“It is appropriate that we begin by acknowledging that our municipality lies within the traditional territories of the Lekwungen (Lay-kwung-gen) peoples known today as Songhees and Esquimalt Nations and the W̱SÁNEĆ (weh-saanich) peoples known today as W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip), BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin), SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout), W̱SIḴEM (Tseycum) and MÁLEXEȽ(Malahat) Nations.”