Governing greater Victoria

This is because the councillors are both the that differs from members of the committees, boards, and commissions that govern the regional elsewhere in North organizations and those who decide which local, sub-regional, or regional govern- America … they are ment will provide the great majority of the services. [...] These issues include the governance of arterial highways and public transit, the efficiency of local governments’ service production, the fiscal situation of Victoria as the central city, and the role of the provincial government when the voluntary nature of regional districts makes it difficult to confront vexing regional decisions. [...] Also within the CRD to the west of Sooke lie sparsely populated forest lands along the Strait of Juan de Fuca and to the north of the Saanich peninsula are the Gulf Islands. [...] By “provided” it is meant that the organ- ization is responsible for the “what”, “how”, and “financing” of the service, that … the organization is, the policy making or governance of the service. [...] It is important to keep in mind that the governance of the CRD is by the municipal council members who are appointed to its Board and who sit on its committees and commissions together with directly elected members from the non-municipal areas of the CRD.