Advocate for Transparent Municipal Governance in Port Moody

When decisions that shape our neighbourhoods are made under even the shadow of a financial conflict, trust in local democracy is damaged. A letter sent from our lawyer to Councillor Diana Dillworth (who is a paid development industry lobbyist) on 26 January 2026 states that council members are prohibited from participating in Council deliberations on matters in which they have a direct or indirect pecuniary interest, as stated at Section 101(2) of the Community Charter, SBC 2003, c. 26. 

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The letter argues that BC’s Community Charter exists precisely to prevent “divided loyalties” in public office—and that elected officials must not participate in deliberations or votes where they have a direct or indirect pecuniary interest, because the public is entitled to their undivided loyalty.

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This isn’t about personalities; it’s about a basic ethical line: public duty must come before private or employer-linked interests, and the status quo becomes unacceptable the moment people start wondering whose interests are really being served.

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That’s why supporting this BC Supreme Court challenge matters—it’s a principled stand to stop a practice that normalises conflicted decision-making and tells residents to “just live with it”.

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Donating to this effort is a direct investment in clean governance: a clear message that Port Moody residents value integrity and won’t accept ethical corners being cut, and that fairness, transparency, and public confidence are worth defending—now, before it becomes a permanent standard that corporations fund and promote their representatives to be elected to city council to support actions that service corporate objectives and profit to the detriment of our citizens. 

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