Kiran Singh
Council · Burnaby
Edmonds 6 yrs
About
Kiran Singh is a national award-winning reporter. His reporting at CBC served as a catalyst for better policies for homeowners and tenants, along with stricter measures for international education, environment, and municipal accountability.
Policy commitments
Buildings
We all want healthy, affordable, and comfortable homes. These policies will help to lower energy bills, cut pollution, and improve indoor air quality.
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Support electrification of new buildings.
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Incentivize electric heat pumps and air filtration systems.
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Incentivize renewable energy, battery storage, and smart-grid technologies in new and existing buildings to improve energy security.
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Scale up energy retrofits for existing homes, businesses, and public buildings.
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Implement a 'right to cool' bylaw to protect tenants during extreme heat events.
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Climate Justice
Our community is already experiencing the harmful impacts of climate change caused by fossil fuel pollution, and taxpayers are on the hook to upgrade and repair critical infrastructure.
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Endorse the fossil fuel treaty and commit to phase out fossil fuels.
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Enact a moratorium on AI data centres to protect our energy and water resources.
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Pursue available legal options to recover a fair share of the climate costs facing our community from fossil fuel companies and other big polluters.
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Collaborate with Indigenous peoples as partners in the stewardship of the land, air, and water, and work towards reconciliation.
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Ecosystems
The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat all rely on healthy ecosystems. Nature can also help protect our community from extreme weather by controlling floods, protecting shorelines, and cooling neighbourhoods. Access to nature improves the health and well-being of residents, and supports biodiversity.
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Protect and restore ecosystems, which are essential to human survival, health, and economic well-being.
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Expand and protect tree canopy, parks, and green infrastructure to cool neighbourhoods, clean air, and manage stormwater.
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Prioritize native tree planting in all areas, especially those with low tree cover, higher population densities, and more vulnerable residents.
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Create connected urban greenways for people and wildlife.
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Land Use
We envision vibrant, walkable communities that protect nature and improve food security.
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Build affordable homes near jobs, schools, shops, and transit.
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Upgrade critical infrastructure for heat, fire, flood, and storm resilience.
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Increase food security by supporting local agriculture and community gardens.
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Transport
Connecting neighbourhoods through public transit and active transportation networks will cut pollution, improve public health, and make our communities more affordable (and fun!).
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Deliver reliable, frequent, affordable local transit.
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Advocate to improve regional public transit between communities.
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Build bike and roll networks that are safe for everyone.
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Expand EV charging infrastructure.
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Watersheds
Climate change, increasing populations, and overconsumption threaten our water security. Healthy watersheds and forests are critical to support clean drinking water, stormwater management, climate resilience, and biodiversity for future generations.
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Implement water conservation plans and educate the public to conserve drinking water.
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Protect and restore watersheds as vital municipal infrastructure.
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Develop and implement a water security plan.
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Zero Waste
Zero waste policies reduce pollution, keep waste out of landfills, build resilient local economies, and safeguard public health by shifting society away from a disposable culture toward a sustainable circular economy.
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Implement zero waste bylaws to divert organic waste and recyclables from disposal.
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Support the development of a circular economy to eliminate waste and improve resilience.
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Implement bylaws to eliminate waste from new buildings, renovation, and demolition projects and to use existing buildings as efficiently as possible.
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Climate action
How have you contributed to climate action in your community through advocacy, past work, advisory committees, volunteer work, and/or reducing your personal carbon footprint?
I'll start with my personal life, I have never owned a car in my life, and use public transit as my primary mode of transportation. The impact of burning fossil fuels is a major reason why I never owned a car, and even though there is better technology out in the world now, the impact of new batteries on our climate along with international humanitarian issues has been far too great for me to consider getting one.
As a CBC reporter and news producer, climate action through an intersectional lens has also been a big part of my work. Working in the news during multiple forest fires, heat dome, heat waves, and severe snowstorms really opened my eyes to how severe the situation had gotten, and that actions great than personal recycling are needed to start countering these impacts. These actions include stopping any investments into fossil fuels, while holding those huge corporations accountable that continue to add more carbon to the environment.
On a deeply personal level, I have been trying to grow more green things around me while uprooting invasive species that don't let native vegetation thrive. I have been able to introduce a blanket ban on the sale of invasive species, while making Burnaby a Certified Bird Friendly city into the Burnaby Citizens Association's 2026 election platform, along with tweaking our urban forest strategy to include a biodiversity lens to it.
As a CBC reporter and news producer, climate action through an intersectional lens has also been a big part of my work. Working in the news during multiple forest fires, heat dome, heat waves, and severe snowstorms really opened my eyes to how severe the situation had gotten, and that actions great than personal recycling are needed to start countering these impacts. These actions include stopping any investments into fossil fuels, while holding those huge corporations accountable that continue to add more carbon to the environment.
On a deeply personal level, I have been trying to grow more green things around me while uprooting invasive species that don't let native vegetation thrive. I have been able to introduce a blanket ban on the sale of invasive species, while making Burnaby a Certified Bird Friendly city into the Burnaby Citizens Association's 2026 election platform, along with tweaking our urban forest strategy to include a biodiversity lens to it.
Questions for Burnaby
Climate change is already driving up the cost of living (i.e., insurance, food prices, strain on our healthcare system). How will you provide leadership in moving our municipality towards meaningful climate action that addresses this issue?
The 'trickle down economy' isn't real. Rich are getting richer at the backs of working class people, and we are feeling the impacts. To truly address this issue, we need to bring some sort of balance to this equation where the rich pay their fair share. This would work in an ideal situation, however on a city level, we can continue focusing on building low and medium income housing, something the Burnaby Citizens Association council is already doing. I will work to also put more onus on the developers to increase the number of trees and shrubbery to increase Burnaby's urban canopy.
Burnaby must not go back to gas powered houses, and must focus on adding more transit options that are carbon neutral.
Burnaby must not go back to gas powered houses, and must focus on adding more transit options that are carbon neutral.
What specific policies do you promise to fight for to address transportation emissions, including making streets safer for walking and active modes of travel?
Better lighting on the streets, better investment into sidewalks are some of the main things we, the Burnaby Citizens Association, will be focusing on to make streets safer for walking and active transportation.
I have been advocating for more public transit, and better North-South connectivity within the city, and will continue working on this as a council member. I'm glad to know that because of Burnaby Citizens Association council's efforts we now have Lime Bike share, I'll work to expand this to more areas across Burnaby.
I will also be advocating for better car sharing across the city, an expansion to Evo and Modo.
I have been advocating for more public transit, and better North-South connectivity within the city, and will continue working on this as a council member. I'm glad to know that because of Burnaby Citizens Association council's efforts we now have Lime Bike share, I'll work to expand this to more areas across Burnaby.
I will also be advocating for better car sharing across the city, an expansion to Evo and Modo.
How will you improve transit in Burnaby, using tools within your jurisdiction as a municipality?
Bringing more bike share, and investing in active transportation infrastructures, such as multi use pathways, is something the city can do on its own, and something I will be focusing on during my time on the council.
The city also has ample advocacy power and I plan on leveraging that to bring more transit service, and better car share to the city.
Something I like about Burnaby is that the city is expanding the number of city-owned and maintained transit shelters, and I will continue to add to this infrastructure.
The city also has ample advocacy power and I plan on leveraging that to bring more transit service, and better car share to the city.
Something I like about Burnaby is that the city is expanding the number of city-owned and maintained transit shelters, and I will continue to add to this infrastructure.
What ideas do you have to solve housing affordability and homelessness issues and address climate change at the same time?
What is simply called the housing crisis, is actually an affordability crisis. There isn’t necessarily a lack of
housing, but housing that people can afford, housing that can accommodate a growing family with
limited funds to put towards their shelter. The disparity between what people are making and what is
needed to sustain a roof over one’s head is growing universally, and it is impacting the residents of
Burnaby as well. According to the 2024 Housing Needs Report Update shared by the city, we are going to
need over seventy thousand more homes to accommodate our growing population. While this number
may need updating as the immigration targets have been slashed federally, the demand for more
affordable housing remains. In all this, the City of Burnaby has a critical task of not only delivering more
affordable units, but to advocate to the higher levels of governments to get back into building co-ops.
Starting its own housing office, the Burnaby Housing Authority is a great first step and should be lauded.
Delivering 1000 housing starts by 2030 is a mighty promise and the city councillors from the Burnaby
Citizens Association, the party I am running with, are the ones to make this a reality for our city.
We also need to focus on including green roofs, community gardens, native meadows, and better urban canopy to address climate change. I will also work to introduce a 'right to cool' bylaw in Burnaby.
housing, but housing that people can afford, housing that can accommodate a growing family with
limited funds to put towards their shelter. The disparity between what people are making and what is
needed to sustain a roof over one’s head is growing universally, and it is impacting the residents of
Burnaby as well. According to the 2024 Housing Needs Report Update shared by the city, we are going to
need over seventy thousand more homes to accommodate our growing population. While this number
may need updating as the immigration targets have been slashed federally, the demand for more
affordable housing remains. In all this, the City of Burnaby has a critical task of not only delivering more
affordable units, but to advocate to the higher levels of governments to get back into building co-ops.
Starting its own housing office, the Burnaby Housing Authority is a great first step and should be lauded.
Delivering 1000 housing starts by 2030 is a mighty promise and the city councillors from the Burnaby
Citizens Association, the party I am running with, are the ones to make this a reality for our city.
We also need to focus on including green roofs, community gardens, native meadows, and better urban canopy to address climate change. I will also work to introduce a 'right to cool' bylaw in Burnaby.
How can we make our parks and green spaces work harder for us in terms of rainwater management, carbon capture and food production?
Diversifying our natural spaces, to include more resilient plants and trees is a great way to make sure that our green spaces that are currently being impacted by climate change can withstand the test of time, and can work on protecting up and providing support during hotter weather, and can soak up rainwater better to prevent flooding and erosion.
Adding more rain gardens in road medians and corners, along with investing in more native meadows, and food forests is another great way I will be investing in our parks and green spaces.
Lastly, enabling people to volunteer to eradicate invasive species, along with outright banning the sale of invasive species, is a great way to involve the local community and creating better neighbourhoods.
Adding more rain gardens in road medians and corners, along with investing in more native meadows, and food forests is another great way I will be investing in our parks and green spaces.
Lastly, enabling people to volunteer to eradicate invasive species, along with outright banning the sale of invasive species, is a great way to involve the local community and creating better neighbourhoods.
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