WHEREAS the Canadian Coast Guard has a mandate to provide navigational aids and safety services to mariners and communities on the coast of BC; AND WHEREAS Canadian Coast Guard management based in Victoria, BC has unilaterally decided to remove fog horns at three lightstations on the Inside Passage without the necessary consultation with mariners and coastal communities: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the UBCM request the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada to immediately order the reconnection of these essential aids to navigation; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Minister instruct his Victoria staff to stop any further disconnections or removals of horns, and to reconnect all former fog horn installations at staffed lightstations and other major sites on the BC coast.
