This week, the Business Council of BC published their findings after taking a closer look at the exceptional growth in BC municipal spending. The report highlights high property tax inflation over the past decade as a prominent contributor to to declining affordability in BC. This is a direct consequence of runaway growth in municipal "operating" expenses, which are largely funded from property taxes.

The Eaglecrest Golf Course purchase was a major topic at the Qualicum Beach council meeting on September 17, 2025. At the meeting, council passed resolutions to amend the zoning and Official Community Plan for portions of the Eaglecrest Golf Course lands. The actual amendments are complex ...

After repeated high profile failed referendums and alternate approval processes, local government officials have been lobbing in the background for changes to the Community Charter for increased municipal power to spend and or borrow without the need for prior voter assent....

Back in October 2024 we wrote about the first project to be taken in Qualicum Beach after the BC Government sweeping housing review requiring all single family lots to permit 4 dwelling units. Small Scale Multi Unit (SSMU) housing is intended to ease the affordability crisis throughout most of the province. ...

Firstly, let me state that I am not against the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) acquisition of the Hamilton Marsh Wetlands. However, when the federal government committed to protecting 30% of Canada's Land and Oceans by 2030 I do not believe they envisioned municipalities and regional districts to be purchasing the lands from private corporations and passing these costs onto homeowners to be paid in after tax dollars....

The Public Open House for the purchase of the Eaglecrest Golf Course was held on September 9, 2025. There were two sessions. The first was at 3:30 PM, with the second at 5:30 PM. The room was overflowing for the first session with approximately 300 in attendance. Attendance at the second session was approximately 100 persons. This is ...