Judi Gedye - Election 2026

What does Bowen need to finish before it takes on more — and what kind of island are we trying to protect for the future?In this wide-ranging Election 2026 conversation, incumbent Councillor and Islands Trust Trustee Judith Gedye talks about the realities of governing a small island community: municipal spending and the budget, unfinished work from the current term, and the challenge of deciding what the community can realistically afford. We talk about the Official Community Plan and why completing it matters, development and housing, infrastructure, community engagement, and what Judi has learned during four years around the Council table.We also spend some time on the Islands Trust. Judi explains what the Trust actually does, why she remains passionate about its preserve-and-protect mandate, what Bowen receives from being part of it, and why she believes the organization is worth defending even as questions are being asked about its costs, governance and future.And underneath it all is Judi's long relationship with Bowen — almost 46 years of living here, watching the island change, participating in community life and thinking about what should change and what is worth holding onto.The Bowen Island Podcast is produced in a small cabin in the woods on Bowen Island, on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw — the Squamish Nation — with gratitude for their stewardship of these lands and waters over countless generations.If you’d like to explore more of my work on conversation, community and polarization, you can find me on other broadcast/podcast platforms, including The Conversation Lab, Everything Podcasts.com, Central City Foundations Hope Dialogue, or on Substack. Thanks for listening