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Tom Digby

Tom Digby

Park Board · Vancouver
Kitsilano 25 yrs

About

I'm currently the Chair of your independent elected Park Board running for re-election. Lawyer, long-time Green. Have lived in West Pt. Grey and Kitsilano for 25+ years with my wife and 2 daughters; spent 10 years abroad.

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.

✓ Support electrification of new buildings. Supportive
✓ Incentivize electric heat pumps and air filtration systems. Supportive
✓ 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.

✓ 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
✓ Prioritize native tree planting in all areas, especially those with low tree cover, higher population densities, and more vulnerable residents. Supportive
✓ Create connected urban greenways for people and wildlife. 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
✓ Increase food security by supporting local agriculture and community gardens. 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!).

✓ Deliver reliable, frequent, affordable local transit. Supportive
✓ Advocate to improve regional public transit between communities. Supportive
✓ Build bike and roll networks that are safe for everyone. 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.

✓ Support the development of a circular economy to eliminate waste and improve resilience. Supportive
✓ Implement bylaws to eliminate waste from new buildings, renovation, and demolition projects and to use existing buildings as efficiently as possible. 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?
Long time Green party member, committed to decarbonization and decolonization. Focused on enhancing urban ecosystems including tree canopy, pollinator corridors, community gardens and migratory pathways.

Questions for Vancouver

What is your position on gas hookups for new buildings?
Important Pete Fry and city council candidate issue...please refer to Green Party of Vancouver policy statements
Will you vote to restore full funding for the Sustainability Office? In your view, what is the role of the Sustainability Office?
Important Pete Fry and city council candidate issue...please refer to Green Party of Vancouver policy statements
What is your view on a moratorium on AI data centres, given the natural resources they require?
Important Pete Fry and city council candidate issue...please refer to Green Party of Vancouver policy statements
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?
Important Pete Fry and city council candidate issue...please refer to Green Party of Vancouver policy statements
What is your plan to create climate safeguards for all of Vancouver’s inhabitants, including the unhoused population?
Important Pete Fry and city council candidate issue...please refer to Green Party of Vancouver policy statements.

Campaign contributions

Public records from Elections BC — 11 contributions totalling $4,975.00.

2022 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS

11 contributions · $4,975.00

Contributor Date Amount Office Jurisdiction
ALI ARDAKANI Sep 18, 2022 $250.00 PARK BOARD COMMISSIONER VANCOUVER
THOMAS DIGBY Jul 18, 2022 $300.00 PARK BOARD COMMISSIONER VANCOUVER
JANET DIGBY Oct 11, 2022 $100.00 PARK BOARD COMMISSIONER VANCOUVER
DAMIAN KETTLEWELL Oct 12, 2022 $250.00 PARK BOARD COMMISSIONER VANCOUVER
DAVID LOUGH Aug 29, 2022 $500.00 PARK BOARD COMMISSIONER VANCOUVER
DREW MEIKLE Oct 19, 2022 $100.00 PARK BOARD COMMISSIONER VANCOUVER
PAULA PRYCE Jul 20, 2022 $1,200.00 PARK BOARD COMMISSIONER VANCOUVER
JUDY PRYCE Aug 2, 2022 $1,000.00 PARK BOARD COMMISSIONER VANCOUVER
TERESA PRYCE Aug 6, 2022 $750.00 PARK BOARD COMMISSIONER VANCOUVER
CONRAD PRYCE Aug 9, 2022 $500.00 PARK BOARD COMMISSIONER VANCOUVER
PAULA PRYCE Jul 3, 2022 $25.00 PARK BOARD COMMISSIONER VANCOUVER

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