Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - In the three years since they hired Bruno Pereira, Qathen Xwegus Management Corporation (QXMC) has purchased the Klahoose Wilderness Resort, Gorge Harbour Marina, a water taxi, a piece of ocean front property for a combined campsite/RV park and entered into the seaweed farm business. They intend to add another 20 rental units, a larger store and gas station at the Gorge. QXMC is also contemplating a hydroponic vegetable farm and electrifying their land transport fleet.
“I know there is a buzzword going around ‘Environmental Social Governance’ (ESG), and I do believe and I adhere to those principles a lot, but what does it mean for us in terms of daily operation?” explained Bruno Pereira is the Manager of Qathen Xwegus. “So every new project that we start, we try to make it right from the start. Even if it means a little bit more investments here, a little bit more investments there at the end it is what we will create for the future.”
It has been a little over three years since a ‘head hunting company’ asked if he wanted to help the Klahoose First Nation reset QXMC.
“That was the term they used ‘reset’ and I love a challenge. I said, “Yeah, let's move to BC and let's make things happen for these people.’”
