.png)
.png)
COLLABORATIVE
SOLUTIONS
for
STRONGER
COMMUNITY
We need a View Royal Council that is ready to work collaboratively with other communities to finally deliver municipal solutions to issues like Traffic & Transportation, Community Health, and Liveable Housing.
As someone who's spent his career bringing together all levels of government across our region for collaborative solutions, I have the experience and commitment to deliver on these issues for our community.
TRAFFIC &
TRANSPORTATION
As the bridge between the Westshore and Greater Victoria, every day we have over ten-thousand commuters funnel through just three lanes of traffic between Old Island Highway and Highway One.
We need to work with these communities to incentivize public and alternative transportation, improve traffic light timing across the region, and develop a regional transportation plan that will account for the growth across our region. From improving traffic flow, to buses, to bikes, to regional rail restoration, we need to be willing to invest in all possible solutions.
COMMUNITY
HEALTH
Despite being one of the few municipalities that houses a hospital, too many people in our community are still living without a family doctor.
I will work to help create View Royal's first municipal-run doctors' office, for View Royal residents, following Colwood's successful model. It's no secret that family doctors are hard to come by, and that's in part because the administrative headache of running a clinic prevents new practices from opening. A municipal-run clinic will attract family doctors by letting them actually practice medicine, without having to also run a business.
LIVABLE
HOUSING
Our region needs more housing, and it's essential that our Town Council can deliver on that need, in a way that supports our community now, and in the future.
That means housing stock that works for families, deliberate community-planning to support future growth, and access to the outdoor amenities like parks and playgrounds that help make our community vibrant. Whether it's young families, seniors looking to age in place, first-time homebuyers, or empty nesters, our community is made stronger when we have a diversity of people living in it.
RESPONSIBLE TAXATION
.jpg)
In View Royal we’re fortunate to have the lowest residential property tax rate of any urban municipality in the CRD.
The only way to keep that on track in the long term is to plan for our town’s future infrastructure and financial needs, and not sacrifice our town’s long-term financial future for politically motivated short-term taxation policy.
ENVIRONMENT & BIODIVERSITY
.jpg)
Some of our most essential ecological and community assets are our parks and trails. As climate change continues to affect our region, it is essential that the town has the infrastructure in place to deal with these increasing challenges. This is particularly important with respect to shoreline erosion, affecting both public and private property. I want our Town to invest in ecological assets along our shoreline to reduce erosion, building both biodiversity and climate resilience.
ACCESSIBILITY & SIDEWALKS
As our town moves toward more liveable housing for families and seniors, it is essential that we make sure our infrastructure continues to line up with our community's needs. This is especially important when it comes to sidewalks. There are many corridors in our Town where sidewalks are needed not just as safety tools for our streets, but accessibility ones for strollers and mobility aid devices.
VOLUNTEER
