Andrew Robertson
Council · North Vancouver (City of)
Grand Boulevard 36 yrs
About
I am a working parent, scientist, educator, and housing advocate. I am medical physicist and clinical investigator with BC Cancer and have a clinical faculty appointment with UBC Medicine. I live in my childhood home with my kids, spouse, and mom.
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.
Supportive
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Implement a 'right to cool' bylaw to protect tenants during extreme heat events.
Supportive
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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Expand and protect tree canopy, parks, and green infrastructure to cool neighbourhoods, clean air, and manage stormwater.
Supportive
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Create connected urban greenways for people and wildlife.
Supportive
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.
Supportive
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Upgrade critical infrastructure for heat, fire, flood, and storm resilience.
Supportive
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.
Supportive
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Advocate to improve regional public transit between communities.
Supportive
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Expand EV charging infrastructure.
Supportive
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 bylaws to eliminate waste from new buildings, renovation, and demolition projects and to use existing buildings as efficiently as possible.
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× Opposed
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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 am committed to flying as little as possible and have taken only 1 personal round trip flight in the past 11 years. I did consider driving to Saskatoon instead by there is not enough EV charging between there and Calgary.
I lead an EV Ready Infrastructure upgrade in my strata building that equipped every home's parking stall with a connection for an EV charger. This included securing provincial funding, strata approval, and managing the project.
I lead an EV Ready Infrastructure upgrade in my strata building that equipped every home's parking stall with a connection for an EV charger. This included securing provincial funding, strata approval, and managing the project.
Questions for North Vancouver (City of)
Lonsdale Energy Company has often promised a carbon neutral pathway. What steps will you take to ensure this report is published in the next year?
LEC has identified goals of increasing their share of low carbon energy sources to 40% by 2027, with a long term goal of net-zero by 2050. Other short term goals include bringing online a new electric boiler this year and starting building their urban heat recovery. (Source: LEC 2026 AGM presentation)
Given the importance of decarbonisation, I believe that if LEC is not meeting these near term objectives then an independent technical review of their decarbonization strategy is required.
Given the importance of decarbonisation, I believe that if LEC is not meeting these near term objectives then an independent technical review of their decarbonization strategy is required.
Expensive renewable natural gas (RNG) use was introduced as a temporary solution for Lonsdale Energy Company to decarbonize, but is now a permanent part of LEC's energy mix. What steps will you take to eliminate RNG from LEC's energy mix?
See above
What steps would you take to correct the taxes that residents must now pay due to Metro Vancouver's handling of the sewage treatment plant?
North Shore residents deserve answers to why this happened, governance reform at Metro Vancouver to prevent it from happening again, and for settlement funds to distributed to us. I will continue to advocate for these things if elected.
What steps would you take to require retention of mature trees through land use planning or other tools.
I plan to implement development incentives for tree retention that include density bonuses for projects that retain mature trees. These incentives have worked well in other areas, like heritage building protection. This would offset the cost of protecting trees during development and motivate tree retention from the start of project design.
Should the tree bylaw apply to ALL sites, even if the sites are not being re-developed?
Trees are valuable community assets but there is often a disconnect between this fact and the financial value they bring to land: if trees limit land's development potential by creating barriers, then land with more trees becomes less valuable. This motivates tree removal, tree neglect, and discourages the planting we need to grow our urban forest. Land with lots of trees should instead be worth more than land that has been clear cut.
So it's important that any policies turn trees into assets, not liabilities. I plan to implement development incentives for mature tree retention that will increase the value of land that keeps mature trees. Ideally this will also incentivize tree planting by making trees an asset/investment tied to the property.
So it's important that any policies turn trees into assets, not liabilities. I plan to implement development incentives for mature tree retention that will increase the value of land that keeps mature trees. Ideally this will also incentivize tree planting by making trees an asset/investment tied to the property.
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