By Transition Salt Spring  Elections & Candidates, Local News – October 6, 2026 on the Salt Spring Exchange. See the original post here. All three candidates for CRD Area Director in the October 17 election responded to a Community Resiliency questionnaire sent by Transition Salt Spring in collaboration with the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust. See below their responses, verbatim,…

By Transition Salt Spring  Elections & Candidates, Local News – October 6, 2026 on the Salt Spring Exchange. See the original post here. All five candidates running for Local Community Commission Commissioner in the October 17 election responded to a Community Resiliency questionnaire sent by Transition Salt Spring in collaboration with the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust. See below their…

By Transition Salt Spring  Elections & Candidates, Local News – October 6, 2026 on the Salt Spring Exchange. See the original post here. All 5 candidates running for Islands Trust Trustee responded to a questionnaire sent by Transition Salt Spring and the Farmland Trust. See below their responses to Q1 on affordable housing. (Overall survey: https://transitionsaltspring.com/election-2026-questions/) Q1. Affordable Housing: The high…

On October 17, you will vote for one CRD Electoral Area Director, two Islands Trust Trustees, four Local Community Commission Commissioners, and three SD64 School Trustees. All the positions serve four-year terms. Here is what each one decides.

All 13 candidates running for CRD Area Director, Local Community Commission Commissioner and Islands Trust Trustee recently completed Community Resiliency questionnaires sent by Transition Salt Spring in partnership with the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust.

One Island, One Future: Salt Spring Elections 2026 LOCAL ELECTIONS ON OCTOBER 17 WILL SHAPE THE YEARS AHEAD The upcoming election on October 17 is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape and protect the future of Salt Spring as we elect four Local Community Commissioners, a CRD Area Director and two Islands Trust Trustees to four-year…

Transition Salt Spring built the following 10 principles from what we heard at the Common Ground Summit in May 2025, and included them in our submission earlier this year toward an updated Official Community Plan. We're offering them to candidates and to every Salt Spring resident as a shared starting point for what a livable, resilient island could look like going forward. An election is how that hope turns into direction.

Salt Spring Election 2026: Candidate Answers to our Questions Community Resiliency Candidate Questionnaires To help you make an informed vote on October 17, Transition Salt Spring has partnered with the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust to send Community Resiliency questionnaires to all candidates for Electoral Area Director, the four Salt Spring Local Community Commission positions,…