Ron Mattson

Ron Mattson

Council · View Royal
View Royal 40 yrs

About

Ron has served as VR Councillor for 29 years and has more than 25 years of program and project management and policy analysis with BC Government. Lived in VR since 1978 with wife, Linda, and daughter Sarah. Masters degree in Public Administration.

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.

✓ 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.

✓ Enact a moratorium on AI data centres to protect our energy and water resources. 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.

✓ Protect and restore ecosystems, which are essential to human survival, health, and economic well-being. Supportive
✓ Prioritize native tree planting in all areas, especially those with low tree cover, higher population densities, and more vulnerable residents. Supportive
Land Use

We envision vibrant, walkable communities that protect nature and improve food security.

✓ Upgrade critical infrastructure for heat, fire, flood, and storm resilience. 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!).

✓ Advocate to improve regional public transit between communities. Supportive
Watersheds

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.

✓ Implement water conservation plans and educate the public to conserve drinking water. Supportive
✓ Protect and restore watersheds as vital municipal infrastructure. 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
✓ 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?
Global warming is real and Town treats it as an intensifying crisis and has committed to achieving corporate carbon neutrality by 2030, and prioritizes climate mitigation in municipal planning. One example is the town's ongoing expansion of its EV fleet. As a member of Council I supported the towns progress towards carbon neutrality and will continue to do so. On a personal level I have an electric car and heat my home with a heat pump, have moved away from gas powered tools, but I can and will do more.

Questions for View Royal

What would you do to alleviate the traffic congestion throughout View Royal?
Council made a number of safety and transportation enhancements including traffic circle on 6 mile road with plans for additional safety measures, new sidewalk on Atkins Road, lowering speed limits in many areas of the Town, promoting use of the E&N corridor for rail and pedestrian and cycle use, and sought public input on a new Master Transportation Plan for how to improve overall transportation efficiency and encourage commuter traffic to utilize regional and rapid transit corridors. I support these initiatives and will continue to do so.
Have you actively participated in any of the Town's surveys, workshops, etc on the OCP, the Urban Forest Strategy, Climate Action Plan, Active Transportation Plan, Strategic Plan? How important are these subjects to you?
As a member of Council I participated in many of these planning initiatives. These plans are essential component of Council's decision making process. Our residents have had a hand in developing our planning documents and it is important that their views and recommendations are used in decisions on the future of our town.
To what degree would you support the recovery of climate-change-related costs from polluters, to lessen the related burden on View Royal taxpayers?
On June 6, 2023 Council voted to work with other local governments to bring a class action lawsuit against Big Oil for a share of municipal climate change costs. The motion also include $1 per resident towards the cost of a law suite once sufficient other municipalities were on board. I supported and will continue to support this initiative.

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