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Islands Trust says telephone poll is not its work

A notice in the Grapevine says residents were receiving calls about the Trust and its Policy Statement, but the polling was not on the Trust’s behalf.

The Denman Firestarter · reporting 2022-02-03 · compiled 2026-10-01

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Islands Trust said in a notice published in the Grapevine that residents were receiving calls from a polling firm asking about the Trust and its Policy Statement, and that the calls were not on the Trust’s behalf.^[1]

The notice said the Trust was engaging residents on its proposed 2022/23 budget through an online survey and planned to begin engagement on the Policy Statement Amendment Project in February.^[1]

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