Environment

• Foster a healthy, peaceful environment for us to enjoy today and, in the future for our children and grandchildren; protect green spaces and water.

• Continue to advocate for climate action including reducing the city’s carbon footprint.

• Ensure environmental issues remain top of mind at city council by continuing to support Peterborough’s Zero-Waste initiatives.

• Encourage and promote a greening of Peterborough by developing a plan for rainwater harvesting, pollinator gardens and planting of trees.

• Promote use of public transit and active transportation to help people move more efficiently around the city.

• Support Peterborough’s sustainability program to implement the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

On that issue, the city has advanced important steps forward on the climate crisis with both the master cycling plan and master transportation plan. I support these initiatives and would work to develop more programs to increase the use of public transit to encourage people to get out of their cars and, in general, work to help people move more efficiently around the city: pedestrians, transit riders, drivers and cyclists.

I believe it is essential to work towards creating a sustainable environment in collaboration with our neighbouring Indigenous communities.