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August 1, 2024 at 12:31 pm  BC, News, Politics, Provincial

Backgrounders

  • Since 2018, the Province and shíshálh Nation have been working together to improve guidelines for dock development to protect coastal values on the Sunshine Coast/shíshálh swiya.
  • Updates to the best management practices in the DMP were made in 2021 and rolled out across the shíshálh swiya to support good foreshore management.
  • In November 2023, B.C. and shíshálh Nation began engagement on a suite of further proposed changes to the DMP.
  • By February 2024, a What We Heard report was produced capturing the concerns raised through the engagement period.
  • In March 2024, Nathan Cullen, Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, and lhe hiwus Lenora Joe announced a set of further changes to the DMP that aimed to address the broader concerns raised by the public in the engagement period.
  • Also in March 2024, B.C. and shíshálh Nation created the Dock Management Plan Advisory Group to provide further feedback on the changes proposed and the DMP.
  • Initial engagement with commercial moorage holders occurred separately from the Dock Management Plan Advisory Group. 

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