Smart Growth
Development, housing, and community life — sequenced with the infrastructure to support it.
Growth & Development
Fifteen years since they were planned, our growth centres haven't turned out as desired — Lynn Creek & Lions Gate centres lack even a grocery store amidst the towers, while Lynn Valley & Maplewood centres feel disjointed
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Focus growth in transit-oriented centres and corridors, and invest in supporting infrastructure & placemaking
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Ensure better outcomes in our town and village centres, including the types of residential units needed (size & affordability), and essential shops, services, and amenities within a short walk or cycle
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Accelerate the buildout of the Marine Drive corridor as a complete mixed-use neighbourhood with affordable medium density housing near high-quality transit and new urban amenities
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Examine ways to better integrate Lynn Creek Town Centre with Capilano University, as the gateway to DNV
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Protect and enhance our mountain-oriented neighbourhoods, while improving mobility and access to services
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Find ways for longtime residents to downsize within their neighbourhoods, or elsewhere within DNV
Housing & Affordability
We must continue to work to ensure that affordable housing options are delivered in the District of North Vancouver. Locations near the expanded rapid transit system will be favourable for housing, as the financial burden of car ownership can also be reduced when there are strong alternative options for getting around.
- Collaborate with all stakeholders to find innovative ways to advance new housing, utilizing cost-effective building materials and policy tools to create new options for our residents and workers in accessible locations
Parks & Outdoor Recreation
North Vancouver's trails and mountains are one of the biggest reasons people choose to live here — but growing use, erosion, and inconsistent planning mean we risk loving them to death if we don't manage that growth properly.
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Support the sustainable maintenance and use of our trail networks
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Work with approved user groups to improve trails, reduce erosion, and enhance signage and mapping
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Look for opportunities to create new long-distance hiking routes
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Complete the Spirit Trail to Deep Cove based on good planning principles
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Work collaboratively with Grouse Mountain and Mount Seymour on sustainable long-range plans
Environment & Sustainability
As the North Shore grows, we can't treat environmental protection as an afterthought — every growth and infrastructure decision needs to account for habitat, climate risk, and a wildfire threat that's only getting more serious.
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Continue to support the transition away from fossil fuels
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Locate new municipal traffic-generating investments in transit-oriented locations
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Promote active modes through investment in complementary infrastructure
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Create a long-term plan identifying ecologically sensitive sites for protection and developed sites that would contribute to significant habitat restoration goals
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Revisit our wildfire protection plan based on recent best practices
Governance & Economy
Making sure the North Shore isn't left carrying costs and consequences it didn't create.
Regional Governance
We're being stuck with the heaviest burden of paying for the wastewater treatment plant's cost overruns, despite no direct accountability to North Shore voters at Metro Vancouver.
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Hold our Metro representatives accountable based on the findings of an inquiry
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Reform the system so the burden of regional infrastructure overruns is carried by all members of the region
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Work collaboratively with other regional leaders and the province to create a new, accountable governance structure at Metro Vancouver and ensure that the North Shore is never again faced with the costs of poor decision making by leadership
Local Economic Development
Traffic gridlock has cost North Vancouver real jobs, investment and tax revenue over the past decade.
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Work with the Chamber of Commerce on a renewed strategy to market North Vancouver as a top location for business, harnessing the strength of our assets (skilled workforce, rail transit, recreation)
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Renew the business tax base to reduce the burden on residential taxpayers
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Create new employment opportunities for North Vancouver residents and ease our commutes
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Prioritize new employment locations near rapid transit to reduce traffic
One North Van
We are all North Vancouverites, whether from the District or City — reunification of the two jurisdictions is our destiny.
- Reduce inefficiencies and duplication in planning, engineering, infrastructure, and political processes (exemplified by Delbrook and Harry Jerome recreation centres, built 1.7km apart, duplicating many facilities, but neither offering the 50m pool residents wanted)
- Committed to holding a plebiscite on amalgamation at the next municipal election in 2030