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Jordan Back

Council · North Vancouver (District of)

Neighbourhood:: Lynn Valley
Years in the community:: 40

About

DNV Councillor since 2018, lifelong North Vancouver resident, husband and dad. I’m committed to thoughtful growth, strong communities, protecting our natural environment, and building a sustainable future for the next generation.

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.

✓ Scale up energy retrofits for existing homes, businesses, and public buildings. Supportive

✓ Implement a 'right to cool' bylaw to protect tenants during extreme heat events. Supportive

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.

✓ Enact a moratorium on AI data centres to protect our energy and water resources. Supportive

✓ Pursue available legal options to recover a fair share of the climate costs facing our community from fossil fuel companies and other big polluters. Supportive

✓ Collaborate with Indigenous peoples as partners in the stewardship of the land, air, and water, and work towards reconciliation. 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.

✓ Expand and protect tree canopy, parks, and green infrastructure to cool neighbourhoods, clean air, and manage stormwater. Supportive

Land Use

We envision vibrant, walkable communities that protect nature and improve food security.

✓ Build affordable homes near jobs, schools, shops, and transit. Supportive

✓ 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!).

✓ Advocate to improve regional public transit between communities. 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.

✓ Implement zero waste bylaws to divert organic waste and recyclables from disposal. Supportive

✓ Supportive

~ Neutral

× Opposed

– No response

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?

During this term, I have served as Council’s representative on the District’s Climate Action Advisory Committee, where I’ve had the opportunity to engage directly on issues including emissions reduction, climate adaptation, biodiversity and community resilience.

At Council, I have consistently supported investment in climate action, parks and trails, and advocated for clearer reporting and accountability around the District’s climate commitments. I have also supported expanding active transportation and creating safer, better-connected options for walking and cycling.

I’ve brought forward several initiatives with direct environmental benefits, including a motion asking the District to explore residential water metering as a way to encourage conservation and more responsible use of our water supply, and a motion to support making the District a Bird Friendly Community and further protect local biodiversity.

Personally, I’m an avid cyclist and strong believer in active transportation. As a lifelong North Vancouver resident and a father of two young children, protecting the natural environment that makes our community so special, while preparing it for the impacts of climate change, is very important to me.

Questions for North Vancouver (District of)

The District of North Vancouver is vulnerable to many climate-related risks (e.g., intense rainfall, flooding, sea level rise, wildfire, wildfire smoke, and extreme heat events). How will you address these risks to increase our community’s resilience?

The 2024 atmospheric river was a powerful reminder that climate change is already affecting our community. I will always remember the helpless feeling of watching neighbours’ homes being flooded and not knowing what more we could be doing. That experience reinforced for me that we need to be better prepared.

I support fully implementing the lessons and recommendations that came out of the District’s review of that event, including strengthening emergency response, improving communication with residents, and continuing to invest in stormwater, drainage and creek infrastructure.

More broadly, we need to build climate resilience into the way we plan and invest. That means ensuring new and existing infrastructure is designed for more frequent extreme weather, improving flood and sea-level-rise planning, protecting and restoring natural areas that help manage stormwater, and continuing wildfire prevention and forest management.

We also need strong plans for extreme heat and wildfire smoke, particularly for seniors and other vulnerable residents, including access to cooling and clean-air spaces.

Climate resilience needs to be considered in our long-term asset management and capital planning, not treated as a separate issue. Preparing now will help protect residents, infrastructure and our natural environment as these events become more frequent and severe.

Campaign contributions

Public records from Elections BC — 59 contributions totalling $29,632.85.

2022 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS

42 contributions · $15,000.00

Contributor	Date	Amount	Office	Jurisdiction
JORDAN BACK	Oct 10, 2022	$1,250.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
DENNIS BACK	Aug 8, 2022	$1,200.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
HOLLY BACK	Aug 8, 2022	$1,200.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
MIKE BOEHM	Aug 12, 2022	$250.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
DOUG BUCHANAN	Sep 23, 2022	$250.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
BRADY CARPENTER	Jun 22, 2022	$250.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
JANET CARSWELL	Jun 20, 2022	$100.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
JAMES CARTER	Aug 16, 2022	$500.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
MARK COOPER	Aug 10, 2022	$200.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
CRAIG CRAWFORD	Jun 29, 2022	$100.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
PETER DENNY	Jun 22, 2022	$100.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
BRAD ERAUTT	Aug 9, 2022	$1,250.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
GEOFF FAWKES	Oct 10, 2022	$100.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
LINDA FINDLAY	Sep 23, 2022	$250.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
LINDA FINDLAY	Jun 24, 2022	$100.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
DAVID FISCHER	Sep 21, 2022	$500.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
CYNDI GERLACH	Sep 27, 2022	$150.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
JOHN GILMOUR	Jun 24, 2022	$100.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
JAY INOUYE	Sep 22, 2022	$100.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
EILEEN JEVNING	Jun 22, 2022	$300.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
PATRICK JOHNSTONE	Sep 15, 2022	$100.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
LIAM KEAMS	Jun 16, 2022	$250.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
JOHN LAKES	Oct 6, 2022	$250.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
BRAD LAMOUREUX	Jun 27, 2022	$250.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
JIM LANCTOT	Sep 14, 2022	$250.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
MARCUS VANDER LEEK	Aug 11, 2022	$250.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
LORNE MACINNES	Jun 22, 2022	$1,250.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
JOEL MACLEAN	Sep 19, 2022	$1,250.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
DALE MCGAURAN	Jun 29, 2022	$100.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
COLIN METCALFE	Jul 28, 2022	$200.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
DARRELL MUSSATTO	Sep 26, 2022	$250.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
CHRIS PATRICK	Jul 9, 2022	$100.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
BRUCE PETERS	Jul 11, 2022	$500.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
STEVEN PETERSSON	Jul 20, 2022	$100.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
VINCENT SANTACROCE	Jun 17, 2022	$100.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
BETHANY SAUNDERS	Jun 16, 2022	$100.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
CRAIG SHERIDAN	Jul 1, 2022	$200.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
RONALD SLINGER	Sep 23, 2022	$100.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
REBECCA SMART	Jun 23, 2022	$100.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
BERT WALTER	Oct 3, 2022	$750.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
RICHARD WHITE	Sep 6, 2022	$200.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
NAOMI YAMAMOTO	Jun 16, 2022	$100.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF

2018 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS

17 contributions · $14,632.85

Contributor	Date	Amount	Office	Jurisdiction
JORDAN BACK	Aug 1, 2018	$2,400.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
DENNIS BACK	Aug 14, 2018	$1,200.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
CHRISTOPHER BARBATI	Oct 12, 2018	$500.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
MAX BRUCE	Oct 18, 2018	$500.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
SIGNY COATSWORTH	Sep 6, 2018	$1,000.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
JASON DAVISS	Oct 16, 2018	$500.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
ERNIE GAUVREAU	Oct 1, 2018	$250.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
GRAHAM GIBBENS	Oct 19, 2018	$1,200.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
MITCHELL MACKAY	Dec 12, 2018	$1,200.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
FARZAD MAZAREI	Oct 10, 2018	$1,000.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
JOHN MCCOMB	May 24, 2018	$482.85	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
TROY MONTEYNE	Dec 12, 2018	$700.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
CLAUDIA MORAWETZ	Sep 12, 2018	$200.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
ALLISON POPE	Dec 12, 2018	$1,000.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
SEYED DAVOUD MIR TAHERI	Sep 25, 2018	$1,200.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
RICHARD WHITE	Sep 5, 2018	$100.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF
DAVID WOLSTENHOLME	Sep 20, 2018	$1,200.00	COUNCILLOR	NORTH VANCOUVER, DISTRICT OF

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