The SCRD Files
▶1:00The 2022 finding was overturned on appeal: 2024 BCCA 169.
▶3:56This film shows official minutes, hall renovation budgets, and building plans with Landon Dix's company title block.
Landon Dix Projects Ltd. was incorporated on 31 October 2022, sixteen days after Justine GaBias won the Area B election on 15 October 2022, just as Landon Dix came into the Area B alternate director seat. From that seat, his own permits and his company's drawings went through the district.
The Sunshine Coast Regional District is a local government covering rural electoral areas and member municipalities such as Sechelt and Gibsons. Justine GaBias is the elected Director for Area B, while Landon Dix serves as the appointed alternate director for the area.
An alternate director takes the director's seat at the regional board whenever the director is absent. SCRD Board minutes first list Landon Dix in the seat on 8 December 2022, though no official appointment date is known in the district record.
Two development variance permits connected to Landon Dix went through the district, and both were issued. When the committee heard the first application, Justine GaBias chaired the meeting, stated "This is in my area," and moved the recommendation herself.
His company's title block also appeared on renovation drawings for the district-owned Coopers Green Hall. When a resident emailed directors raising concerns, Chief Administrative Officer Dean McKinley wrote to staff and directors: "I highly recommend no one responds to this email," and gave a reason about the sender.
Our view: Landon Dix's private firm should not have its development permits and drawings processed by the regional district where he serves as Area B alternate director.
We will publish further investigations into regional district permitting and planning decisions after the local election.
Landon Dix is the Alternate Director for Electoral Area B (Halfmoon Bay) of the Sunshine Coast Regional District. His company, Landon Dix Projects Ltd., a design-and-build firm, was incorporated on 31 October 2022 (BC Gazette, 10 November 2022). Justine GaBias won the Area B election on 15 October 2022 and was sworn in on 10 November 2022. On 6 December 2022 the Halfmoon Bay Community Development Forum minutes record that "Landon Dix was welcomed as Area B Alternate Director. He briefly reviewed pending SCRD Board issues." The SCRD Board minutes first list him on 8 December 2022; the SCRD record shows no appointment date.
An alternate director sits and votes for an electoral area when the elected director is absent. Landon Dix is the appointed alternate for Area B Director Justine GaBias (SCRD Board minutes, 8 December 2022). The SCRD's own Code of Conduct says "Member" includes alternates.
On 19 June 2025, Director GaBias recused herself at committee from variance DVP00114 because the applicant was her appointed alternate director (Electoral Area Services Committee minutes, 19 June 2025). On 26 June 2025 the Board issued that permit with her present, and no recusal is recorded (SCRD Board minutes, 26 June 2025). The minutes record no declaration on 17 October 2024 (variance DVP00107) or on 19 March 2026 (Coopers Green Hall drawings).
On 19 March 2026 (committee) and 26 March 2026 (Board, resolution 067/26) the SCRD released $65,780 of SCRD-held donations to the Halfmoon Bay Community Association and authorized a construction agreement for the hall renovation; Director GaBias moved the committee recommendation and no declaration is recorded. The Association's renovation budget is $222,348 (Association budget, 16 March 2026). The renovation drawings the SCRD approved, dated 13 January 2026, carry the title block of Landon Dix Projects Ltd., the company of her alternate director. The Association says Landon Dix volunteered (5 May 2026); the SCRD record does not show who is paid from the $222,348 or who carries out the work.
On 13 July 2023, the SCRD Board set up to $633,238 for Coopers Green Park (SCRD Board resolution 213/23). By 16 April 2026, $68,949 had been spent and $564,289 remained (Electoral Area Services Committee staff report, 16 April 2026). The park budget is separate from the Halfmoon Bay Community Association's $222,348 hall renovation budget.
