As reported in today's Times Colonist and CHEK TV, the airport’s lawyer sent a letter to council seeking to clarify Mayor Peter Jones’s comment about setting fire to something at the airport. This is all related to the North Saanich Council's inclusion of the Airport in its Official Community Plan (OCP). The airport sits on federal land, not district land, and so should not have been included in the OCP. The mayor, Peter Jones, made an offhand remark, which he called a joke, that offended the Airport Authority.
When the OCP was passed at the District Council meeting, several Councillors were concerned with the inclusion of the airport. The Airport Authority subsequently asked that the OCP be amended to remove the Airport.
Once again, this mayor has put our community in the spotlight and not in a good way. The mayor should represent the values and interests of our community. They should be an upstanding representative and should shine a light on us that shows the nature of our community--a nature of cooperation, professionalism, and neighbourliness. We deserve better.
The full Times Colonist article can be found here: Heated talk: Transport Canada irked with North Saanich in airport land tussle
And the CHEK TV article here: North Saanich mayor’s comments trigger Victoria Airport Authority’s lawyers
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