Trust Council advocacy on Salish Sea issues

At Tuesday evening's all-candidates meeting, a question was asked about the Island's Trust advocacy and involvement in environmental issues in our Salish Sea area, and especially the proposed massive increases in oil and coal shipments. The Islands Trust chair, Sheila Malcolmson, with the support of staff and under direction from Trust Council, does all the advocacy work.

You can see details about the chair and her advocacy work on these pages:

http://islandstrust.bc.ca/trust-council/chair.aspx    
This page has a link to a presentation that gives background on the Islands Trust: why it was created, what it does, and how it functions

http://islandstrust.bc.ca/trust-council/advocacy/marine-environment.aspx
This page has links to the major marine advocacy issues: oil spill prevention and response, oil tanker traffic expansion, abandoned and derelict vessels, and Southern Strait of Georgia National Marine Conservation Area Reserve

http://islandstrust.bc.ca/trust-council/chair/chair-correspondence.aspx
This page has links to all chair correspondence to local, provincial and federal governments, and other organizations, arranged by year. There are between one and three letters each month, and each link says who it is to and what it is about. It's fairly easy to search for what you are interested in.

The Islands Trust Council opposes the export of US coal through Fraser Surrey Docks via Texada Island, and the Kinder-Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project, and it is a registered "commentator" in the National Energy Board process.

Here is the link to the letter to Port Metro Vancouver opposing the proposed coal shipments:    
http://islandstrust.bc.ca/media/217566/portmetrovancouver.pdf

If you have questions or concerns, please contact me.