This page will have the answers received from all candidates to the following questions posed jointly by members of Alberni Valley Transition Town Society and the Alberni Climate Action Committee. If a response is received, the candidates name will be clickable to see their answers for City, ACRD, and SD70.
Candidates who did not receive an email can send their answers to avtransitiontown@gmail.com. Answers need to be received by October 7th, 2022.
The Questions:
- What actions have you personally taken to support a greener more sustainable climate?
- What opportunities do you see at the municipal, electoral area, school board level to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
- What will you do, if elected, to overcome polarization in local politics around the challenges of climate change and build a middle ground that encourages listening, understanding, and consensus that can move the climate change action needle forward?
- What opportunities do you see for climate leadership in the following sectors. Please pick at least two.: Transportation, Housing, Land use and Development, Equity?
- If elected, what would your first action be toward reducing greenhouse gases in your position?
- The climate emergency requires long term thinking and planning. How do you envision a climate sustainable community, electoral area, or school district, 50 years from now?
School District 70 Board
- John Bennie – Answered
- Cherilyn Bray
- Rosemarie Buchanan – Answered
- Pam Craig – Answered
- Janis Joseph – Answered
- Larry Ransom – Answered
- Jen Smith
- Christine Washington
- Helen Zanette – Answered
ACRD Electoral Areas
- Derek Appleton (Sproat Lake)
- Fred Boyko (Beaufort)
- Penny Cote (Sproat Lake)
- Darren Deluca (Cherry Creek)
- Saya Masso (Long Beach)
- Heather Powell (Sproat Lake)
- Susan Roth (Beaver Creek)
- Vaida Siga – (Long Beach) – Answered
- Cindy Solda (Beaver Creek) – Answered
- Mike Sparrow (Cherry Creek) – Answered
Mayor and City Council
- Michelle Bisaro – Answered
- Joshua Dahling – Answered
- Dustin Dame – Answered
- Terry Deakin – Answered
- Jim Del Rio
- Seva Dhaliwal – Answered
- John Douglas – Answered
- Debbie Haggard – Answered
- Graham Hughes
- Richard Huneault – Answered
- Wendy Kerr
- Sukhdev Krishan
- Sandy McRuer – Answered
- Charles Mealey
- Sharie Minions – for Mayor
- Todd Patola – Answered
- Char Patterson – Answered
- Ron Paulson – Answered
- Peter Rueschmann
- Cindy Solda – Answered
- Tom Verbrugge – for Mayor
- Dan Washington
- Carol Anne Zanette