Annette Reilly
Council · Vancouver
Hastings-Sunrise 10 yrs
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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Incentivize electric heat pumps and air filtration systems.
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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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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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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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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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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 am a regular volunteer with Free the Fern in Champlain Heights. I just discovered Trash Talks a few months ago and have gone out to help clean up Grandview Park. I have been engaging with the eco groups within the film industry to figure out a pathway to more sustainable production. I have several motions in the works that would incentivize the film industry to reduce their massive amounts of waste and help facilitate the distribution of food waste to those in need.
My family uses buy-nothing groups and other market groups to buy second hand first. We are keen recyclers, making sure we take our recycling to the right facilities so they will be properly recycled.
I made a children's tv series last year (Make Believable) where we had several episodes teaching kids about up-cycling and turning recycled items into art work.
My family uses buy-nothing groups and other market groups to buy second hand first. We are keen recyclers, making sure we take our recycling to the right facilities so they will be properly recycled.
I made a children's tv series last year (Make Believable) where we had several episodes teaching kids about up-cycling and turning recycled items into art work.
Questions for Vancouver
What is your position on gas hookups for new buildings?
I'd like the city to stay as far away from gas as possible with their new builds. I spoke to this at council...twice.
Will you vote to restore full funding for the Sustainability Office? In your view, what is the role of the Sustainability Office?
YES. This office is essential to monitoring the City's environmental impact and helping create a framework for climate and environmental objectives. They lead and coordinate our Climate Emergency Action Plan and help bring climate equity into policy.
What is your view on a moratorium on AI data centres, given the natural resources they require?
We don't have enough information yet to determine how these huge data centres affect our residents. This needs to be our number one concern. Until we have more information and can develop the policy framework to properly regulate these buildings, keeping our natural resources in mind specifically, we should not approve any AI data centres within Vancouver.
Given the “controversy” of the Villages Plan, how do you envision accommodating the population growth of the City while dealing with the impacts of climate change?
Vancouver needs to accommodate population growth, and creating more complete, walkable neighbourhoods where people can access daily needs close to home is an important part of reducing emissions.
But different parts of Vancouver have different climate needs, so growth cannot be approached with a one-size-fits-all model.
As we add housing, climate resilience needs to be built into neighbourhood planning from the beginning. In areas with low tree canopy and greater heat exposure, that means protecting mature trees, expanding canopy, adding green space, and ensuring access to cooling and clean-air spaces. In areas vulnerable to flooding, that means investing in drainage, green rainwater infrastructure, flood protection and resilient public infrastructure.
Growth also needs to be matched with the services and infrastructure that make complete communities work: reliable transit, safe walking and cycling routes, parks, childcare, community facilities and public gathering spaces.
But different parts of Vancouver have different climate needs, so growth cannot be approached with a one-size-fits-all model.
As we add housing, climate resilience needs to be built into neighbourhood planning from the beginning. In areas with low tree canopy and greater heat exposure, that means protecting mature trees, expanding canopy, adding green space, and ensuring access to cooling and clean-air spaces. In areas vulnerable to flooding, that means investing in drainage, green rainwater infrastructure, flood protection and resilient public infrastructure.
Growth also needs to be matched with the services and infrastructure that make complete communities work: reliable transit, safe walking and cycling routes, parks, childcare, community facilities and public gathering spaces.
What is your plan to create climate safeguards for all of Vancouver’s inhabitants, including the unhoused population?
Climate safety has to include everyone, including people who do not have a home to retreat to.
I support climate-safe public spaces and buildings in every neighbourhood, with more cooling, shade and clean-air infrastructure for extreme heat and wildfire smoke, especially for those most at risk.
For unhoused residents, that means low-barrier daytime spaces where people (and their pets!) can get out of dangerous weather, access services and connect with housing supports. I also support small-scale shelter villages with private cabins, sanitation and on-site supports.
More broadly, Vancouver needs more tree canopy, resilient public buildings, better stormwater management and infrastructure designed for heat, flooding and sea-level rise.
I support climate-safe public spaces and buildings in every neighbourhood, with more cooling, shade and clean-air infrastructure for extreme heat and wildfire smoke, especially for those most at risk.
For unhoused residents, that means low-barrier daytime spaces where people (and their pets!) can get out of dangerous weather, access services and connect with housing supports. I also support small-scale shelter villages with private cabins, sanitation and on-site supports.
More broadly, Vancouver needs more tree canopy, resilient public buildings, better stormwater management and infrastructure designed for heat, flooding and sea-level rise.
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