Carolynne Clark
About
Policy commitments
We all want healthy, affordable, and comfortable homes. These policies will help to lower energy bills, cut pollution, and improve indoor air quality.
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.
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.
We envision vibrant, walkable communities that protect nature and improve food security.
Connecting neighbourhoods through public transit and active transportation networks will cut pollution, improve public health, and make our communities more affordable (and fun!).
Climate change, increasing populations, and overconsumption threaten our water security. Healthy watersheds and forests are critical to support clean drinking water, stormwater management, climate resilience, and biodiversity for future generations.
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.
Climate action
Home examples – I have driven an electric vehicle for the past 10 years. We have planted fruit trees, maintain a vegetable garden and use rain barrels to reduce our reliance on treated water for watering. I teach my children to reduce first, then reuse before recycling - last year’s Halloween decorations were made from a shipping crate & pallet that we had received; those materials have since been repurposed again into a dog house & my campaign signs.
I prioritize thrift and consignment shopping & organize carpools for my children’s after-school activities. To me, climate action is about making sustainable choices that are realistic, accessible and become part of everyday life.
Questions for View Royal
We also need to invest in realistic alternatives to driving. While we have many great cycling options, the local connection to get to these routes is often challenging. I am currently working with the Shoreline Middle School PAC and the CRD’s Ready, Step, Roll program improve non-car based routes to school.
Importantly, we need to make sure growth is matched with the infrastructure needed to support it.
I believe resident feedback is critical to good municipal planning. Residents experience their neighbourhoods every day, they often identify issues, gaps & unintended impacts that may not be apparent at a broader planning level. Engagement is also an important opportunity to identify where information has not been communicated clearly or where residents may not fully understand how proposed changes will affect them.
I see this as a very similar to the lawsuits brought against tobacco companies, where they were ultimately challenged over the costs their products imposed on society. Municipalities are facing significant costs related to climate impacts, those who have contributed substantially to the problem should be part of the conversation about paying for those costs.
View Royal taxpayers should not be expected to shoulder the full financial burden of a global problem when there are legitimate opportunities to seek accountability and cost recovery.
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