Coastal Currents with Aaron Reid

Season 2: Municipal Election Series: Cindy Elliott

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Family and community are important to me. I have 5 children ranging from age 11 to 33 and 5 grandchildren. They all live here in the qathet Region. I am very committed to this community now and in the future.

My family, father Jack and siblings, own and operate Jack’s Boat Yard in Lund. I have lived here in this region since 2007 when I moved to live work with and be closer to my family. While working with Jack’s Boat Yard I headed up our waterfront expansion and development project and also was a Lift Operator lifting boats.

 

Prior to that I had a career that included the following jobs:

  • Regional Economic Development Officer for the Province of BC in the Northwest area of the province.
  • Acting Aboriginal Relations Manager for the BC Ministry of Forests in the Prince Rupert Forest Region
  • Treaty Officer, Ministry of Forests, Prince Rupert Region
  • EMA-FA for BC Ambulance in Stewart, BC
  • Aboriginal Relations Manager for Alberta Environment, Central Region in Red Deer, Alberta
  • Financial Manager for my husbands logging businesses 1996 to 2007

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    I have been a City Councillor since November of 2018 and my portfolio includes:

    • Arts, Culture & Heritage
  • Social Action & Planning, Affordable Housing
  • City Liaison to Community Futures Development Corporation
  • Western Stillwater & Island Timberlands, Community Advisory Group Liaison Appointee
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