The Islands Trust –

 Governing the Southern Gulf Islands
 

of British Columbia

The Islands Trust is a layer of government imposed in 1974 on the British Columbia Southern Gulf Islands, an archipelago that is home to 25,000 people.  The Trust  was intended to prevent the spreading of the  Pender Island “Magic Lake Estates” type of subdivisions in the archipelago which was ceded to become the Republic of the Trust, alias the “Trust Area”.  The Trust    has since evolved into an authoritarian government entity, an extra layer of government the islanders have been made to endure ever since,  to the dismay of many.

In this room  of the Alcy Home you will find snapshots of what happens when democracy is sidetracked to yield to a particular group, even if one with a cause that is, or appears being, noble.

Booth Canal is in need of resoration, protection and preservation

Date Article April 10, 2020 Blackmail, Greenmail and Booth Canal April 3, 2020 The  iTrust is “intrigued”– we are awed ... January 31, 2020 The day the Trust let us see its real face January 17, 2020 Why elect politicians when consultants do the governing? January 3, 2020 A New Year and a New Decade: Ideas Bank - a One Resolution Solution December 20, 2019 Continuing Poolside Visioning December 6, 2019 Laundering Islands 2050 in the Swim Pool October 25, 2019 The Trust readies for Halloween October 11, 2019 Fighting the Trust resistance to Democratization September 27, 2019 “Islands 2050":  Elixir for a Derelict Islands Trust September 13, 2019 Trust Fakes Democracy to Hide Czarism August 30, 2019 The Trust Closed Shop lest the customers come ... July 26, 2019 The Trust is Clamming up on Booth Canal July 12, 2019 Save Booth Canal - We have no “tomorrows”, there are no mañanas left ... June 14, 2019 Trust’s “Communications Strategy” – an Exemplary Oxymoron? May 30, 2019 Trust Website elements – 4th installment May 17, 2019 Trust website elements – 3rd Instalment (continued) May 3, 2019 Trust Awards: Thesis and Antithesis May 3, 2019 Trust website elements (continued from the previous Issue) April 19, 2019 Is advice given the Trust “unsolicited” ? No! April 4, 2019 Trust Website Revamp –  True, or a Farce like the last one? April 4, 2019 But do not despair, try to  aspire March 22, 2019 Within earshot of the Trust March 22, 2019 Subverting democracy v. “expensing” wood splitters February 22, 2019 To make us love the Trust February 8, 2019 Nanaimo Bars January 11, 2019 Ferret the Trust out from the burrow November 2, 2018 As the election dust settles October 19, 2018 (Electioneering)  - Significant Electoral Frivolities January 19, 2018 To make the Trust level with us December 30, 2017 Lady Hope and Lady Luck, both dear to our hearts July 31, 2017 The $45 Censorship Saga March 24, 2017 The lowest, perhaps, the Islands Trust has sunk October 23, 2015 What the Trust Hides the People Must Know October 14, 2015 Trust Censorship on the Upswing October 1, 2015 Who is to Watch the Watchdogs? August 6, 2015 Truth Gone AWOL