Colleen Hardwick
Mayor · Vancouver
Kitsilano 68 yrs
About
Vancouver born, UBC grad. Started my own film company, which produced dozens of film and TV projects locally. Created PlaceSpeak, a location-based community consultation platform. Served on City Council 2018-2022.
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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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?
TEAM has supported outreach for neighbourhood recycling programs.
Questions for Vancouver
What is your position on gas hookups for new buildings?
TEAM supports reducing carbon emissions from new buildings, encourage electrification where there is the capacity, and where practical discourage the use of gas.
Will you vote to restore full funding for the Sustainability Office? In your view, what is the role of the Sustainability Office?
TEAM will review the administrative and organization of the City to ensure all departments are working consistently with policies that are within the scope of City.
What is your view on a moratorium on AI data centres, given the natural resources they require?
TEAM supports the moratorium on AI data centres until reviews of the impacts on infrastructure are completed and a legislative framework established.
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?
TEAM has extensive policies on planning and development to ensure that the City grows so it is affordable, livable and sustainable. TEAM will repeal the Villages Plan from the ODP and do neighbourhood-based community planning in every neighbourhood, primarily focused on existing neighbourhood centres.
What is your plan to create climate safeguards for all of Vancouver’s inhabitants, including the unhoused population?
TEAM will ensure that the City is sustainable and livable for all of the residents of Vancouver, no matter where they live in the city.
Campaign contributions
Public records from Elections BC — 41 contributions totalling $13,800.00.
2018 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS
41 contributions · $13,800.00
| Contributor | Date | Amount | Office | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOM ADAIR | Oct 17, 2018 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| ROBERT AMAR | Sep 12, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| MARK BENDER | Aug 23, 2018 | $500.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| MORRIS BIDDLE | Sep 7, 2018 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| CONNIE BROWN | Oct 11, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| JANE BRYANS | Jun 20, 2018 | $1,000.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| JANE CHARTERS | Aug 23, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| BENNY CIFELLI | Oct 11, 2018 | $500.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| CATHERINE CRAIG | Oct 4, 2018 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| ANNE-MARIE DEKKER | Aug 23, 2018 | $200.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| ARTHUR EVRENSEL | Oct 11, 2018 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| MARGURITE FORD | Aug 25, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| MURRAY GIBSON | Aug 23, 2018 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| MURRAY GIBSON | Oct 11, 2018 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| BLAKE GILKS | Aug 27, 2018 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| PAUL HANSEN | Oct 6, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| POUL HANSEN | Aug 29, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| DAVID HARDWICK | Aug 22, 2018 | $1,200.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| GEORGE HORIEL | Sep 19, 2018 | $500.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| TOM KINAHAN | Aug 23, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| BUZ KNOTT | Sep 20, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| PETER LACROIX | Aug 31, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| SUE BIDD LE | Sep 4, 2018 | $200.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| RUTH LEITHAL | Jul 6, 2018 | $1,200.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| DARLENE MARZARI | Oct 17, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| RICHARD MCCALLUM | Sep 20, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| DALE MCCLANAGAN | Aug 24, 2018 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| DALE MCCLANAGHAN | Oct 10, 2018 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| DIETER MUELLER | Aug 22, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| ELIZABETH MUELLER | Aug 22, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| PAT MUNTON | Oct 23, 2018 | $1,200.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| PERRY MUNTON | Oct 12, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| ROBERT MURDOCH | Oct 6, 2018 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| PATRICIA PALMER | Oct 17, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| JACQUELYN RENNER | Oct 11, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| STEVEN RODROZEN | Sep 30, 2018 | $300.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| STEVEN SACH | Jul 7, 2018 | $1,200.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| ZEV SHAFRAN | Jul 2, 2018 | $1,200.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| DON M UNTON | Oct 11, 2018 | $300.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| JACQUIE WECHSELBERGER | Oct 17, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
| JONATHAN WEISMAN | Oct 14, 2018 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | VANCOUVER |
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