• Salt Spring Exchange
  • Ads
  • Categories
      Antiques & Collectibles
      Arts & Crafts
      Bicycles & eBikes
      Boats - Moorage for Rent
      Boats, Trailers & RVs - For Sale
      Boats, Trailers & RVs - Parts
      Books & Literature
      Building Materials
      Buildings & Tiny Homes - For Sale
      Business - For Sale
      Business - Products & Services
      Cars & Trucks - For Sale
      Cars & Trucks - Parts
      Child Care & Baby Sitting
      Clothing & Accessories
      Commercial - Rent or Lease
      Discussion & Opinions
      Education & Training
      Electronics & Devices
      Events, Concerts & Meetings
      Farm & Garden
      Farm & Heavy Equipment
      Farming & Farm Stands
      Firewood - For Sale
      Food & Catering
      Freecycle & Trade
      Friends & Networking
      Fundraising & Crowdsourcing
      Furniture & Appliances
      Garage Sales
      Garden & Landscaping Services
      Government & Official Services
      Health & Wellness
      Hiring - Contractors & Trades
      Hiring - Employment Opportunities
      Hiring - Odd Jobs & Helping Hands
      Hiring - Work Wanted
      House & Farm Sitting
      House Cleaning Services
      Household & Appliances
      Housing - For Rent
      Housing - For Sale
      Housing - Swap & Exchange
      Housing - Wanted
      Kids & Children
      Kids Camps & Events
      Lost & Found
      Motorcycles & Scooters - For Sale
      Motorcycles & Scooters - Parts
      Music & Instruments
      Non-Profit Notices (Registered)
      Obituaries & Remembrances
      Pet Sitting & Dog Walking
      Pets & Animals
      Questions & Recommendations
      Rants & Roses
      Rideshare & Pick Ups
      Spirituality & Faith
      Sports & Outdoor Equipment
      Storage & Workshops
      Thanks & Appreciation
      Tools & Hardware
      Vacations & Rentals
      Volunteers
      Wanted
  • News
    • All Local News
    • COVID-19
    • Art & Design
    • Books & Literature
    • Business & Economy
    • Editorial & Opinions
    • Farm & Garden
    • Fire & Police
    • Food & Entertainment
    • Governance & Politics
    • Health & Wellness
    • Indigenous & First Nations
    • News & Events
    • Obituaries & Remembrances
    • Photos & Videos
    • People & Places
    • Polls & Surveys
    • Real Estate & Housing
    • Travel & Transportation
  • Events
  • Cams
    • Live: Vesuvius Ferry
    • Live: Fulford Ferry
    • Live: Ganges Harbour
    • Live: Ganges Fire Hall
  • Advertise
  • Post
  • Post An Ad
  • Salt Spring Exchange
    • Dashboard
    • Edit Profile
 

Salt Spring Exchange - saltspringexchange.com Salt Spring Exchange

Salt Spring Island local news, live cams, events, stories, market, accommodations, real-estate, rentals, classifieds, daily deals, listings and visitor information.

    • Dashboard
    • Edit Profile
  • Ads
  • Categories
      Antiques & Collectibles
      Arts & Crafts
      Bicycles & eBikes
      Boats - Moorage for Rent
      Boats, Trailers & RVs - For Sale
      Boats, Trailers & RVs - Parts
      Books & Literature
      Building Materials
      Buildings & Tiny Homes - For Sale
      Business - For Sale
      Business - Products & Services
      Cars & Trucks - For Sale
      Cars & Trucks - Parts
      Child Care & Baby Sitting
      Clothing & Accessories
      Commercial - Rent or Lease
      Discussion & Opinions
      Education & Training
      Electronics & Devices
      Events, Concerts & Meetings
      Farm & Garden
      Farm & Heavy Equipment
      Farming & Farm Stands
      Firewood - For Sale
      Food & Catering
      Freecycle & Trade
      Friends & Networking
      Fundraising & Crowdsourcing
      Furniture & Appliances
      Garage Sales
      Garden & Landscaping Services
      Government & Official Services
      Health & Wellness
      Hiring - Contractors & Trades
      Hiring - Employment Opportunities
      Hiring - Odd Jobs & Helping Hands
      Hiring - Work Wanted
      House & Farm Sitting
      House Cleaning Services
      Household & Appliances
      Housing - For Rent
      Housing - For Sale
      Housing - Swap & Exchange
      Housing - Wanted
      Kids & Children
      Kids Camps & Events
      Lost & Found
      Motorcycles & Scooters - For Sale
      Motorcycles & Scooters - Parts
      Music & Instruments
      Non-Profit Notices (Registered)
      Obituaries & Remembrances
      Pet Sitting & Dog Walking
      Pets & Animals
      Questions & Recommendations
      Rants & Roses
      Rideshare & Pick Ups
      Spirituality & Faith
      Sports & Outdoor Equipment
      Storage & Workshops
      Thanks & Appreciation
      Tools & Hardware
      Vacations & Rentals
      Volunteers
      Wanted
  • News
    • All Local News
    • COVID-19
    • Art & Design
    • Books & Literature
    • Business & Economy
    • Editorial & Opinions
    • Farm & Garden
    • Fire & Police
    • Food & Entertainment
    • Governance & Politics
    • Health & Wellness
    • Indigenous & First Nations
    • News & Events
    • Obituaries & Remembrances
    • Photos & Videos
    • People & Places
    • Polls & Surveys
    • Real Estate & Housing
    • Travel & Transportation
  • Events
  • Cams
    • Live: Vesuvius Ferry
    • Live: Fulford Ferry
    • Live: Ganges Harbour
    • Live: Ganges Fire Hall
  • Advertise
  • Post
  • Post An Ad
Salt Spring Exchange
Avatar of Positively Forward

Positively Forward

Posts

Posts

Positively Forward Updates On Community Initiatives

Positively Forward Updates On Community Initiatives

Following our local elections in which, happily, the three candidates endorsed by Positively Forward (Holman, Grove and Patrick) were successful in their bids to become elected officials, our coordinating group took a short break. Just time enough to recharge. We remain committed to conducting research  to advance better local governance options, as well as monitoring the work and initiatives of our elected officials. We are also dedicated to keeping channels of communication open, with you our supporters, and with our CRD director, the two trustees, as well as with local commission representatives. All part of pushing for increased transparency and accountability within our governance system. Governance Updates We were delighted that CRD director Gary Holman held a public session on his budget allocations last month. The room was full and interest high. Sadly, the trustees did not see fit to follow suit. This is the second  consecutive year that Positively Forward's r…
Read more about Positively Forward Updates On Community Initiatives
  • Positively Forward
  • - March 4, 2019
Positively Forward releases its report, "Improving Capital Regional District (CRD) Service Delivery on Salt Spring Island: options for positive change"

Positively Forward releases its report, "Improving Capital Regional District (CRD) Service Delivery on Salt Spring Island: options for positive change"

Positively Forward is pleased to announce the release of its report, "Improving Capital Regional District(CRD) Service Delivery on Salt Spring Island: options for positive change" . A team of researchers, writers and their editor prepared the 44- page report, working for more than ten months to complete the study. Their work is based, in large part, on the evidence, analysis and observations provided by 32 people, all of whom, in different capacities, have first hand experience working with or for the CRD These include current or former CRD directors and staff members, as well as current or former CRD commissioners , local service commissioners and consultants to the CRD. Their information was collected from in depth personal interviews and through questionnaires. Lead researcher, Maxine Leichter said: " The report is the culmination of a great deal of effort and commitment on the part of many people, not least of whom are those who agreed to be interviewed about CRD serv…
Read more about Positively Forward releases its report, "Improving Capital Regional District (CRD) Service Delivery on Salt Spring Island: options for positive change"
  • Positively Forward
  • - September 27, 2018
Positively No Campaign Statement on the Preliminary Results of the Referendum on the Incorporation of Salt Spring Island

Positively No Campaign Statement on the Preliminary Results of the Referendum on the Incorporation of Salt Spring Island

The real winner tonight is Salt Spring. By rejecting incorporation, 4,248 islanders (63.1%) showed their support for the principles of local governance and a vision for the future of their rural island home championed by Positively NO. As a consequence, Salt Spring will continue to be guided, preserved and protected by a unique and progressive form of governance. To the many islanders who voted NO, we extend our deepest gratitude and we celebrate with you. To all our many volunteers and supporters, we say tonight's result could not have happened without your commitment, faith and energy. Thank you one and all. Tonight, we feel joy, relief and anticipation for what is to come. To those who opposed us, we commend you on your hard-fought campaign. Your beliefs were promoted with passion and steadfastness. It is our fervent hope that we can all move forward from tonight's outcome in a spirit of collaboration and reconciliation in the interests of community harmony and well…
Read more about Positively No Campaign Statement on the Preliminary Results of the Referendum on the Incorporation of Salt Spring Island
  • Positively Forward
  • - September 9, 2017
Incorporation: Who is Voting NO?

Incorporation: Who is Voting NO?

Over 700 islanders — your friends, colleagues, and neighbours — have come out against incorporation. Click on this link to see who has signed on, including: Dan Jason, Andrea Le Borgne, David Miller, Richard Murakami, Andrea Palframan, Sue Newman, Deirdre Roland, Brian Brett, Jade Snow Rosen, Bob Twaites, Sue Earle, Harry Warner, Lea Weir, Tiff Wightman… Every vote counts. Join our supporters in voting NO.
Read more about Incorporation: Who is Voting NO?
  • Positively Forward
  • - September 6, 2017
Incorporation: David Borrowman on Voting No

Incorporation: David Borrowman on Voting No

Former trustee, David Borrowman speaking at a recent Positively NO public information event. https://youtu.be/j8cu9T_4Bd0
Read more about Incorporation: David Borrowman on Voting No
  • Positively Forward
  • - September 5, 2017
Incorporation: Key Reasons to Vote NO

Incorporation: Key Reasons to Vote NO

There are many reasons to oppose incorporation. Click on this Top Ten list. Salt Spring is again facing a referendum on Saturday, September 9 as to whether the island should incorporate. It is the issue that won't go away. A previous referendum about whether to incorporate, in 2002, failed; 70% of voters opposed it. The Many Islanders Opposed to Incorporation are campaigning under the banner of ‘Positively NO’. We are proud of Salt Spring’s many accomplishments and the fact that we have an engaged community without the over-development associated with so many other tourist destinations. Positively NO believes that a municipality is not an appropriate fit for Salt Spring’s rural island community. We recognize that Salt Spring is a very special place which has remained that way precisely because of the visionary all-party legislation introduced in 1974 to create the Islands Trust Act. Here are our Top Ten Reasons to Vote NO on September 9.
Read more about Incorporation: Key Reasons to Vote NO
  • Positively Forward
  • - September 5, 2017
Incorporation: Ronald Wright on Voting No

Incorporation: Ronald Wright on Voting No

Island resident and the author of " A Short History of Progress", Ronald Wright speaking at a recent Positively NO event. https://youtu.be/uwZCh1bitBE
Read more about Incorporation: Ronald Wright on Voting No
  • Positively Forward
  • - September 5, 2017
Incorporation: Arthur Black on Supporting No

Incorporation: Arthur Black on Supporting No

Humorist, writer and former broadcaster, Arthur Black giving a speech recently on why he's a NO supporter. https://youtu.be/Wkx-mlXd5zo
Read more about Incorporation: Arthur Black on Supporting No
  • Positively Forward
  • - September 4, 2017
Incorporation: Tiffany Wightman on Voting No

Incorporation: Tiffany Wightman on Voting No

Tiffany Wightman is an educator, counsellor and a circus director. She has called Salt Spring home for 17 years. She explains the many reasons for voting NO, adding " I think that what we've got is pretty radical...so I'm voting NO with the idea that it is a radical move". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5H6wvGzWZw
Read more about Incorporation: Tiffany Wightman on Voting No
  • Positively Forward
  • - September 4, 2017
Incorporation: Kathleen Johnnie on Voting No

Incorporation: Kathleen Johnnie on Voting No

First Nations consultant, Kathleen Johnnie, talks about the differences between a municipality and the Trust and Regional Districts with regards to requirements for consultations with First Nations. The video was shot at a recent information session for undecided voters organized by Positively NO.
Read more about Incorporation: Kathleen Johnnie on Voting No
  • Positively Forward
  • - August 30, 2017
Incorporation: Richard Kerr on Voting No

Incorporation: Richard Kerr on Voting No

Economist and researcher, Richard Kerr was a member of the incorporation study group 15 years ago. At that time he was a supporter of incorporation. Today he is a NO supporter. In this clip from a recent information session for undecided voters, he explains his reasons for switching.
Read more about Incorporation: Richard Kerr on Voting No
  • Positively Forward
  • - August 29, 2017
Incorporation: The Many Islanders Against Incorporation

Incorporation: The Many Islanders Against Incorporation

Who are the many islanders opposed to incorporation? Here are some of us: your friends, neighbours and colleagues.
Read more about Incorporation: The Many Islanders Against Incorporation
  • Positively Forward
  • - August 29, 2017
Incorporation: Brian Brett on Voting No

Incorporation: Brian Brett on Voting No

Brian Brett, farmer and writer, explains why he is voting NO.
Read more about Incorporation: Brian Brett on Voting No
  • Positively Forward
  • - August 29, 2017
Incorporation: Linda Adams on Voting No

Incorporation: Linda Adams on Voting No

At a recent Q&A session at one of the undecided events organized by Positively No, Linda Adams explains the relationship of a municipal council to the Islands Trust as it has been experienced on Bowen Island. https://youtu.be/rPa_egyCHrE
Read more about Incorporation: Linda Adams on Voting No
  • Positively Forward
  • - August 28, 2017
Incorporation: Positively No Campaign Calls on Public Officials to Correct Misleading Ads

Incorporation: Positively No Campaign Calls on Public Officials to Correct Misleading Ads

The Positively No referendum campaign is calling on our locally-elected Islands Trust Trustees, George Grams and Peter Grove, and our CRD Director, Wayne McIntyre, to correct misleading statements made by the pro-incorporation Yes campaign about a municipality’s legal obligation to the Islands Trust. In a letter sent to them today, the Positively No campaign called their attention to recent advertisements in which the Yes side stated: "The council will be legally bound to support Trust aims" (Driftwood, August 23) "A municipality is LEGALLY BOUND to support the aims of the Trust” (Driftwood, August 23 and august 16) "Our local council would be bound by ‘preserve and protect’" (Fishbowl, July) The Islands Trust has responded to this issue on its website (repeated on the Salt Spring Exchange August 24). The relevant excerpt from their response is as follows: "In summary, direct land use control on Salt Spring Island would be under the authority of the new municip…
Read more about Incorporation: Positively No Campaign Calls on Public Officials to Correct Misleading Ads
  • Positively Forward
  • - August 28, 2017
Incorporation: Undecideds Event – Patricia Lockie on Benefits of No Vote

Incorporation: Undecideds Event – Patricia Lockie on Benefits of No Vote

Patricia Lockie, former journalist and communications consultant, gives the introductory speech at an event for undecided voters put on by the Positively NO group at Meaden Hall on Aug.22. Patricia outlined the benefits to the individual and to the community of a no vote. https://youtu.be/JnKgnN_VKnA
Read more about Incorporation: Undecideds Event – Patricia Lockie on Benefits of No Vote
  • Positively Forward
  • - August 25, 2017
Incorporation: Undecideds Event - Brenda Guiled on Road Repair and Maintenance

Incorporation: Undecideds Event - Brenda Guiled on Road Repair and Maintenance

Brenda Guiled seen at the Undecideds voters event put on by the Positively NO group at Fulford Hall on Aug.23 . In response to a question about road costs and their impact on taxation, Brenda is speaking about road repair and maintenance cost estimates and the disparity between her research into B.C. government and Bowen Island road figures and those of Urban Systems, the authors of the Final Incorporation Study Report. https://youtu.be/VvrH5o5P7NE
Read more about Incorporation: Undecideds Event - Brenda Guiled on Road Repair and Maintenance
  • Positively Forward
  • - August 25, 2017
Incorporation: Local Governance Options without Incorporation

Incorporation: Local Governance Options without Incorporation

The incorporation debate is generating creative and exciting solution-seeking discussions throughout our island. Conversations about those things we love about Salt Spring - and the reasons we moved here - are being enriched by explorations of creative ways to enhance local governance without incorporating. Most of these conversations are random, taking place while shopping at our favourite stores, at potlucks, and even while walking our dogs. But, a growing number of those conversations, driven by concern of the increased taxes, liability, and development that incorporation could bring, are focused upon rejecting incorporation and, instead, seeking promising local governance opportunities. Emerging from these wide-ranging discussions are a number of viable and exciting options available to us if we do not incorporate. Many of these could be implemented under existing policies and legislation; a few would require provincial approval - a very real option given the recent c…
Read more about Incorporation: Local Governance Options without Incorporation
  • Positively Forward
  • - August 21, 2017
Incorporation: Taryn Muldoon on Voting No

Incorporation: Taryn Muldoon on Voting No

Young spoken word poet and activist Taryn Muldoon explains why she is voting NO. https://youtu.be/glc__iHDdik
Read more about Incorporation: Taryn Muldoon on Voting No
  • Positively Forward
  • - August 15, 2017
Incorporation: Will be a Disaster for Local Farms

Incorporation: Will be a Disaster for Local Farms

Indeed, incorporation will be a disaster for local farms. David Borrowman—a former local trustee for the Islands Trust—wrote: "Once the rhetoric has settled, I expect that incorporation would mean moving from an under-serviced rural area to an impoverished municipality.” If Salt Spring wants to remain a rural area, it makes sense to look at what could happen to the farming economy if we were to vote to incorporate. We know that farmers will be hardest hit by property tax increases. The provincial Farm Tax Exemption for farmers’ homes and buildings will be phased out over five years. The Urban Systems’ incorporation report estimates that farm property taxes would increase by $194/year on average, a 10% increase. Increases applied to all residential property would raise taxes even further. The district of West Kelowna incorporated in 2008. Five years later, after the transition period, farmers faced property tax increases of up to 240%, whereas the average homeowner had in…
Read more about Incorporation: Will be a Disaster for Local Farms
  • Positively Forward
  • - August 11, 2017
Incorporation: Arthur Black on Voting No

Incorporation: Arthur Black on Voting No

Arthur Black - former CBC radio host, frequent columnist in many journals that you read, successful and indefatigable writer of popular books (that you should read), and generally witty man about town... elaborates on why "NO" is the new Black. https://youtu.be/tjJcj3E-Rc0
Read more about Incorporation: Arthur Black on Voting No
  • Positively Forward
  • - August 2, 2017
  • 1
  • 2
  • →

Salt Spring Exchange

Salt Spring Island local news, live cams, events, stories, market, accommodations, real-estate, rentals, classifieds, daily deals, listings and visitor information.

Stay Connected

  • Register
  • Newsletter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

Advertise With Us

  • Advertising Options
  • Contact Sales

Get Support

  • Contact Us
  • User Guide
  • Password Reset
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
© Salt Spring Media Ltd. / Salt Spring Exchange 2021 | All Rights Reserved
sponsored
>