Climate Action Now! has emailed its supporters a list of preferred candidates who they feel can best tackle climate change. For the Vernon Municipal elections, their highest scores were reserved for Brian Guy as a candidate for Councillor and Victor Cumming as a candidate for Mayor.
CAN! began the email by stating that the BC local government elections (municipal, regional and school district) on Saturday, October 15th 2022 are a “really important opportunity for climate action.” The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) estimates that over 50 percent of emissions are under the direct influence of local governments, in areas such as energy use in buildings, land use, transportation, waste, and food. Also, CAN! wrote, “since local governments are the level closest to the community, they are also on the front lines of response efforts when preparing for the impacts of climate change.”
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) estimates that over 50 percent of emissions are under the direct influence of local governments, in areas such as energy use in buildings, land use, transportation, waste, and food.
For the Vernon Municipal election, CAN! scored the candidates using this criteria:
- The CAN! pledge for four climate principles
- The SENS pre-forum Q&A
- The SENS/CAN! forum recording, or try https://fb.me/e/2IYCg5vGH: both on the SENS Facebook page.
- The Vital Vernon questionnaire’s ‘Environment’ questions, which are identical to the Vernon questions on the Green Okanagan questionnaire.
Reading through all of the above information, they then scored each candidate three times, based on:
- Experience: what they have done in their lives so far that shows experience in contributing meaningfully to climate action on Council – with relevant work on committees, boards and organizations feeling like the closest approximation to what they would be required to do on Council.
- Intention: what do their statements in questionnaires, forums and personal websites show in terms of well thought out plans for climate action on Council?
- Priority: What indication have they given of how high a priority climate action will be to them in their work on Council?
Five members of CAN! did their scoring separately, then met to discuss the results.
Brian is extremely pleased to have this endorsement, and urges all those who see climate action as a priority to vote for him on October 15th.
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