Board members voted Wednesday to send an emergency motion to the Union of B.C. Municipalities.
Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District board members are calling on the federal government to kill plans to stop staffing two lightstations on the west coast of Vancouver Island this fall.
Jack, who is chief of the Huu-ay-aht First Nation, said the nation supports halting the destaffing plan right away to allow for proper consultation and review. Further, the board voted to send the matter to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to consider immediately. The coast guard, part of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, announced at the end of July that it decided to pull lightkeepers from Carmanah Point and Pachena Point light stations — four staff in total — before winter weather sets in.
Lightkeeper advocates disagree with the coast guard’s assessment of the sites, saying it is based on old reports.
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