About

Q: How many years have you lived in Squamish?
A: 45

Q: Which neighbourhood do you live in?
A: Waiwakum Brackendale

Learn more: Did not participate in the Squamish Chief's Q&A or elevator pitch.

Proposed industrial projects

The next elected council will have decision-making authority over several aspects of proposed industrial projects. All of these projects will have social, environmental, and climate impacts. What is your position on:

FortisBC pipeline: neutral

Why: Same views as LNG stance

FortisBC workcamp: neutral

Why: Same views as floatel

Woodfibre LNG: neutral

Why: Personally I am opposed. I am Squamish Nation and want to protect our waters, land and people. My Nation has signed an IBA i do know it creates jobs and land and revenue and when I was on Council I went on the Environmental team to hold the IBA to the letter. As Mayor I want to advocate my thoughts and work with the council to make the right decisions. I am only as strong as my council.

Woodfibre LNG's "floatel": neutral

Why: Same views and this one is harder for me because of MMIW and the volume of workers and female workers are at higher risk.

Proposed development projects

The next elected council will determine whether these development projects proceed or not. All of these projects will have social, environmental, and climate impacts. What is your position on:

Cheema Lands: opposed

Why: We need to classify neighbourhoods and slow down densification and there isn’t enough EA for the areas.

Garibaldi at Squamish: neutral

Why: Squamish Nation council is in partnership with GAS that’s why I say I am Neutral. Personally i do not feel like extending are borders. SLRD doesn’t either. I hear it’s a land grab. I Worry about the Brohm Ridge, Cheakamus River, our families of the Squamish Valley. Trap lines and wildlife.

North Crumpit: opposed

Why: Same view as Cheema lands

Climate Action commitments = 16/16

• Invest in active transportation networks to make biking and walking safer and more accessible?
• Support higher density infill development along existing and proposed transit networks to promote walkable and livable communities?
• Advocate for regional public transit and invest in local public transit?
• Implement policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in buildings, for example, incentivize fuel switching from gas furnaces to electric heat pumps through rebates for homeowners?
• Advocate for the Provincial Government to enable local governments to ban new gas hookups in buildings?
• Support Neighbourhood Planning to collaborate with citizens, not developers, in the future development of their neighbourhood?
• Make land use decisions that protect and restore natural areas, ensure habitat connectivity, and avoid urban sprawl?
• Protect natural assets (forests, wetlands, shrublands, grasslands, estuary, aquifers, ponds, lakes, creeks, and rivers) identified in the 2022 Natural Asset Management Strategy, which provide ecosystem services valued at more than $1.6 billion?
• Support efforts to implement a Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and use this to inform development guidelines and neighbourhood planning?
• Increase local food security by supporting local agriculture and community gardens?
• Implement zero waste bylaws to divert organic waste from the landfill and support the development of a circular economy as part of a zero waste strategy?
• Review the deconstruction bylaw to ensure it is meeting its goal to eliminate waste from renovation and demolition projects?
• Support further study on local distributed energy systems powered by 100% renewable energy to build community resilience over time?
• Adopt the Doughnut Economic Model as a guiding principle for all District initiatives and planning? (see Nanaimo example)
• Endorse the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty?
• Join the campaign to Sue Big Oil and set aside $1 per person to file a class-action lawsuit to recover a fair share of our climate costs?

Transparency and Accountability

Q: Are there any particular issues where you would have to declare a perceived conflict of interest or recuse yourself from Council discussion on an issue? Please list:
A: No.

List of current donors

My daughter Seraphine Lewis $500

Yat-Fai David Chan- friend $1000

Myself $1000