Policy

My positions on local issues (alphabetically):

• Affordable housing: require that a range of affordable housing units be given priority approval ahead of other development types. No more waving the action in place of cash contributions. We need genuine affordable housing now!

• Agricultural Land Reserve: enhance access to farmland, mentorship, public education series on uses of the Agricultural Land Reserve (nearly 40% of Richmond is ALR). Learn more our plan at riterichmond.ca

• Canada Line Skytrain: connect to new bike lanes and work to return the street-level interurban tram to connect Steveston, Hamilton and a rapid transit tunnel to Delta

• City spending: fiscally prudent to lead us into a steady state economy. Provide community services to those hubs that have been neglected (my neighbourhood in West Cambie as an example

• Garden City Lands: a city-led project proposal should be timely delivered to provide public open space with Agricultural Land Reserve appropriate uses

• Green infrastructure: use of best practices to encourage all new building structures to meet highest of energy efficiencies, with adequate incentives that also encourage a “Made in Canada” purchasing policy

• Heritage buildings: collaborate with community stakeholders for the best provision of service to be provided from these public facilities and actively promote the retention of our remaining historic and natural features

• Livable wages: I pledge to guarantee a high standard of living for everyone in our community

• Oval: open more of this space for public use and prevent the privatization of the services within

• Transportation priorities: bike land connectivity, public transit over freeways, and a light rail network

• Vancouver Airport Expansion and Jet Fuel Pipeline: in opposition to the VAFFC project and a critic of the YVR runway expansion plans

• Walmart: all hope is not lost. Council can hold Smartcentres to accountable to all their promises at the upcoming Development Permit Meetings

• Wastewater and sewage treatment: work towards tertiary treatment at all of the plants along the Fraser River

• Water: ban bottled water at city functions and lead to the promotion of our local tap water

Ask me for my opinion on a topic and I will add it above. Elect me as a public representative FOR our community and health will be at the heart of my policy making.

I fully support the fundamental principles as expressed in the Charter of the Global Greens:

Ecological Wisdom
We acknowledge that human beings are part of the natural world and we respect the specific values of all forms of life, including non-human species.

Non-Violence
We declare our commitment to non-violence and strive for a culture of peace and cooperation between states.

Social Justice
We assert that the key to social justice is the equitable distribution of resources to ensure that all have full opportunities for personal and social development.

Sustainability
We recognize the scope for the material expansion of society within the biosphere, and the need to maintain biodiversity through the use of renewable resources.

Participatory Democracy
We strive for a democracy in which all citizens have the right to express their views, and are able to directly participate in decisions which affect their lives.

Respect for Diversity
We honour and value equally the Earth’s biological and ecological diversity together with the context of individual responsibility toward all beings.