BNG ENT

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Community forum
  • Forum workshop
  • Forum sites
  • Forum committee
  • Forum hosting

BNG ENT

Header Banner

BNG ENT

  • Home
  • Community forum
  • Forum workshop
  • Forum sites
  • Forum committee
  • Forum hosting
Forum committee
Home›Forum committee›Victoria Council Committee Supports Voluntary Reconciliation Fund

Victoria Council Committee Supports Voluntary Reconciliation Fund

By Corrine K. Thomas
March 24, 2022
0
0

Breadcrumb Links

  1. News
  2. Local News

Mayor Lisa Helps says the plan is for the city to collect the money and donate it to the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations in area Victoria.

Author of the article:

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps in 2018.
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps in 2018. Photo by DARREN PIERRE /PNG

Content of the article

Victoria has taken a step closer to introducing a voluntary reconciliation fund which will give landlords the opportunity to contribute financially to local Indigenous nations later this year.

Content of the article

A majority of City Council committee members voted on Thursday to support the fund, which will ask property owners to voluntarily add between 5 and 10 per cent more to their annual property tax bill when tax notices are issued in June.

The proposal is submitted to the final vote of the council on April 7.

Mayor Lisa Helps says the plan is for the city to collect the money and give it to the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations in Greater Victoria, along with a $200,000 reconciliation grant that council has already approved.

The mayor says many non-Indigenous people in Victoria have expressed a desire to do more for reconciliation and council sees a voluntary financial contribution as a meaningful reconciliation commitment.

Content of the article

Com. Stephen Andrew spoke out against the fund at the committee meeting, saying people are free to make contributions to local Indigenous nations themselves and don’t need to turn to a municipal scheme.

“I support reconciliation efforts,” says Andrew, who announced his candidacy for mayor in the municipal elections this fall. “However, this motion is another foray by this council into what is clearly within provincial and federal jurisdiction. For me, this is a direct signal of virtue.


More news, fewer ads, faster loading times: Get unlimited, lightweight access to the Vancouver Sun, The Province, National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites for just $14/month or $140/year. Subscribe now through The Vancouver Sun or The Province.

Related posts:

  1. BAE Systems Appoints Cyber ​​Security Forum Committee | Scientific and technological news
  2. Akram Hisso: The Forum Committee is preparing to go to Kurdistan S. – ANHA | HAWARNEWS
  3. Oswestry Sports Forum committee member retires after 45 years
  4. Lake County News, Calif .– Supervisors to appoint vision forum committee members and interview public health worker candidates

Categories

  • Community forum
  • Forum committee
  • Forum hosting
  • Forum sites
  • Forum workshop

Recent Posts

  • Govt. Justice, companies set to settle with major creditor | West Virginia
  • The Day – Norwich School Building Committee opts for four new elementary schools
  • Dublin City Council refuses to map sites for Travelers’ Homes in city development plan
  • ATP Partners with COSAT to Host First South American Challenger Workshop | ATP tour
  • Anti-career supporters gather for the Mitchell Shire Council community forum

Archives

  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • December 2020
  • October 2020
  • August 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • February 2020
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • December 2018
  • August 2018
  • May 2018
  • March 2018
  • April 2016
  • November 2015
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions