The brewery, of course, is always rightly concerned about the watershed that produces the water for its beer. The loggers in the area, who worked for absentee corporate landlords, were running roughshod over the local mountains leaving ugly scars and threatening the water supply for both the brewery and the community. Residents were furious and chased the loggers out of town.

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A multi-stakeholder group subsequently established a new community forest with Smith as its forester. Smith knew that trust had to be established with the community, and fortunately, his interpersonal skills were substantial: it is hard not to like Jim. Better than that, however, Jim was a very creative forester. He showed us forests he had logged fve years earlier where what I called “skinny high-line” intrusions and tiny “polka-dot” clear-cuts were no longer discernible. Even local wildfower meadows were untrammelled. The watershed was actually enhanced by the quality of Smith’s work, and residents loved the guy and totally accepted his methods.

Our group of travelling forest researchers argued there was a case for the Columbia Basin Trust We had been (see below) to get involved with this community enterprise. It made sense for the trust funds to be overjoyed by what used for better management of critical watersheds, and Smith, the practical man that he is, saw we saw in Revelstoke that the trust’s involvement could enhance their work. We believed in the possibility of providing (and Golden), and a new model for managing our Crown forests and empowering the regions of our province. were now convinced In Creston, we saw how the Columbia Basin Trust, expanded to include both forest and water that community-led management, could become the template for the other regions. forestry was the

We had been overjoyed by what we saw in Revelstoke (and Golden), and were now convinced right policy track. that community-led forestry was the right policy track. Our joint discussions resonated with everyone we met in the Kootenays and subsequently in the Cariboo/Prince George and Vancouver Island regions.

The hard reality is that forestry is still our secret failure in this province. The phony “good news” in our mainstream media continues to hide the evidence that confrms M’Gonigle and Parftt’s predictions. Nor does the media report on the good news in Mission, Revelstoke and Creston.

STORY 4: CREATING THE COLUMBIA BASIN TRUST

The Columbia Basin Trust was established in 1995 to compensate residents affected by the Columbia River Treaty, which led to three dams after the fooding in the upper Columbia River basin. Another great public servant, James Wood Wilson—a former BC Hydro executive director (and a former professor of mine)—was responsible for resettling people along the Arrow Lakes who were fooded out because of the Columbia River Treaty.

People in communities including Nakusp, Arrowhead, Needles, Fauquier and in between were uprooted and compensated for their land according to the law. Wilson, however, a sensitive, thoughtful man, was concerned that more had been lost by these settlers, and that a different kind of compensation was needed. He urged me to get involved, and I saw the chance to address Wilson’s concerns and proposed the concept of the Columbia Basin Trust when I was deputy minister for Crown corporations in the Harcourt government (1992–96).

As I saw it, the trust would share the economic rent of this great waterway with the province. Its leaders would make future choices between new power and economic development versus the environment and other needs while a new Crown corporation, the Columbia Power Corporation, would undertake hydroelectric projects on the BC portion of the Columbia River system working in partnership with the trust. It would be a grand learning curve for the region’s residents about their own economy.

At the time, Finance Minister Glen Clark chaired the Crown Corporations Cabinet Committee and heard the proposal to form the trust from our secretariat. He expressed some surprise, saying, “If we do that in the Columbia, people will want it in every river system in the province.”

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Smiling, I replied, “I hope so, Minister, I hope so.” He laughed and gave approval to form this unique entity.

And so, the Columbia Basin Trust was born, with signifcant support from Marvin Shaffer, then an assistant deputy minister, and local MLA Corky Evans. Wilson later wrote a small memorable book about these folks losing their quality of life.19

Today, with rapid climate change and the need for greater integration of land, forest and water interests in the Creston Community Forest, it is clear that the trust’s role should be expanded and empowered to link the management of forests and water on a more substantial scale, again becoming a pioneering model for greater regional empowerment and community control.

19 Wilson, 1973.

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Conclusion

THE CHALLENGE WE FACE is to tell the truth about the state of forestry in BC. We no longer have annual reports from the ministry, we no longer have a Forest Service and we no longer have adequate data and reporting from either the public or private sectors. So what do we need?

1. We need a legislature that is fully informed about the status of our public forest resource.

2. We need a forester general, an offcer of the legislature who is non-partisan and reports to the House annually.

3. We need regional committees that also report to the House for each region of the province.

4. We need a Forestry Charter: legislation that will protect and preserve this great public resource to create value and jobs for British Columbians.

We must start at the top in the legislature, however, if citizens in all BC regions are to be empow- We need a forester ered. This will make it easier for residents, communities and First Nations to play a transforma- general to manage tional role in any regional/community empowerment process, especially if the courts are telling us and provide data this is the direction in which we must go. After all, our communities are closely tied to our forest and information resources. This will be a dramatic change, to democratize the centre in order to empower the and for monitoring communities within and regions encompassing our extensive public forests. and accountability. We need a forester general to manage and provide data and information and for monitoring and accountability, and who will also provide feedback to the regions. And we need a Forest Charter as the ultimate guide for us all. We need a provincial vision with sustainability principles, standards and goals, and we need a mission and purpose. We need modern forest practices based on science, and we can learn from our peers in Scandinavia and transfer some of their know-how as principles of the charter.

We must grow our forests for value rather than volume so that their value increases over time. We must extend rotations and undertake thinning. And when our forests are logged, we must increase the value from each log processed. Regions and communities should have more say, and stewardship and monitoring should become public-sector functions.

In a sense, we live between two extreme points of view: the status quo, which really represents liquidation and rent theft, and their main opponents, the total preservationists. Some choice!

In between is the evidence-based rational forester like Ray Travers, who, like his Scandinavian men- tors, sees a solid science-based middle ground where forest and policy managers focus on value

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People and both for the land and in industrial plants. New value in a growing forest, in managing the forest and communities must in manufacturing products from our forests is linked and integral to our shared future prosperity. be empowered at This approach requires real facts and measured results. It also requires real markets so that we the local level in our are always geared to the highest and best use, and only strong market tests at every stage of the diverse regions. game can assure us of that. People and communities must be empowered at the local level in our diverse regions to work on these issues directly so that local creativity, energy, entrepreneurship and accountability shine through.

Some call that free enterprise. Others call it community enterprise. Some might call it both. It is all of the above, and some call that democracy.

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Appendix: Charts from external sources

Figure 1: Softwood lumber production in BC, 2005–14

Source: Alex Barnes, “2014 Economic State of the B.C. Forest Sector” (PowerPoint presentation, Competi- tiveness and Innovation Branch of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, October 2015), 10, http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/ forestry/forest-industry-economics/economic-state/economic-state-of-bc-forest-sector-2014.pdf.

See the very small share of softwood lumber production in coastal BC compared to in the Interior from 2005 to 2014. (In 2014, production in coastal BC was 12 per cent to the Interior’s 78 per cent.) See also the decline, from 5.9 million cubic metres in 2005 to 3.7 million cubic metres in 2014.

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Figure 2: Cumulative amount of timber cut in BC, 1911–89

Source: Ken Drushka, Bob Nixon and Ray Travers, Touch Wood (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1993), 192, fgure 4.

Timber cut on the BC coast was close to 100 per cent of the total volume logged in BC until about 1950.

Figure 3: The forest sector’s share of the BC economy, 1997–2010

Source: Alex Barnes and Tom Niemann, “2012 Economic State of the B.C. Forest Sector” (PowerPoint presentation by the Competitiveness and Innovation Branch of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, April 2014), 6, http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural- resources-and-industry/forestry/forest-industry-economics/economic-state/economic-state-of-bc- forest-sector-2012-with-appendix.pdf.

Percentages after 2010 become fairly stable.

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Figure 4: Employment in BC’s forest sector, 1991–2011

Source: Dan Schrier, “BC’s Exports Moving Out of the Woods,” BC Stats, March 2012, http://www2.gov. bc.ca/assets/gov/data/statistics/trade/bcs_exports_moving_out_of_the_woods.pdf.

Figure 5: The share of forest products in manufacturing shipments, 1992–2011

Source: Dan Schrier, “BC’s Exports Moving Out of the Woods,” BC Stats, March 2012, http://www2.gov. bc.ca/assets/gov/data/statistics/trade/bcs_exports_moving_out_of_the_woods.pdf.

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Figure 6: Forest management in eight jurisdictions compared in the Jaakko Pöyry report (2001)

Source: Living Legacy Trust and Jaakko Pöyry Consulting, Assessment of the Status and Future Opportunities of Ontario’s Solid Wood Value-Added Sector: Final Summary Report (Toronto, ON: Living Legacy Trust; Vantaa, Finland: Jaakko Pöyry Consulting, June 2001), 26, fgure 14, http://www. livinglegacytrust.org/pdf/Final_Summary_Report.pdf.

In the 2001 Jaakko Pöyry (a Finnish forest consulting company) forestry study conducted for the Ontario Living Legacy Trust, BC ranked lowest of the eight forest jurisdictions relative to our forest product competitors. This study compared the forest management performance of a number of provinces, US Great Lakes states and several northern European countries using seven forestry benchmarks.

BC ranked lowest in performance for all benchmarks compared to all other jurisdictions. BC’s performance is probably worse today because of mills continuing to close and the related loss of work for contractors and of forest worker jobs. The ongoing depletion and degradation of our forests is continuing to affect our competitiveness.

Figure 7: Forestry in Sweden, 1920s–2008

Source: Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, The Swedish Forestry Model (Stockholm, Sweden: Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, 2009, 4, http://www.ksla.se/wp- content/uploads/2010/10/The-Swedish-Forestry-Model.pdf.

Sweden’s timber inventory (standing volume) has been increasing since 1920 because they grow more timber than they log. (In BC, the opposite is true. Our standing timber volume is declining and our cut increasing. Sandy Peel, then chairman of the Forest Resources Commission, addressed the valuation of public timber in the April 1991 report The Future of Our Forests, which estimates that in 1991 BC timber from public lands was undervalued by two to four times.)

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Table 2: Comparing the forest economies of Sweden and BC (2009)

Sweden* BC Ratio Sweden/BC

Commercial forest land ( Ha) 22, 335,000 22,000,000 1.02

Total volume logged ( Cu.M.) 65,100,000 48,793,000 1.33

Value of production ( $Cdn) 29,213,749 13,126,093 2.23

Direct forest industry employment 85,000 46,800 1.82

Log exports ( Cu.M) 2,500,000 2,702,000 0.93

Log imports ( Cu.M.) 5,800,000 34036 170.41

Annual growth rate Cu.M./Ha/year 5.5 3.3 1.67

Annual growth/year million m3 122.7 72.6 1.69

Percent private forest land 81% 3%

Sources: Swedish Forestry Agency, Food and Agricultural Organization (UN), Statistics Canada, BC Stats, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

Statistics compiled by Ray Travers, RPF, in 2012.

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BCWlMcHS COMMISSION

August 1,2019

Her Worship Mayor Lorraine Michetti and Council cc: [email protected] Village of Pouce Coupe PO Box 190 Pouce Coupe, BC VOC 2C0

Dear Mayor Michetti,

Re: Request to Meet with Village Council Member

I am writing to request the opportunity for the BC Oil and Gas Commission (Commission) to meet with a council member from the Village of Pouce Coupe. Meeting on a quarterly basis allows the Commission to share information directly with the Village about upcoming work such as proposed regulation changes, working groups, issue resolution and new initiatives that may be of interest to you and your constituents.

Regular meetings would enable the Commission to stay informed with regard to concerns or questions you and your Council may have about the regulation of oil and gas in the Pouce Coupe area. These meetings are intended to support existing relationships you currently have with Commission staff and will be valuable in fulfilling any of your information needs.

A stronger working relationship between us will increase the ability of both the Village of Pouce Coupe and the Commission to project a more cohesive regional effort in responding to information requests and concerns from community members.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Julia Normand Manager, Stakeholder Relations

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Village of Pouce Coupe DATE: Aug 21, 2019 MEMOTO: Mayor and Council ‘C FROM: Chris Leggett, CAO .I.’..0.E SUBJECT: City of Dawson Creek Water Trailer £.‘?..S..3.4.?. “Pe PURPOSE

To advise Council of the motion from the City of Dawson Creek onceming the mobile water ?ll station.

BACKGROUND

In early 2019, Council was advised that the City of Dawson Creek would no longer have available the drinking water trailer that was commonly used at public events.

Councilor Shaely Wilbur advised Council that the Village of Pouce Coupe may be able to take over the initiative.

At the July 22"“meeting of City of Dawson Creek Council, Councilor Wilbur motioned “THAT Staff continue to work with the Village of Pouce Coupe to transition the program to under their care”.

IMPACT ON BUDGET, POLICY, STAFFING

It is important to note, that the above motion is not to donate the trailer or equipment to the Village as previously thought, but rather to have the Village of Pouce Coupe take over the operational aspect of the program only. The CAO has watched the July 22"“2019 City of Dawson Creek Council video recording and has noted that there was discussion among the Council that the assets were to remain the property of the City of Dawson Creek.

The ?nancial impact of this initiative is not known at this time.

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS

Village of Pouce Coupe Council must give careful consideration 0 this initiative. It is our understanding that funded staff members from the City of Dawson Creek operated the mobile water dispensing equipment. That funding was discontinued by he City.

Dispensing water to the public for their consumption carries risk. The Village of Pouce Coupe does not have any staff trained or certified in the operation of thi equipment. At present, no requirement to obtain training or operate the equipment exists within the job descriptions of any existing s aff members. Therefore, should the Village Council a ree to take-on the initiative, it would be optional to existing staff as to whether or not they wished to be trained and/or agree to operat the equipment.

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Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch POLICY DIRECTIVE No: 19 – 09

Date: July 15, 2019

To: All LCRB staff All Licensees All Industry Associations All Local Government, First Nations, and police agencies

Re: Updated Alcohol Sense Materials

Introduction The mandatory display program requires licensees and liquor retailers to display social responsibility material, provided by government, in a prominent location in their establishments.

New materials have been developed that continue to focus on messaging around moderation. Additional information on Canada’s Low Risk Drinking Guidelines is available on the Alcohol Sense website: https://www.healthyfamiliesbc.ca/home/articles/topic/alcohol- sense.

The new materials have been developed in consultation with the Mandatory Display Advisory Committee, which includes health advocates and representatives from both industry and government.

New Mandatory Display Material

New posters and tent cards are being mailed out in July. Each establishment will receive one poster and one tent card. The following establishments and liquor retailers must display, in a prominent location, at least one of the materials enclosed in the package:

• food primaries; • liquor primaries and liquor primary clubs; • manufacturer lounge endorsements; • licensee retail stores; • wine stores (with the exception of sacramental wine stores); • rural agency stores; • duty free stores; • manufacturer on-site stores; and • ferment on premise (also known as Ubrew/Uvin) establishments.

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Licensees and liquor stores must display the new poster or tent card by July 21, 2019. The material must be displayed until further notice. Old materials that have been previously provided as part of this program may be taken down or left up, at the discretion of the licensee.

The material is also available for download on the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch website, at the following link: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment- business/business/liquor-regulation-licensing/publications-resources/signs-and-posters-for- bc-liquor-establishments.

BC Liquor Stores The Alcohol Sense material that has been distributed to BC liquor stores is identical in content but is slightly different in format.

Material Per Store Location Display Duration COM Signs A=6 1 per checkout To be displayed until B=4 August C=2 D=8 Tent Card 1 per store 1 at Customer Permanent until Service further notice SR Beer Corral/Rail A=10 In beer sections, one Permanent until Signs B=6 per side of beer further notice C=4 corrals/rails D=10

Further Information Further information regarding liquor and cannabis control and licensing in British Columbia is available on the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch website at http://www.gov.bc.ca/liquorregulationandlicensing

If you have any questions regarding these changes, please contact the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch toll free in Canada at 1-866-209-2111 or 250 952-5787 if calling from the Victoria area.

Original signed by

Mary Sue Maloughney, Assistant Deputy Minister and General Manager

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July 26, 2019

File No. 0400-20

Honourable Rob Fleming Ministry of Education PO Box 9045 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 9E2 [email protected]

Re: Provincial Support for Libraries

Dear Honourable Rob Fleming,

At the Regular Council meeting of July 3, 2019, the District of Sechelt Mayor and Council, by way of resolution, indicated support for the restoration of library funding to a level that reflects both inflationary cost increases since 2009 and the value of this system to the Province. The District of Sechelt believes public libraries provide crucial information and resource services to the citizens in our community, and sustainable funding is required for libraries to run effectively. The services provided by the Sechelt Library have a significant positive impact on our community. We strongly urge the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services to provide provincial government financial support to ensure the successful continuance of public libraries and their critical contributions to BC Communities.

Sincerely,

Darnelda Siegers Mayor

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City of Fort St. John 10631 100 Street | Fort St. John, BC | VU 3Z5 FORT ST JOHN 2507878150 City Hall ^ 2507878181 Facsimile The Energetic City

July 15, 2019 File # 0220-20 Via email: [email protected] Honourable Rob Fleming Ministry of Education P.O. Box 9045 Stn Prov Govt Victoria, BC V8W 9E2

Dear Honourable Rob Fleming,

Re: Provincial Support for Libraries

At the Regular Council meeting of July 8, 2019, the City of Fort St. John received a letter from the City of Victoria referred to in correspondence from the Districts of Houston and Sicamous requesting favorable consideration and resolutions of support to restore Provincial support for libraries.

By way of resolution, the City of Fort St. John and Council extends its support to all three funding models for public libraries in BC (associations, municipal, and regional) advocating for the restoration of library funding to support the BC Government's agenda to eliminate poverty, improve access to education, and address social justice in BC.

By this means, the City of Fort St. John supports an increase in library funding to a level that reflects inflationary cost increases since 2009, provides relief to municipal property tax payers as a result of re- directed inflationary costs and restores the value of this system to the Province.

Sinc^re^y,

^ori Ackerman Mayor

ec Premier John Morgan M LA Dan Da vies UBCM Member Municipalities

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July 23, 2019

Via email: [email protected]

The Honourable Rob Fleming Minister of Education P.O. Box 9045 Stn Prov Govt Victoria, B.C. V8W 9E2

Dear Minister Fleming:

RE: Provincial Support for Libraries

At the Regular Council Meeting of July 15, 2019, the City of Prince George Council unanimously passed a resolution endorsing the City of Victoria’s request for Provincial support for libraries.

The City of Prince George Mayor and Council respectfully requests the Province of British Columbia’s support and consideration to increase support to restore Provincial funding for Libraries. Our Council supports the restoration of library funding to a level that reflects both inflation cost increases since 2009 and the value of this system to the Province.

Sincerely,

Mayor Lyn Hall

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DISTRICT OF TAYLOR www.DistrictofTaylor.com Box 300, Taylor, BC VOC 2K0

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Dear Minister Fleming,

Rel Provincial Support for Libraries

At the Regular Council Meeting held on June 17, 2019, District of Taylor Mayor and Council reviewed correspondence received from the City of Victoria requesting favourable consideration and a resolution of support to restore Provincial support for libraries.

Mayor and Council fully support the resolution passed by the City of Victoria to restore Provincial support for libraries and respectfully request that the Province of British Columbia restore library funding to a level that re?ects both in?ationary cost increases since 2009 and the value of this system to the Province.

The District of Taylor Values the universal access to information and learning resources provided by libraries and believe that Provincial restoration of library funding supports Provincial initiatives to eliminate poverty, improve access to education, and address social justice in British Columbia.

Sincerely

R0 Fraser Mayor

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From: City of Maple Ridge Enquiries To: Sandy Stokes Subject: RE: Village of Pouce Coupe Letter of Support - Provincial Support for Libraries Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 11:30:08 AM Attachments: image005.png

On behalf of Mayor and Council, thank you for raising this important issue in support of public libraries across British Columbia. At a Council Workshop meeting on June 11, 2019, the City of Maple Ridge and Council, by way of resolution, supports the City of Victoria’s resolution advocating for the restoration of provincial funding for libraries and sent a letter of support on June 26, 2019.

As per the City’s Council Correspondence Guidelines, this acknowledges receipt of your letter of support.

Best regards,

Vickie Fulton Administrative Assistant

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; Salmo (Village) ; Salmon Arm (City) ; Sayward (Village) ; Sechelt (District) ; Sechelt Indian Government District ; Sicamous (District) ; Sidney (Town) ; Silverton (Village) ; Slocan (Village) ; Smithers (Town) ; Sooke (District) ; Spallumcheen (Township) ; Sparwood (District) ; Squamish (District) ; Stewart (District) ; Summerland (District) ; Sun Peaks (Mountain Resort Municipality) ; Surrey (City) ; Tahsis (Village) ; Taylor (District) ; Telkwa (Village) ; Terrace (City) ; Tofino (District) ; Trail (City) ; Tumbler Ridge (District) ; Ucuelet (District) ; Valemount (Village) ; Vancouver (City) ; Vanderhoof (District) ; Vernon (City) ; Victoria (City) ; View Royal (Town) ; Warfield (Village) ; Wells (District) ; West Kelowna (City) ; West Vancouver (District) ; Whistler (Resort Municipality) ; White Rock (City) ; Williams Lake (City) ; Zeballos (Village) ; Holly Wiens Subject: Village of Pouce Coupe Letter of Support - Provincial Support for Libraries

Hello

Please find attached The Village of Pouce Coupes’ letter of support for Provincial Support of Libraries

Thank you,

Sandy Stokes Corporate Officer Village of Pouce Coupe

W- www.poucecoupe.ca E - [email protected] P - 250-786-5794 F - 250-786-5257

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From: Holly Wiens [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 19, 2019 3:46 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Fernie (City) ; 100 Mile House (District) ; Abbotsford (City) ; Alert Bay (Village) ; Anmore (Village) ; Armstrong (City) ; Ashcroft (Village) ; Barriere (District) ; Belcarra (Village) ; Bowen Island (Island Municipality ; Burnaby (City) ; Burns Lake (Village) ; Cache Creek (Village) ; Campbell River (City) ; Canal Flats (Village) ; Castlegar (City) ; Central Saanish (District) ; Chase (Village) ; Chetwynd (District) ; Chilliwack (City) ; Clearwater (District) ; Clinton (Village) ; Coldstream (District) ; Colwood (City) ; Comox (Town) ; Coquitlam (City) ; Courtenay (City) ; Cranbrook (City) ; Creston (Town) ; Cumberland (Village) ; Dawson Creek (City) ; Delta (City) ; Duncan (City) ; Elkford (District) ; Enderby (City) ; Esquimalt (Township) ; Fort St. James (District) ; Fraser Lake (Village) ; Fruitvale (Village) ; Gibsons (Town) ; Gold River (Village) ; Golden (Town) ; Grand Forks (City) ; Granisle (Village) ; Greenwood (City) ; Harrison Hot Springs (Village) ; Hazelton (Village) ; Highlands (District) ; Hope (District) ; Houston (District) ; Hudson's Hope (District) ; Invermere (District) ; Jumbo Glacier (Mountain Resort Municipality ; Kamloops (City) ; Kaslo (Village) ; Kelowna (City) ; Kent (District) ; Keremeos (Village) ; Kimberley (City) ; Kitimat (District) ; Ladysmith (Town) ; Lake Country (District) ; Lake Cowichan (Town) ; Langford (City) ; Langley (City) ; Langley (Township) ; Lantzville (District) ; Lillooet (District) ; Lions Bay (Village) ; Logan lake (District) ; Lumby (Village) ; Lytton (Village) ; Mackenzie (District) ; Maple Ridge (City) ; Masset (Village) ; McBride (Village) ; Merritt (City) ; Metchosin (District) ; Midway (Village) ; Mission (District) ; Montrose (Village) ; Nakusp (Village) ; Nanaimo (City) ; Nelson (City) ; New Denver (Village) ; New Hazelton (District) ; New Westminister (City) ; North Cowichan (District) Page 87 of 138

; North Saanich (District) ; North Vancouver (City) ; North Vancouver (District) ; Northern Rockies (Regional Municipality) ; Oak Bay (District) ; Oliver (Town) ; Osoyoos (Town) ; Parksville (City) ; Peachland (District) ; Pemberton (Village) ; Penticton (City) ; Pitt Meadows (City) ; Port Alberni (City) ; Port Alice (Village) ; Port Clements (Village) ; Port Coquitlam (City) ; Port Edward (District) ; Port Hardy (District) ; Port McNeill (Town) ; Port Moody (City) ; Sandy Stokes ; Powell River (City) ; Prince George (City) ; Prince Rupert (City) ; Princeton (Town) ; Qualicum Beach (Town) ; Queen Charlotte (Village) ; Quesnel (City) ; Radium Hot Springs (Village) ; Revelstoke (City) ; Richmond (City) ; Rossland (City) ; Saanich (District) ; Salmo (Village) ; Salmon Arm (City) ; Sayward (Village) ; Sechelt (District) ; Sechelt Indian Government District ; Sicamous (District) ; Sidney (Town) ; Silverton (Village) ; Slocan (Village) ; Smithers (Town) ; Sooke (District) ; Spallumcheen (Township) ; Sparwood (District) ; Squamish (District) ; Stewart (District) ; Summerland (District) ; Sun Peaks (Mountain Resort Municipality) ; Surrey (City) ; Tahsis (Village) ; Taylor (District) ; Telkwa (Village) ; Terrace (City) ; Tofino (District) ; Trail (City) ; Tumbler Ridge (District) ; Ucuelet (District) ; Valemount (Village) ; Vancouver (City) ; Vanderhoof (District) ; Vernon (City) ; Victoria (City) ; View Royal (Town) ; Warfield (Village) ; Wells (District) ; West Kelowna (City) ; West Vancouver (District) ; Whistler (Resort Municipality) ; White Rock (City) ; Williams Lake (City) ; Zeballos (Village) Subject: City of Fort St. John Letter of Support - Provincial Support for Libraries

Good afternoon,

Please see attached correspondence from Mayor Ackerman and Council on behalf of the City of Fort St. John.

Regards,

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Holly Wiens Administrative Assistant II – Legislative & Administrative Services Direct line 250 787 5794 Fax 250 787 8181 10631 100 Street | Fort St. John, BC | V1J 3Z5

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City of Pitt Meadows OFFICE OF THE MAYOR

August 2, 2019 File: 0400-50/19

The Honourable Rob Fleming Ministry of Education PO Box 9045 Stn Prov Govt Victoria, BC V8W 9EN [email protected]

Dear Minister Fleming:

Re: City of Victoria’s resolution requesting provincial support for libraries

At our July 30, 2019 special meeting, Pitt Meadows City Council unanimously passed the following resolution with respect to the above:

“THAT Council: A. Support the City of Victoria’s resolution for the restoration of provincial library funding; AND B. Request that the Mayor write to the Minister of Education expressing Council’s support of enhanced library funding.”

Libraries are important cornerstones of a healthy community, giving all people equal access to information and resources, while at the same time providing a sense of place for gathering. Our Council is in full support of the City of Victoria’s resolution and look forward to supporting it in September at the upcoming UBCM convention.

Yours Truly,

Mayor Bill Dingwall BGS, LL.B., CPHR

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THE CITY OF VICTORIA tAll^W^i;! OFFICE OF THE MAYOR

May 29, 2019,

To The Union of British Columbia Municipalities,

I am writing on behalf of Victoria City Council, requesting favourable consideration and resolutions of support to restore Provincial support for libraries.

At the May 23, 2019 Council Meeting, Council approved the following resolution:

WHEREAS WHEREAS libraries are a social justice equalize!' that provide universal access to information and learning materials irrespective of income levels;

WHEREAS libraries are now so much more than books, building community and a sense of inclusion;

WHEREAS restoring funding to libraries supports the BC Government's agenda to eliminate poverty, improve access to education, and address social justice in BC;

WHEREAS funding rates have been frozen since 2009 and inflationary costs have increasingly been put on municipal property tax payers which is a regressive approach to funding public libraries;

WHEREAS municipalities face downloading from upper levels of government and have few tools to raise funds,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council request the Mayor write to the Minister of Education, the Premier, and all local MLAs strongly advocating for the restoration of library funding to a level that reflects both inflationary cost increases since 2009 and the value of this system to the Province.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be forwarded to other municipalities in the Capital Regional District and across BC requesting their favourable consideration.

We eagerly look forward to your support on this matter.

Sincerely,

Lisa Helps Victoria Mayor

No.1 Centennial Square Victoria British Columbia Canada V8W 1P6 Telephone (250) 361-0200 Fax (250) 361-0348 Email [email protected] Page 92 of 138

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July 31, 2019

VIA EMAIL

The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi Minister of Natural Resources [email protected]

The Honourable Chrystia Freeland Minister of Foreign Affairs [email protected]

The Honourable Patricia A. Hajdu Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour [email protected]

With copy to:

Jeffrey Biggs, Director, Natural Resources Canada [email protected]

RE: Federal Assistance for Forestry-dependent Communities

Dear Ministers Sohi, Freeland, and Hajdu,

British Columbia’s forest industry has long been foundational to the provincial economy and one of the largest employers in the province, supporting 140,000 jobs – or 1 in 17 jobs in the province. One out of every four manufacturing jobs in B.C. is in forestry, providing family- supporting jobs and driving the economy in 140 forestry-dependent communities across the province. Today, the B.C. forest sector is facing significant challenges that are directly impacting our employees, communities and operations across the province. Following the mountain pine beetle devastation and two consecutive years of destructive wildfires, B.C.’s timber supply is declining. Timber shortages have driven up log costs; when combined with punitive tariffs imposed by the U.S. on Canadian softwood lumber, and volatile lumber markets, these challenges have created the perfect storm of conditions leading to the current crisis.

Industry has been making every effort to access available timber and keep people working. However, under current conditions, many operations are simply not viable, which is forcing difficult decisions to close, or curtail, production to rebalance mill capacity with available timber

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supply. With these decisions, communities and employees are suffering. In the last two months alone, since May 1, 2019, there have been more than 45 announcements of curtailments or closures of B.C. forestry operations. Attached to this letter is a list of all the closures, shift reductions, and curtailments representing an impact to thousands of workers.

Collectively – as industry, communities, and the B.C. government – we are urgently seeking the assistance of the Government of Canada to support our communities and workers in transition. We seek your guidance on how to access this assistance, whether it be through the Softwood Lumber Action Plan, or other federal programs.

Managing through this crisis will require a collective effort with industry, government at all levels, communities and employees working together. We hope to meet with you as soon as possible to discuss this challenge, seek your advice, and discuss a path forward.

Respectfully,

______Joan Atkinson Art Kaehn Mayor, District of Mackenzie Chair, Regional District of Fraser-Fort George

______Taylor Bachrach Carol Leclerc Mayor, Town of Smithers Mayor, City of Terrace

______Walt Cobb Mayor, City of Williams Lake

______Dolores Funk Village of Pouce Coupe Mayor, Village of Burns Lake

______Phil Germuth Kris Olsen Chair, Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine Mayor, Village of Queen Charlotte

______Lyn Hall Eugene Runtz Mayor, City of Prince George Mayor, McBride

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______Brad Sperling Gerry Thiessen Chair, Peach River Regional District Mayor, District of Vanderhoof

______Owen M. Torgerson Village of Hazelton Mayor, Village of Valemount

______Sarrah Storey Margo Wagner Mayor, Village of Fraser Lake Chair, Cariboo Regional District

______Dale Bumstead Brad Layton Mayor, City of Dawson Creek Mayor, Village of Telkwa

______Gary Foster Susan Yurkovich Mayor, Northern Rockies President and Chief Executive Officer Regional Municipality BC Council of Forest Industries

______Gail Lowry Mayor, District of New Hazelton

Enclosure(s): List of Closures, Reductions, and Curtailments

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Enclosure: List of Closures, Reductions, and Curtailments

Please note that this information is was compiled in early July 2019 and is based on publicly available information and/or information provided by companies. This information may not be comprehensive or complete and is subject to change.

Permanent or Indefinite Closure  Tolko in Quesnel – 150 workers impacted  Norbord in 100 Mile House – 160 workers impacted  Louisiana Pacific in Fort St John – 190 workers impacted  West Fraser in Chasm – 176 workers impacted  Canfor in Vavenby – 172 workers impacted  Teal Jones in Honeymoon Bay  Canfor in Mackenzie – 265 workers impacted

Shift Reductions  Tolko in Kelowna – 90 workers impacted  Aspen Planers in Merritt – 50 workers impacted  West Fraser in 100 Mile House – 34 workers impacted  Western Forest Products in Chemainus  Canfor in Prince George – 65 workers impacted

Temporary Curtailments  Canfor – all operations in Bear Lake, Chetwynd, Elko, Fort St John, Houston, Prince George, Radium Hot Springs, Taylor, Vanderhoof impacting over 1,600 workers  West Fraser – all operations in 100 Mile House, Chasm, Chetwynd, Fraser Lake, Quesnel, Smithers, and Williams Lake, impacting 1,070 workers  Conifex in Fort St James – 4 weeks, impacting 180 workers  Canoe Forest Products in Canoe – 2 weeks, impacting 150 workers  Conifex in Fort St James - 9 weeks to date, impacting 132 workers  Conifex in Mackenzie – 6 weeks, impacting an average of 115 workers over the period  Tolko in Armstrong and Soda Creek – 2 weeks  Interfor in Castlegar – 11 days, impacting 152 workers  Interfor in Chase – 11 days, impacting 191 workers  Interfor in Grand Forks – 11 days, impacting 107 workers  Paper Excellence in Powell River  Western Forest Products in Duke Point  Western Forest Products in Ladysmith  Western Forest Products in Saltair – 1 week  Western Forest Products in Duke Point  Western Forest Products in Ladysmith  Western Forest Products in Saltair – 1 week

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City of Pitt Meadows OFFICE OF THE MAYOR

July 24, 2019 File: 0400-50/19

District of West Vancouver 750 17th Street West Vancouver BC V7V 3T3 Sent via email: [email protected]

Dear Mayor and Council:

Re: District of West Vancouver Council Resolution regarding “Confirming Municipal Jurisdiction to Regulate Single-Use Items”

At the regular meeting of Council held on July 23, 2019, Pitt Meadows City Council reviewed correspondence received from the District of West Vancouver regarding their resolution pertaining to the regulation of single-use items.

Pitt Meadows fully supports this resolution and looks forward to the opportunity to support this initiative at the upcoming UBCM Convention.

Yours Truly,

Mayor Bill Dingwall BGS, LL.B., CPHR

cc: Honourable George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (sent via email)

Honourable Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing (sent via email)

UBCM staff and member municipalities via email

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From: Alistair McInnis To: Sandy Stokes Subject: FW: Site C Construction Bulletin - July 19, 2019 Date: Friday, July 19, 2019 11:17:53 AM

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Read this email online

Construction continues on the generating station and powerhouse. See more project photos in the image gallery.

Site C Construction Schedule: July 22 – August 4

Dam site area – north bank and south bank

· Noxious weed inventory and treatment will occur in the main civil works area, on the banks of the Peace River.

· Large sections of penstock pipe will be transported along Old Fort Road. This requires overnight rolling closures, with short delays to Page 99 of 138

traffic. Check our website for upcoming deliveries.

· Construction of a wash station to limit the migration of invasive species continues.

· Contractors will continue to move equipment and materials to site. This includes deliveries by rail and road.

· Contractors are continuing construction and operations in their work areas. This includes the main civil works, generating station and spillways civil works, turbines and generators, and substation.

· Transmission work may occur on the 138 kV right-of-way within the dam site.

· Excavation, including in-river excavation, will progress on both banks of the Peace River.

· Construction activities will continue. This could include drilling, blasting, crushing, earth moving, tunnelling, concrete placement, and road maintenance. We will use tower and mobile cranes.

85th Avenue Conveyor

· Construction and assembly continue on the conveyor between the 85th Avenue Industrial Lands and the dam site.

· Paving will occur on Old Fort Road.

· Work will use heavy machinery, resulting in noise, dust and vibration. Typical work hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week. Periodic sweeping or dust suppression will occur.

Highway 29

· Noxious weed inventory and treatment may occur along Highway 29 and in Wuthrich, Portage Mountain, and West Pine Quarries.

· Construction will continue at Cache Creek West. This will include grading, road construction, and drainage work.

· Portage Mountain Quarry haul road construction will continue.

· Archaeological data recovery will occur at Cache Creek East and Halfway River.

Reservoir area

· Forestry and access road data collection and site investigations will continue along the reservoir area.

· Road construction activities will occur in preparation of clearing on the south bank, eastern reservoir, and north bank near Halfway River.

· Archaeological investigations may occur in support of reservoir access road design.

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foundation installation, testing and welding, and tower assembly.

· Maintenance work will continue on roads that provide access to the transmission corridor.

· Clearing activities may occur. This includes selective hand-falling and hauling logs to local mills. Wood waste will be chipped, mulched, spread as coarse woody debris or hauled off site.

· Road construction will occur in various locations on the transmission line right-of-way. This includes but is not limited to the Peace Canyon and Peace Hill, Trapper Main, Boucher Lake and Medicine Woman road areas, as well as on the south slope of the dam site.

· Upgrades will continue at the Peace Canyon Generating Station.

Other areas

· Geotechnical investigations will occur on the south bank of the Peace River, across from Lynx Creek. Helicopters will move equipment and workers from a staging area on the north side of the river.

· Work is occurring downstream of the dam site for the Peace River side channel enhancements.

· Aggregate and riprap production will continue in West Pine Quarry. We will transport material by rail to the dam site and by truck to Highway 29.

What to expect

Work will take place during the day, night, and on the weekend, until the project is completed. During this time, residents can expect:

Traffic

Please use caution and obey safety signage in the following areas:

· Old Fort Road - Near Gate A to the dam site, drivers may encounter loose gravel and increased commercial traffic. - Gravel sections have developed near 85th Avenue. - Overnight deliveries of penstock pipes along Old Fort Road will result in rolling road closures and traffic delays. Deliveries will occur every one or two weeks. - Due to equipment delivery, there may be occasional short road closures along Old Fort Road from Tahltan Road to Gate B. - Excavation of a short section of Old Fort Road will result in small detours, increased noise, dust and vibration.

· Highway 29: Construction-related traffic and investigation equipment will travel along Highway 29. Visit drivebc.ca to get the latest traffic advisories.

· Other areas: Trucks with heavy loads will be accessing the dam site and other project areas, using public and resource roads.

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· Heavy machinery will be in the transmission line corridor. Please stay clear of the work areas.

· Helicopters and commercial drones may be used to support investigative and construction works.

Noise and vibration

· Some noise and vibration may occur near the dam site and work areas, including the quarries. Pile driving may take place near the 85th Avenue Industrial Lands.

Other

· During noxious weed inventories, crews will travel through areas to capture data. Areas where herbicide has been applied will be signposted.

· Please stay clear of active in-river work areas along the Peace and Moberly rivers. These areas are identified with signage and markings.

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From: Lorraine Michetti To: Sandy Stokes Subject: Fwd: Show your support for the Gas Tax Fund Date: Monday, July 22, 2019 12:37:19 PM

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Mayor Malcolm Brodie City of Richmond 6911 No. 3 Road Richmond BC V6Y 2C1

July 19, 2019

Dear Mayor Brodie,

I am writing on behalf of Victoria City Council, to express support for a motion passed by Richmond City Council at its Regular Council meeting held on June 24, 2019, which reads:

Whereas the BC Lobbyists Registration Act (LRA) requires individuals and organizations who lobby public office holders and meet specific criteria to register their lobbying activities in an online public registry; and

Whereas the goal of the BC Lobbyists Registration Act (LRA) is to promote transparency in lobbying and government decision-making;

Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request that a lobbying regulation system for municipal government, similar to the provincial mechanism under the BC Lobbyists Registration Act, be established.

This resolution from Richmond City Council aligns with the City of Victoria’s 2020 Strategic Priority of “Creating a Lobbying Registry”.

Sincerely,

Lisa Helps Victoria Mayor

cc The Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) Annual Convention

No.1 Centennial Square Victoria British Columbia Canada V8W 1P6 Telephone (250) 361-0200 Fax (250) 361-0348 Email [email protected] Page 105 of 138

Annual General Meeting & Convention Bid Package Information

The NCLGA is the local area association to over 265 local government leaders and represents over 42 communities in the north central region of British Columbia. The Annual General Meeting and Convention is an incomparable opportunity to welcome industry, government, First Nations and other key decision makers from across the province to your community. Hosting the AGM & Convention not only provides significant economic benefits, but it gives you the opportunity to set the agenda for the event – from sessions and speakers to official tours, the host community has significant input into specific programming over the course of the event. Hosting the convention also gives you the opportunity to showcase your community and show off what makes it a great place to live, work, and invest.

The NCLGA AGM & Convention is a fantastic event and we encourage your community to consider hosting north central BC’s top decision makers!

Host Community Responsibilities

The Host Community will need to organize an internal convention planning group as soon as they are notified of their successful bid. This is usually a small group of 2 to 4 individuals, including at least one elected official. As well, the Host Community will need to appoint a staff person who will be able to commit a modicum of hours toward convention planning for several months prior to the actual event. In the three months before the conference takes place, this individual will see their time requirements increase. The NCLGA is responsible for all business sessions during the AGM. This includes the election of officers, resolutions debate, annual reporting, etc. The Host Community is responsible for providing a minute-taker and parliamentarian for the entirety of the business sessions. General Requirements of the Host Community: 1. Conference Centre - We typically require a plenary room that can hold up to 400 delegates, guests, lecturers etc.). It is best to have a single venue where all meals, addresses and sessions take place, ideally with the adequate amount of tables and a stage. The tradeshow area (between 20-30 Page 106 of 138

booths) should be as close to the main stage area while taking into consideration the aspect of any noise disruption. Other aspects in relation to the venue that should be provided are catering (breakfasts, lunches and one banquet dinner) and A/V services for the entirety of the event.

2. Accommodations - should be available in close proximity to the conference center and be considerate of accessibility requirements. Blocks of hotel rooms will need to be secured ahead of time.

3. Dates – The NCLGA Convention is typically held during the 1st or 2nd week of May and are coordinated with BC’s other area associations.

4. Who - Tourist agencies and conference centres can work with the Host Community to create the bid but the bid itself must come from the community.

Planning Timeline and Responsibility Breakdown Below is a timeline and breakdown of some, but not all, of the responsibilities between the successful Host Community and the NCLGA:

Month Details Responsibility June – Sept  Book facilities and blocks of rooms Host 2019  Form working committee  Book meeting room for executive meetings  Book media/staff lounge  Determine methods of transportation between venues  Send community information packages to member communities include hotel, motel, and RV information June – Sept  Develop overall budget Host/NCLGA 2019  Determine cost of registration (CivicInfoBC), local theme, logo  Post preliminary convention info on NCLGA and Host Website June – Sept  Update previous years sponsorship package and send NCLGA 2019 information to previous years sponsors Sept – Dec  Establish overall budget Host/NCLGA 2019 January –  Determine and Book banquet entertainment Host February  Coordinate transportation 2020  Develop partner program February  Send Invitations to MLAs, MPs, Premier, Ministers and NCLGA 2020 others. March 2020  Select and hire MC, solicit door prizes, menus and wine Host  Book sound/AV person/WIFI  Book draping for booth areas and media room  Select and confirm O’Canada anthem singer and pianist  Arrange for parliamentarian Page 107 of 138

 Select and confirm recording secretary for business sessions  Purchase name tags sleeves/lanyards  Develop signage March 2020  Confirm speaker participants and presenters NCLGA  Request Sponsor Logos  Determine whether sponsors will use exhibitor booth  Finalize agenda content March 2020  Determine and send out complimentary registrations Host/NCLGA  Develop invite list for VIPS April 2020  Make arrangements for those with special dietary needs Host  Confirm final registration numbers for catering Produce name tags  Finalize delegate list for distribution at registration desk  Develop delegate information package  Develop Delegate and partner goodie bags  Arrange for piper or alternative for opening ceremonies  Coordinate security  Set up media room if required  Invoice sponsors April 2020  Develop moderator’s handbook, assemble speaker bios, NCLGA develop resolutions and nominations report and determine timing for business sessions.  Establish media liaison coordinator  Confirm technical requirements of presenters  Assign NCLGA executive tasks April 2020  Establish and coordinate voting booth Host/NCLGA  Hold media briefing to advise of AGM plans May 2020 *************EVENT************

 After: Produce minutes of business sessions –ASAP – Host needed for UBCM resolutions deadline  Send thank you to attendees, speakers, local sponsors and volunteers  Conduct post mortem and do convention report  Produce financial summary (within 4 months of May 2020  Send thank you to long term/local sponsors, speakers, VIPS NCLGA  Prepare summary of evaluations

In previous years, a professional event planner has been hired to oversee the planning and execution aspects of the event but this is not a requirement.

The Bidding Process

1. Expression of Interest (EOI) – Interested communities are encouraged to provide an expression of interest (EOI) letter. This letter is just a brief look at the community as a venue and should be completed by the bid chair. The NCLGA Executive will then consider these submissions. EOIs should outline the host community’s capabilities for the following: Page 108 of 138

 The convention facilities and the available dates  Accommodation facilities and access to the region  The interest of the region  Staffing or “AGM Organizing Committee” capacity

2. Full Proposal – Interested communities will need to prepare a thorough and detailed portfolio of their capacity to host. Guidelines for the proposal can be provided by the NCLGA Staff if needed and proposals may be submitted without an expression of interest letter. The NCLGA Board of Directors will then consider proposals at the November 2019 Board Meeting.

3. Selection and Announcement – The Board of Directors will review the Proposal Packages and the final decision will be made by the full Board by means of a vote. The winning host community will be notified of their success via email correspondence following the November Board Meeting.

Please submit your expression of interest or full proposal via email, indicating your community’s staffing, accommodation and venue capabilities (and any other relevant information you would like to highlight) to the NCLGA Staff at [email protected] or by mail at:

North Central Local Government Association 206-155 George St. Prince George, BC V2L 1P8

The deadline to submit an Expression of Interest Letter or Full Proposal for the 2021 and 2022 AGM and Convention is October 15th, 2019.

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ii) No person shall deposit or throw bottles, broken glass, paper, cardboard, or empty cartons, or other rubbish, trash or garbage in any open place within the Village.

iii) No person shall deposit or throw garbage of any kind which includes tree limbs and grass clippings in any municipal ditch. )4’ uusxsarm PREMISES D0‘ 533 SILC 1

3 the 2. 1) Where, in the opinion of Council, premises within Village are unsightly, the Council may notify the owners or occupiers of such real property, or their agents, that they shall be required to remove from their property any accumulation of filth, discarded materials, or rubbish of any kind, and in default of such removal, the Village, by its workmen and others, may enter and effect such removal at the expense of the person so defaulting and the Village shall thereafter bill the owner, occupier, or their agents, as the case may be, for the charges for so doing, and if these charges are unpaid on the thirty first day of December of the same year, they shall be added to and form part of the taxes payable in respect of the real property as taxes in arrears.

11) In any residential area, which area for the purpose of this section shall mean and include any Residential District as defined within the Village of Pouce Coupe zoning Bylaw, the following conditions may constitute unsightly premises:

a) The accumulation or storage of any building materials, whether new, used or second-hand, on any site, or premises, where the owner or occupier of the premises is not in possession of a valid building permit.

b) The storage or accumulation of any goods or merchandise which is offered or intended to be offered for sale.

c) The storage, collection, or accumulation of any automobile wrecks, in whole or parts thereof, or any motor vehicle, or portion of a motor vehicle, which is not validly registered and licensed in accordance with the Motor Vehicle Act, or capable of motivation under its own power.

d) The accumulation of automobile or appliance parts or accessories.

e) The storage of solid fuels, such as wood, coke, or coal, where the amount of solid fuel so stored is in excess of one winter season's normal supply and is so stored in an unsightly and unseemly manner that it may be viewed from the adjoining properties.

f) The use of any property for the storage, repair, cleaning, maintenance, collection, or servicing of mechanical equipment such as bulldozers, graders, backhoes, loaders, cranes, or other similar heavy construction equipment.

5 - ,2, ornmsrvs GROWTH ?)¢l0.A.D00.538 6er—- 3. Every owner or occupier of real property, including boulevard located in front of such real property, shall forthwith upon receipt of notice given pursuant to this bylaw clear such property of trees, brush, noxious weeds or other offensive growths.

INSECT INFBSTATION 4. Every owneror occupier of real property, or their agents, shall prevent infestation by caterpillars or other noxious or destructive insects, and where such infestation has occurred,

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August 1, 2019

Honourable Rob Fleming [email protected] Minister of Education PO BOX 9045, Stn Prov Govt Victoria, BC V8W 9E2

Dear Minister Fleming,

At its June 27, 2019 meeting, the Regional Board was made aware of student space constraints at the Pouce Coupe Elementary School and the current plan to add portable classroom space(s) for the additional students.

The Board resolved that a letter be forwarded in support of building a permanent addition at the Pouce Coupe Elementary School to accommodate the growing student population at the school. Portable classroom spaces that require students to walk to and from the school building to access washrooms, library and gym spaces are not ideal in the cold winter months in Northern BC.

The PRRD Board hopes to meet with the Ministry of Education during the upcoming UBCM conference to request allocation of more funding for schools in the north.

Yours truly,

Brad Sperling Chair

c. – School District No. 59 Trustee, Area IV Chad Anderson and Travis Jones Village of Pouce Coupe Crystal Brown, EA Manager

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Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences 2020 – 2207 Main Mall Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 Canada

Roger D. Beckie, P.Eng. Phone: 604.822.6462 Fax: 604.822.6088 [email protected]

Professor

July 26, 2019

We are writing on behalf of the Energy and Environment Research Initiative at the University of British Columbia. We want to keep you updated about our research on the environmental impacts from fugitive natural gas associated with oil and gas development in the Peace Region, and to answer questions and receive input about the project.

We are investigating fugitive natural gas from several angles, one of which is focused on understanding the distribution of natural gas in groundwater in the Peace Region. To do this, we plan to install 25 to 30 groundwater monitoring wells in the Peace Region. This will help us determine where and how much natural gas is in the groundwater, where it comes from, and if it is related to oil and gas activities.

We have installed 14 wells so far, shown in the map on the following page (Figure 1). Seven of these wells are so-called baseline wells, which we use to monitor baseline levels of natural gas in groundwater. These are located away from oil and gas well sites. Seven wells are ‘proximal’ wells, located in areas of high well-pad density and generally within 400 m of a well pad. We use a variety of factors to select well locations, including geology, hydrogeology, distance from oil and gas sites, distribution, access, population centers, and others. We plan to drill more ‘proximal’ wells in upcoming drilling campaigns.

The next map (Figure 2) shows potential well locations that we are considering for our upcoming campaign in August. These locations are not yet confirmed, and we gratefully welcome your input.

Please tell us if you have any questions or concerns. We would be happy to discuss this in person or on the phone. Thank you for your time and we very much look forward to engaging with you in the near future.

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Roger Beckie, P. Eng. Dr. Aaron Cahill Bethany Ladd, M.Sc. Professor Research Fellow Project Manager University of British Columbia, Heriot Watt University University of British Columbia, Vancouver Edinburgh, United Kingdom Vancouver Tel: (604) 822-6462 Tel: +44 (0) 131 451 3832 Tel: (604) 827-1428 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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Figure 1: Map of current EERI monitoring well network (wells labeled “EERI”).

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Figure 2. Map of candidate sites for the August 2019 drilling campaign.

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8611 Doulton PI Richmond, BC. V7C 5A3

July 19, 2019

Corporation of the Wlage of Pouce Coupe PO Box 190 Pouce Coupe, BC VOC2C0

Dear Mayor & Council,

Re: Hart Hotel Campground Proposal - Feedback

At the June 19, 2019 Council meeting, Andrew Chopp, on behalf of the Hart Hotel, presented a proposal to build a campground and access road adjacent to the hotel property. While I can appreciate Mr. Chopp’s entrepreneurial spirit, as the owner of the vacant lot beside the Hart Hotel, at 4803-51 st Ave., I would like to speak against this proposal for the following reasons:

1. Location:

Most campgrounds are located in Parks, close to nature and all that it offers. As for private campgrounds, they are usually situated away from town/city limits —the assumed reason for this is to minimizethe impact of such a business on residential areas.

Although Mr. Chopp’s proposed campground would be located in a commercially zoned area, the actual business and access road would be constructed in the vicinity of many residential properties.

2. Environmental Impact & Safety Issues:

Given the proximity of the campground to the Village itself, the result would be increased heavy vehicular traf?c in a residential neighbourhood, noise pollution, and air pollution from a concentrated area of vehicles and camp and/or cooking fires.

In addition, the actual proposed property for the site is somewhat “boxed in” with only one access route onto the property that is well below street level. Although the size of the property is fairly large, my concern is that there is only one route in and out of the site. The result is that, should emergency vehicles need to access the property, it may be difficult.

3. Compliance:

The campground, I assume, would be for short-term stays only, as based on Wlage (or Regional District) by-laws. However, what are the guarantees presented by Mr. Chopp and the Hart Hotel, that they willadhere to and comply with the short-term stay rule? Furthermore, even with by-law restrictions on length of stay, noise disturbances, illegal garbage dumping etc., does the Village Office have the resources to make sure that campground management is in compliance with the by-laws? Page 122 of 138

4. Devaluation of Adjacent Properties:

Given that the access and location to the campground is in close proximity to many residential properties and given the perceived environmental impact on the surrounding neighbourhood, there is the probability that such a business willde-value adjacent properties.

For example, my property is particularly vulnerable. Not only willthere be increased traffic at the front, but the location of the campground willimpact the total rear width of my lot. Therefore, anyone wanting to build on my property willhave, as an extension of their backyard —a campground. Consequently, not only willthis de-value my lot, but it willbe even more difficult to sell.

As well, I am aware, based on a well worn path from the front to the back of my property, that i has been used as an access route. Since the lot is vacant. there willalways be a temptation tot take a short-cuts. In this case, my concern is that pedestrians and small recreation vehicles would use my lot as a quicker and more convenient route to enter and exit the campsite.

5. Demand:

I understand that the Pouce Park did not allow camping last year due to a flood that destroyed the park. I am not sure ifthis ban is still in effect. However, there are numerous campgrounds i the Peace River district. While it would be nice to have a place for tourists to camp nearer to n the Wlage, is there a demand? What is the rationale for such a proposal?

Conclusion:

A proposal, such as Mr. Chopp’s, needs to be based on a sound business plan, supported by engineering surveys, drawings and design. In my opinion, however, what often is overlooked, when proposing major changes to a neighbourhood, is the issue of trust. Can Mr. Chopp and the Hart Hotel ensure that their proposed campground willnot disrupt or diminish the surrounding neigbourhood and willthey guarantee that all by-laws pertaining to their campground be adhered to?

Conversely and ultimately, the question to Village Council is: In considering Mr.Chopp’s proposal, irrespective of any of the reasons presented above, willthis project enhance the surrounding neighbourhood and Wlage and willit align with the 2016 Of?cial Community Plan that states under 4.3 Commercial - Policies #4: “Direct commercial businesses to lands designated as commercial, provided any impact on neighbouring properties is minimized". Simply put, it is an inappropriate use of commercially zoned land in a residential neighbourhood and therefore, I do not support the proposal.

Sincerely,

Janet Laloge Holme Executrix - Estate of Pearl Laloge I Iams

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Board Meeting Highlights Report Meeting Date: July 26th and 27th, 2019 Meeting Location: Prince George, BC

Board Business  Newly elected NCLGA President Lara Beckett welcomed the new Directors to the association and Committee Chairs for the Finance, Planning and Priorities, Governance and Resolutions Committees were appointed.  The Board reviewed the 2019 AGM, Resolution process and delegate’s AGM evaluations.  The City of Prince George provided a report to the Board on their preliminary plans for the 2020 AGM in Prince George. The AGM date of May 13th to 15th, 2020 was approved by the Board along with the proposed AGM budget, sponsorship and tradeshow package and logo.  The Board reviewed and approved the 2018/2019 Financial Summary, 2019/2020 First Quarter Financial Summary and the Multi-Year Projection.  The Board commenced advocacy planning for the year which included a discussion on solid waste, details of the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) luncheon hosted by the NCLGA and methods for advancing resolutions.  The Municipal Insurance Association of BC (MIABC) AGM will be taking place on September 24th in the Vancouver Convention Centre and members should ensure representatives are in attendance.  The next NCLGA Board Meeting is scheduled for November 1st and 2nd in Prince George.

Delegations  Spinal Cord Injury BC (SCI BC) presented to the NCLGA Board of Directors with respect to supporting their federal funding application to advance accessibility in Northern BC. The Board resolved to endorse SCI BC’s request in the form of a letter of support on behalf of the NCLGA.  The Board also received a presentation from MLA Mike Morris, Critic for the Public Safety and Solicitor General, focusing on the changing biodiversity of Northern BC due to the cumulative effects of natural resource development.

If you would like additional information on the material contained in this Board Meeting Highlights Report please email [email protected] or call (250) 564-6585.

206-155 George Street, Prince George, BC V2L 1P8 P: 250-564-6585 | www.NCLGA.ca | [email protected] Page 124 of 138

Presentation to the Village of Pouce Coupe August 9, 2019 Mayor, Councillors and staff of the Village of Pouce Coupe Request to change the zoning bylaws of the Village of Pouce Coupe to prohibit the bottling of groundwater for commercial sale or bulk export My name is Bruce Gibbons, and I live in Merville in the Comox Valley. I am submitting this request to address council about the issue of protecting groundwater all over British Columbia. In November of 2017, the Provincial Government approved a groundwater extraction licence for a resident of Merville, in the Comox Valley, to extract up to 10,000 liters of water per day from the Comox Valley aquifer, and bottle and sell that water. That was the moment we realized our groundwater was under threat from a new source. Under the 2016 Water Sustainability Act the provincial government has targeted our groundwater for extraction and commercial sale or bulk export. The provincial government continues to approve water extraction licences for groundwater in many areas of BC. Bottling of groundwater is extremely profitable for the licence holder, whether it is bottled on-site or trucked to a suitable bottling site. That is why we are campaigning to ask British Columbia communities to revise their bylaws to prevent water licence holders from bottling their water and asking those communities to also support the Strathcona Regional District resolution that was passed unanimously at the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities (AVICC) convention in April, and will be presented at the UBCM convention in September. The effects of climate change and the increasing demands of population growth are putting increasing demands on existing water sources for cities and groundwater will likely become more critical. Many communities/cities are becoming more conscious of treating groundwater as a critical natural asset. I am the founder of a group called Merville Water Guardians. I formed the group in March 2018 to oppose the water licence in Merville, oppose the rezoning application and to achieve reforms to the Water Sustainability Act to protect the groundwater aquifers of BC. In March of this year we presented a petition with approximately 1,200 signatures in the BC Legislature, asking the BC Government to stop approving licences to bottle and sell water from all aquifers in BC. We have also posted that petition online in support of the paper petition, and it has approximately 1,400 signatures to date. Water is becoming a critical issue all over the world, and British Columbia is no exception. We just experienced a severe winter drought in many areas of BC, with water levels recorded at record lows. In the past few years we have seen prolonged summer drought, with serious repercussions to our rivers, streams and lakes and to the fish and fish habitat in those waterways. Rain events are less frequent during those drought periods, but are also more severe and extreme, causing serious run-off, flooding and erosion and not the typical behaviour associated with aquifer recharge. Our supporters and followers in the Comox Valley tell us that water, and the protection of our water was a big issue in the recent local elections and will be a huge issue in the next provincial election. Page 125 of 138

Approximately 22% of British Columbians, over a million people, rely on aquifers, or groundwater, for their only source of water for their personal needs and for producing food. If that water supply is depleted, then those millions of residents and farmers will not be able to look after their personal needs for drinking water, sanitation, growing their backyard gardens or growing their crops and raising their livestock. That would put our food security at risk. Without water, farmers cannot produce our food, the local food that so many people want and rely on. That applies to aquifers all over Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia. Without water, there is no life. Population growth is putting more demand on the aquifers and we are already seeing the negative effects of climate change impact the quality and quantity of water in the summer drought period. We experienced level 4 drought all over Vancouver Island and in many other areas of BC this past summer. We have seen record dry months and record heat and every indication is that these changes are here to stay and will likely only get worse. Many areas of BC have had record low months of rainfall and have record low levels of water in their drinking water systems for this time of year. A Level 3 drought has been declared in some areas. This is causing grave concern over water supply in the coming summer drought period. Residents and farmers are being told to seriously conserve water. Yet we have provincial water licence holders for commercial profit who continue the extraction of water from the aquifers we all rely on despite the level 4 drought, and despite government precedence procedures. Climate change is causing glaciers to recede and shrink. Snow-packs in the mountains are diminishing. Those two factors alone are causing surface water volumes to shrink, and since those two sources are also part of the recharge system for groundwater, the normal recharge of groundwater is in question.

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy just recently released a Climate Risk Assessment. The key findings of the assessment were:

 The greatest risks to B.C. are severe wildfire season, seasonal water shortage, heat wave, ocean acidification, glacier loss, and long-term water shortage.  Other risks that have the potential to result in significant consequences include severe river flooding and severe coastal storm surge, although these events are less likely to occur.  Nearly all risk event scenarios (except moderate flooding and extreme precipitation and landslide) would have major province-wide consequences in at least one category.

At some point, communities will need to rely on our aquifers for community water supplies when surface water systems become depleted or tainted. There is not enough information known about our aquifers to risk bottling and selling any of the water. The FLNRORD Ministry licence approval in Merville relied on old data, and technical calculations but did not consider climate change that is producing extended periods of serious drought, putting rivers, streams, fish habitat and fish stocks at risk. It did not consider serious impacts from receding glaciers and diminishing snowpack. The Ministry of Environment is espousing the risks of climate change while the FLNRORD Ministry is ignoring those risks and approving licences for the bottling of groundwater. It is clear from worldwide data that groundwater is being dangerously depleted by over-pumping, mismanagement and corporate greed. In countries like India, Morocco, Peru and even closer to home in California there are water crisis situations caused by mismanaging water resources. It is critical for us to take serious steps to start the process for managing and protecting our groundwater. In the meantime, there is an existing, real threat to the groundwater of British Columbia since the provincial government continues to approve extraction licences for bottling and commercial sale or bulk export. We have campaigned with two specific goals. Page 126 of 138

1. Lobby the provincial government to stop approving licences for the extraction, bottling and sale or bulk export of groundwater. a. The provincial government controls the approval of extraction licences; therefore, it is the provincial government who can stop the approval. We fully realize the Merville licence volume was not significant, but we are concerned about the precedent such a licence sets and concerned about future increases of the licence volume and/or the sale of the property, with the licence, to a large corporation where the possibility exists of the volume increasing from 10,000 liters to millions of liters. We are also aware that water bottling is not the worst offender when it comes to groundwater depletion. Both industrial use and farm use are significant, and we also need to take a hard look at improving the efficiency of both industrial and farm use of groundwater. Prohibition of the bottling and commercial sale of groundwater is a relatively quick and easy first step. 2. Lobby local governments to take local action to control activities that are within their purview. Local governments can control the type of business that is conducted in their jurisdiction by creating bylaws that permit or prohibit specific uses, including the prohibition of the bottling of groundwater in all zones. We have lobbied all the communities of the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities (AVICC) to change their bylaws to prohibit the bottling of groundwater in their zoning bylaws. We are pleased to see that numerous communities of the AVICC already prohibit the bottling of groundwater, several communities have already acted on our request to change their bylaws and numerous other communities are in the process of changing their bylaws or are considering the change. We are now in the process of contacting all member communities of the UBCM, asking for consideration of our request to change their bylaws to prohibit the bottling of groundwater. This step is critical, since there are no guarantees that the provincial government will act on a resolution raised by the UBCM. We have been working with the Strathcona Regional District (SRD), since Sept 2018. We worked with SRD Directors to help draft a resolution and that resolution was presented to the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities (AVICC) convention in April, asking the provincial government to cease approval of licences for bottling of groundwater for commercial sale or bulk export. The AVICC delegates voted unanimously to pass the resolution. We are pleased to note the resolution has been accepted for the agenda of the UBCM convention in September and we are encouraging all UBCM member communities to support and vote in favor of adopting the resolution to be presented to the provincial government. I have 2 requests for the Village of Pouce Coupe. 1) that you consider taking the necessary steps to implement a bylaw that expressly prohibits bottling of groundwater in any of your zoning, to help in the fight to protect our groundwater/aquifers for the use of our residents and farmers today and for our children and grandchildren and great grandchildren in the future. 2) I also ask that the City support the Strathcona Regional District/AVICC resolution at the September UBCM convention, to ask the Provincial Government to cease the approval of licences for commercial extraction of groundwater resources for bottling and commercial sale or bulk water export.

Strathcona Regional District Water Protection Resolution

WHEREAS water is an essential resource upon which all life, including all ecosystems and all local communities depend, Page 127 of 138

AND WHEREAS water is a public heritage and a public trust for present and future generations and access to water must not be compromised by commercial operations relating to commercial water bottling or commercial bulk water exports,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Premier of British Columbia and the Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development be requested to immediately cease the licensing and extraction of groundwater for commercial water bottling and/or bulk water exports from aquifers.

We cannot allow water bottling from our aquifers based on theory and calculations. The consequences of being wrong could be catastrophic. We will continue to do our part to lobby and work with the Provincial Government, who have jurisdiction over groundwater licencing, and to support the Strathcona resolution to cease the approval of licences for groundwater extraction for bottling or bulk sales. We would sincerely appreciate the support of the Village of Pouce Coupe in protecting the above ground uses of our groundwater by preventing anyone from bottling and selling water from any aquifer in BC. I implore you to talk to and work with the Strathcona Regional District to protect the aquifers of British Columbia. Water is our most precious resource. Water is life. We must do everything we can to protect and conserve it. Thank you for your time and your consideration.

Bruce Gibbons Merville Water Guardians 2470 Sackville Road Merville, BC V0R2M0 250-702-1672 Page 128 of 138

Sunshine Coast Regional District

BOARD POLICY MANUAL

Section: Planning and Development 13 Subsection: General 6410 Water Extraction for the Purpose of Commercial Bottled Title: 10 Water Sales

1.0 POLICY

The Sunshine Coast Regional District does not support the extraction of fresh water resources in gas, liquid or solid form from surface or groundwater for the purpose of commercial bottled water sales.

3.0 SCOPE

This Policy applies to all streams, lakes, groundwater, and wells within the Sunshine Coast Regional District.

4.0 REASON FOR POLICY

The Sunshine Coast Regional District supports water conservation, solid waste reduction goals, greenhouse gas emission reduction goals, healthy community water infrastructure and protecting the environment for a sustainable future. This policy serves to conserve water in its natural state, to address local and international environmental issues and to support safe, low cost, clean water for communities.

5.0 AUTHORITY TO ACT

Retained by the Board in part and delegated to staff in part.

6.0 PROCEDURE

Do not support any application to Provincial and Federal agencies for the extraction of fresh water resources in gas, liquid or solid form for the purpose of commercial bottled water sales.

Approval Date: February 24, 2011 Resolution No. 088/11 rec. no. 9 Amendment Date: Resolution No. Amendment Date: Resolution No.

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RESOURCEBREAKF AST M Eurjy For August 8, 2019 Mayor and Council Villageof Pouce Coupe 5011 - 49 Avenue P.O. Box 190 Pouce Coupe, BC VOC2C0

Dear Mayor and Council,

Re: Invitation to the 6"'AnnualResource Breakfast Series - September 2019

It is my sincere pleasure to invite you to attend the 6"‘AnnualResource Breakfast Series. This popular event returns to the Terminal City ClubinVancouver, BCSeptember 24"‘,26”‘and 27"‘,2019. The Series is not af?liated withthe Union of BCMunicipalities,but the event is conveniently hosted during the Annual Convention and offers a friendly and relaxed environment to discuss BC’snatural resource sector and its importance to the communities and economy of the province. The breakfasts are a must-attend event each fall,featuring the mining, energy, and forestry sectors.

MINING SECTOR BREAKFAST

ENERGY SECTOR Thursday, September 26, 2019 BREAKFAST

FOREST SECTOR Friday, September 27, 2019

The Breakfast Series has become an unprecedented opportunity to meet collective 1y an ne or with an important group of leaders to present the latest news and developments related to the resource sectors. Each breakfast in last year's series attracted over 20 Ministers and MLAs,over 30 resource sector leaders, and almost 100 local government repre entatives from across BC.

Event Details: Time: 7:00 am-8:30 am Style: Plated breakfast Location: Terminal City Club (837 West HastingsSt, Vancouver, BCV6C1B6) Page 130 of 138

Price: $27.00 + tax per breakfast Dress: Business Casual Registration: 'r r-brek -ri-21

To support and encourage a broad spectrum of participation from leaders from across the Province, we are suggesting localgovernment limitthemselves to two tickets per MunicipalCouncil or Regiona District at each of the breakfasts. l

We are pleased to announce a great line-up of speakers at each of the three breakfasts including:

Mining Sector Breakfast - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - Hon. MichelleMungall,Ministerof Energy, Minesand Petroleum Resources, Government of B C 0 Mayor LisaPasin, City of Trail - KendraJohnston President &CEO,Associationfor MineralExploration - Moderator: MichaelGoehring, President & CEO,MiningAssociation of BC

Energy Sector Breakfast — Thursday, September 26, 2019 - Hon. MichelleMungall,Ministerof Energy, Minesand Petroleum Resources, Government of B - Mayor PhilGermuth, Districtof Kitimat C 0 Moderator. Bryan Cox, President &CEO, BC LNGAlliance

Forest Sector Breakfast — Friday, September 21, 2019 0 Hon. Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, NaturalResource Operations and Rural Development, Government of BC - Mayor Lyn Hall,City of Prince George 0 Susan Yurkovich,President &CEO,Councilof Forest Industries BC 0 Moderator: Susan Dolinski,Vice President, Corporate Affairs,Western Forest Products

Ifyou have any questions, please email .We lookfon/vardto seeing you at the 6"‘Annual Resource Breakfast Series.

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