Vote for local action on climate, nature, and a just, sustainable future for this pivotal election.
To help inform your vote, we’ve asked Burlington candidates important questions about climate change and the environment. ALL candidates were provided with the opportunity to complete a questionnaire and to respond to another question, either in written form or via a video message.
Check out their responses below.
WARD 4
TANSLEY WOODS, ROSELAND, PORT NELSON, DYNES, SHORECACRES, STRATHCONA, PALMER, LONGMOOR
*Candidates presented in alphabetical order
Ward 4 Candidate – Tony Brecknock
We asked: What do you believe to be the greatest opportunity in Burlington to mitigate climate change locally ? And if you’re elected, what specific actions will you champion and prioritize the necessary budget funds for, in order to accelerate Burlington’s Climate Action Plan?
View this candidate’s video response to the right.
Ward 4 Candidate – Olivia Duke
We asked: What do you believe to be the greatest opportunity in Burlington to mitigate climate change locally ? And if you’re elected, what specific actions will you champion and prioritize the necessary budget funds for, in order to accelerate Burlington’s Climate Action Plan?
View this candidate’s written response to the right.
Olivia Duke: Climate change is arguably one of humanity’s greatest challenges. Decisive actions needs to be taken to slow down its pace. It’s critical to implement greener strategies for sustainability, including building projects that are built to withstand the climate of the next fifty years, and not the climate of the past; the need to implement building codes that promote net-zero emissions and policies that move away from fossil fuels.
I plan to support greener strategies for building projects, including retrofits to reduce energy consumption; zero-emission transit/school bus transportation; promote active transportation; encouraging greater tree-planting is important to make a meaningful impact.
Ward 4 Candidate – Shawna Stolte
We asked: What do you believe to be the greatest opportunity in Burlington to mitigate climate change locally ? And if you’re elected, what specific actions will you champion and prioritize the necessary budget funds for, in order to accelerate Burlington’s Climate Action Plan?
View this candidate’s video response to the right.
Ward 4 Candidate – Eden Wood
We asked: What do you believe to be the greatest opportunity in Burlington to mitigate climate change locally ? And if you’re elected, what specific actions will you champion and prioritize the necessary budget funds for, in order to accelerate Burlington’s Climate Action Plan?
View this candidate’s written response to the right.
Eden Wood: I believe the greatest opportunity Burlington has to mitigate climate change is to transition the energy system. We do this by focusing on reducing consumption of energy, improving the efficiency of the energy system (supply/demand) & by switching to low carbon or zero carbon renewable energy.
I would like to prioritize the “A City that Moves” portion of the budget. This porton not only focuses on the mode of transportation, (bus, car, etc) but also human resources (mechanics (maintenance) park, forestry and road workers, engineers etc). There are many moving parts in order to reduce, improve, and switch to renewable sources of energy; in my opinion, to accelerate this, we will need funding from higher levels of government.
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