North Vancouver (City) Candidate Survey Results | 2022 Municipal Elections | HUB Cycling: Bike Events, Education, Action in Metro Vancouver

<p>In this year's North Vancouver (City) municipal election, there are <strong>2 candidates for mayor and 11 candidates for council</strong>. City of North Vancouver electors will go to the polls to elect<strong> 1 mayor and 6 councillors.</strong></p>

<p>We reached out to candidates with publicly available contact information. The survey opened on September 13th, with responses accepted until September 23rd, and no responses were accepted afterwards.</p>

<p>The survey consisted of <strong>five </strong><strong>multiple choice</strong> <b>questions to find out what candidates support. </b>We also asked candidates <strong>four long answer questions</strong>, followed by an opportunity to leave additional comments.</p>

<p>The long answer questions were:</p>

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<li>What have you done, or will you do to advocate in support of active transportation infrastructure in your city and why?<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></li>

<li>What piece of bike infrastructure is needed next in your city?<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></li>

<li>What will you do to help achieve BC Road Safety Strategy’s Vision Zero? (the ultimate goal of zero traffic fatalities and zero serious injuries.)<span style="white-space:pre"> </span></li>

<li>HUB Cycling has released a Cycling Platform. Which focus areas and points do you endorse, and which ones do you disagree with?</li>

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<p><strong>The table below show answers to the multiple choice questions.</strong></p>

<p><a href="/sites/default/files/imce/northvancity-results.pdf">For a printer-friendly version, click here</a></p>

<h5>To view candidates' long answer responses, click <a href="/sites/default/files/imce/22_-_north_vancouver_city_election_long_answers.pdf">here</a>.</h5>

<h3><strong>Survey completion rate among candidates</strong></h3>

<p>Mayoral candidates: 1/2 (50%)<br />

Council candidates: 7/11 (82%)</p>

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<h2>North Vancouver (City) Survey Results</h2>

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<th class="tg-head2">Candidate</th>

<th class="tg-head">Do you think that your city's elected officials are doing enough to address transportation needs of future generations in light of the climate crisis & increases in transportation costs?</th>

<th class="tg-head">Will you work to ensure that everyone in your city has equitable access to safe cycling infrastructure?</th>

<th class="tg-head">Will you vote in favour of infrastructure projects that separate bicycles from cars and pedestrians in areas of high cycling potential?</th>

<th class="tg-head">The budget for bike infrastructure should...</th>

<th class="tg-head">Will you be a champion for active transportation on council?</th>

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<th class="tg-ind">Linda Buchanan (Mayor)</th>

<td class="tg-green">Increase</td>

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<th class="tg-ind">Tony Valente</th>

<td class="tg-green">Increase</td>

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<th class="tg-ind">Jessica McIlroy</th>

<td class="tg-green">Increase</td>

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<th class="tg-ind">Kathy McGrenera</th>

<td class="tg-green">Increase</td>

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<th class="tg-ind">Maxwell Lai</th>

<td class="tg-green">Increase</td>

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<th class="tg-ind">Jeremy Cato</th>

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<th class="tg-ind">Anna Boltenko</th>

<td class="tg-green">Increase</td>

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<th class="tg-ind">Angela Girard</th>

<td class="tg-green">Increase</td>

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<th class="tg-ind">Ron Polly</th>

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<th class="tg-ind">Shervin Shahriari</th>

<td class="tg-green">Increase</td>

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<h5><strong>View candidates' long-form answers <a href="/sites/default/files/imce/22_-_north_vancouver_city_election_long_answers.pdf">here</a>.</strong></h5>

<h2>Candidates that have endorsed our <a href="http://bikehub.ca/platform">Cycling Platform</a></h2>

<p><u>Holly Back</u>, <u>Linda Buchanan</u>, Maxwell Lai, Kathy McGrenera, <u>Jessica McIlroy</u>, Lailani Tumaneng (SB), <u>Tony Valente</u></p>

<p><u>Incumbents underlined</u></p>

<p><a href="/sites/default/files/imce/22_-_hub_cycling_platform_endorsement_reservations_0.pdf"><u><em>View additional comments and reservations</em></u></a></p>