WHAT’S NEXT
Nanaimo will change over the next four years. Some of that change we can plan for. Some of it we can’t.
That’s one reason I don’t campaign with a long list of promises. My job is to understand the issue, listen carefully, ask good questions and make the best decision I can for the community I serve.
But you should know what guides me. For me, it comes down to three things:
Community
A city should work for the people who live here.
That means asking who benefits from the decisions we make, who bears the cost and who might be missing from the conversation.
It means housing people can afford, neighbourhoods where people feel safe, recreation and public spaces that bring us together, and streets that work for people of different ages and abilities. It means responding to homelessness, addiction and mental health with compassion and an honest understanding of their impacts.
I want Nanaimo to remain a place where people can belong.
Nature
Where we live is part of who we are.
Nanaimo is growing. The question is how we do it.
We can build more homes while protecting important natural areas, grow more compactly and make it easier to walk, cycle and take transit. Trees, wetlands and healthy ecosystems are not just beautiful — they make our community more resilient.
And there is something simpler: this place is beautiful, and that matters.
Economy
A strong community needs a strong economy.
Serving on the Nanaimo Prosperity Corporation Board has deepened my understanding of the opportunities and pressures facing our local economy — and allowed me to learn from people whose professional worlds are very different from mine.
I want Nanaimo to be a city where businesses can succeed, people can find good work and young people can imagine building their lives here. We can welcome investment and build a resilient economy while respecting the environmental limits of the place that sustains us.
The balance matters.
Community. Nature. Economy.
There will be times when those interests pull in different directions. That’s where the work is.
I don’t promise that every decision I make will please everyone. What I can promise is that I will do my homework, listen, be accessible, change my mind when the evidence warrants it, and make the decision I believe best serves Nanaimo.
You won’t always agree with me.