Whether you’re for the Galloway Lands development, against it, or somewhere in between, the B.C. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and the Regional District of the East Kootenays are not upholding Fernie residents’ democratic rights.
The core problem is lack of local representation.
Fernie’s municipal boundaries are drawn unusually close to town, which means the RDEK is in charge of decisions about nearby parcels of land.
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