About · Lasqueti.net

Lasqueti.net is a civic publication for Lasqueti Island, BC. It collects plain-language reports and topic pages on the contracts, decisions, and services that shape life here from off-island. It's written for residents who want to know what's behind those decisions, and for anyone off the island with a reason to follow them.

Map showing Lasqueti Island in the Strait of Georgia, between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland. Labelled 'Middle of Everywhere'. — Lasqueti Island sits in the Strait of Georgia, between Vancouver Island and the mainland. Foot passenger ferry only; no scheduled vehicle service.

What this is

Lasqueti.net is editorial coverage: investigations on matters where I've done the homework and topic pages that pull together the background and the documents that define an issue.

What this site covers

Services and decisions that affect Lasqueti residents and originate off-island: federal and provincial agencies, Crown corporations, regional governance, and the contracts and programs that govern them. The focus is on things that are poorly documented, hard to follow without a lot of time, or where the official record doesn't match the lived experience here.

What it doesn't cover

Internal island politics, interpersonal disputes, and local society news, or anything where I have a direct personal stake. I don't cover events or initiatives unless they connect to a public-interest question, I'm already tracking. This isn't a community bulletin board.

On Indigenous territory

Lasqueti Island (Xwe'etay, the Coast Salish name documented by the Xwe'etay/Lasqueti Archaeology Project) sits within territories connected to multiple First Nations. A territorial acknowledgement that lists a subset of those Nations implies completeness where none exists. I have chosen not to publish an incomplete statement rather than risk misrepresenting the full scope of First Nations connection to this place. If consultation and standing later allow a more accurate statement, I will publish one.

How the site is organized

Topics are subject pages with background, key documents, and a record of filings on a given issue. Each topic lives at a permanent URL so it can be linked from printed correspondence without the link breaking later.

Public Interest Reports are authored investigations and advocacy, typically directed at the province or federal government. Each report has citations, a clear set of requests, and a downloadable PDF.

Editorial principles

The work follows a set of standards: sources first, focus on the senior governments, a right of reply before publishing criticism, conflicts disclosed, mistakes fixed in the open, and AI use disclosed. The full Editorial Standards page lays these out in detail.

Who I am

I'm David B, a resident of Lasqueti Island. I maintain this site on my own time. It is not an official publication of any government body, society, or organization, and I'm not on any committee. My spouse chairs the LCA Ferry Committee; this is disclosed in any piece that touches on ferry policy.

Independence

No advertising, no sponsorship, no funding from any organization. The site runs on free or near-free hosting and my time. The only recurring cost is the domain renewal.

Get in touch

Contact me. I read everything; I reply to most things.