BC Transit is a Crown Corporation, that is they are owned by the Provincial Government.  They entered into an agreement with BC Hydro, another Crown Corporation, to house the new garage on their site in Whistler which is just North of Nester's.  Because the land in question is owned by a Crown Corporation it does not have to seek approval of local governments in what goes on the land, how the land is managed, and is not subject to any local environmental bylaws. 

Despite the fact that the municipality does not have a say in the matter a vote was taken by Whistler Council and all but two councilors (Eckhard Zeidler and Ralph Forsyth) voted to approve BC Transit's plans.  The reason given by most councilors was that they believed that BC Transit is a 'partner' of theirs and that they could not in good faith vote against their proposal. 

Whistler municipal staff, worked closely with BC Transit to locate a site and were the first to suggest the BC Hydro lands.  Four days after the BC Hydro lot was cleared, it was announced that another site that many councilors has stated they hoped would house the transit garage was being taken over by the municipality. 

BC Transit sited there inability to use this alternate site due to it being owned by First Nations and that First Nations were apparently unwilling to budge, now four days after the Hydro site was logged we are now in the process of owning this alternate site.  When BC Transit made its presentation to council, staff must have known that negotiations were taking place in regards to the other site. 

Why was this not made public?