Where our facts come from

Every factual statement on this site comes from a document you can get hold of yourself: a council agenda, minute or meeting video, a bylaw, a District budget or Statement of Financial Information, a BC Stats survey, a published court judgment, or a record released under freedom of information. Where something is our own analysis or an estimate, we say so, and we put the document beside it so you can make up your own mind. We would far rather you checked than took our word for it.

Our open invitation

If you see something on this site you think is wrong, please tell us. Point us to the statement, and to the document if you have it. We will look it up and we will take it seriously. If we got it wrong, we will fix it, and we will say so. If it turns out to be right, the source stays published beside it and you can judge for yourself.

That invitation is open to everyone. Neighbours, Council, District staff, and anyone named anywhere on this site are all equally welcome to take us up on it. Nobody here is being asked to answer an anonymous accusation. The documents are public, the links are on the page, and our name and address are at the bottom of it.

Write to SaanichBylawReform@Gmail.com and put Accuracy in the subject line. We read everything that comes in.

Things we are careful not to claim

• Some of this is still before the courts. Where a claim has been filed and not yet decided, we say so. Nothing in a filed claim is proven simply because it has been filed.
• We only call something a court finding when a court actually decided it, and we give the paragraph number so you can read the words for yourself.
• When a report, an affidavit or a pleading says something, we describe it as that person or body taking that position, not as a fact.
• Where the records are incomplete, or a request for records is still outstanding, we say so plainly rather than fill in the gap.