Jenna Stoner

* In 2019, I championed the motion to declare a Climate Emergency in the DOS which was passed unanimously.
* That motion lead to development of our Community Climate Action Plan and creation of the District's sustainability department.
* Long and active supporter of local food systems through Squamish Food Policy, school farm program, and Squamish CAN's school meal program and the Harvest Hub.
* Installed a landfill gas capture system that collects 75% of methane and accounted for 24% of our 2030 emissions reduction target.
* Supported the creation of a deconstruction bylaw that requires diversion of at least 80% of all demolition projects
* Continued support for improving safety and equity for all road users by expanding options for pedestrians, cyclists, buses, and cars.
* Worked with council, staff, and businesses to centre the Circular Economy as a core tenant of our local economic development plans.
* Supported Squamish adopting the highest level of the BC Zero Carbon Step Code so that new buildings can achieve low-emissions in ways that work for them.
* Actively working to electrify the District's vehicle fleet and ensure new municipal buildings are designed to be climate resilient and low-emissions.
* I have been a member of Climate Caucus since its inception in 2019, working with elected officials across the province to share resources, ideas, and work together to tackle climate change at the local level.

When the proposed 10-year financial agreement came to Council on September 22, I moved the motion to decline it. The core payments had no inflation protection, which would have shifted rising municipal costs onto local taxpayers. And in some years the contributions dropped below 7% of our tax requirement — not enough to cover our 10-year capital plan, let alone the recreation centre, performing arts centre, library and municipal hall this community is waiting on. I respect the work that District and WLNG staff put into those negotiations and the respectful working relationship we've built with the company, but that wasn't the right deal for our community.

Council's job is to protect Squamish's financial future, and if elected Mayor I will keep insisting on terms — or on standard taxation — that actually reflect what this community needs. It's impossible to state what a mill rate will be in future years as this is determined based on annual budget needs of the municipality. It is also important to note that the mill rate is not set for a specific company or land owner, it is set for a tax class (in this case WLNG is part of the Class 4 - Major Industry tax class) and mill rates can have significant impact on a community's ability to attract new business, so setting mill rates needs to be done based on strong budgeting principles and in the context of a clear economic development strategy.

Monitoring air quality and the evaluation of health impacts of air pollution are outside the scope of what local governments do and these responsibilities fall clearly in the jurisdiction of the Provincial and Federal governments. For the WLNG project, Squamish Nation is also a regulator and holds a unique and important role here too. I commit to continuing to work with and advocate to each of these orders of government to press them on delivering an effective air quality monitoring system to protect the health and safety of both Squamish residents, as well as neighbouring communities along the Átl'ḵa7tsem / Howe Sound. If this advocacy work is not successful, I also see good opportunity to work with the Squamish Lillooet Regional District (especially Area D) and the Átl'ḵa7tsem / Howe Sound Biosphere Region Initiative to further support the ongoing work of the University of Victoria Clean Air Lab and Vancouver Coastal Health on assessing the impacts of LNG on local air quality.

Our community adopted a growth management boundary (GMB) as part of the updated Official Community Plan in 2018 following extensive public engagement and discussion. I think that the GMB has been one of our strongest tools in managing the community's growth by limiting sprawl and, hence, reducing the very real environmental and fiscal costs of greenfield development. The OCP is now nearly a decade old and our community has experienced a lot of growth and change during that time, which is why I support an update of the OCP in the upcoming term. This will allow our community to have another in depth discussion about the growth management boundary and any potential changes. With respect to the three specific developments:
Garibaldi at Squamish: I am generally not supportive of this proposal. The proposal has been around since the '60s, has had many evolutions and I'm not familiar with the current proposal. The project is outside of Squamish's municipal boundary and would require an extension of our municipal boundary to Brohm Ridge to advance it, which goes against many of the core policies in the Official Community Plan and could have significant financial implications and risk.
Cheema Lands: I have not been supportive to date. Future discussions of these lands - and others on the periphery of the GMB - should be addressed through an update of the OCP.
North Crumpit: This project is inside our GMB and I have been supportive of the neighbourhood planning process for this proposed development.

We know that the financial impacts of extreme weather events driven by climate change are growing. In 2024, the Insurance Bureau of Canada showed insurance damage from extreme weather reached a record high of $8.5 billion dollars - and municipalities are carrying much of that burden when local infrastructure can't withstand our changing climate. Every dollar spent on adaptation can return $13-15 in avoided future costs, which is why spending now on resilient infrastructure is so important.
Squamish has strong plans in place for ensuring all major infrastructure projects are built with an eye to climate resiliency and I commit to continuing that approach. Some examples include:
- Firehall #1 and Emergency Operations Centre was built up and out of the flood plain.
- We paused and redesigned the new Public Works Facility so that it would adhere to flood construction level, because this critical building needs to withstand future emergencies.
- Invest annually in diking infrastructure as per the 2017 Flood Hazard Management Plan
- Updated our Community Wildfire Resilience Plan in 2026
- Support to the library and Brennan Park (when needed) to act as cooling centres and/or clean air centres during times of extreme heat and smokey skies.
Going forward I look forward to:
- Updating our multi-modal evacuation plan
- hold firm on hazard policies so new development steers away from high-risk areas
- partner and advocate with Province, Feds, and Squamish Nation to support this work so local tax payers don't carry these costs alone.

Reconciliation in Squamish rests on a relationship of trust that Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw and the District have carefully built over more than a decade. My first commitment is to protect that trust and keep building on it, through consistency, honesty and follow-through.
That relationship has grown step by step. In 2018 the District endorsed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In 2019 the two governments signed a Community Forest governance agreement. The Squamish Strong Protocol Agreement followed in 2023. In 2025 came a Memorandum of Understanding that affirms a government-to-government relationship on land stewardship, reconciliation and shared decision-making. The two governments have also worked together on flood protection, emergency planning and emergency response (such as through the Dryden Creek wildfire in 2025).
The MOU is not legally binding, so its strength depends on good faith. I will honour its commitments and continue to do the work that charts a path forward that will honour and respect that the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw have been stewards of these lands, air, and water since time immemorial, while also recognizing the fact that none of us are going anywhere and we need to work together to make Squamish a place we are all proud to call home.