Dear Candidates, invest in sustainability

In the 2022 Civic election, all Winnipeg candidates were asked to answer yes or no to the following questions:

  1. Will you ensure the City of Winnipeg Office of Sustainability staff levels are in line with other major cities so they have the resources needed to achieve Winnipeg’s GHG reduction targets?
  2. Will you create a community advisory council as recommended in Winnipeg’s Climate Action Plan and Community Energy Investment Roadmap (CEIR)?
  3. Will you commit to allocating budget to projects recommended by the Community Energy Investment Roadmap (CEIR)?
  4. Will you ensure that a climate action lens is applied to your decision-making?

THE COMMITMENT TO INVEST IN SUSTAINABILITY IS STRONG IN WINNIPEG

Everyone who responded said YES to all 4 questions.

You decide what message no response sends.

Here are the elected candidates who said yes to investing in sustainability, and here are those that did not even respond (you can decide for yourself what that means).

YES TO SUSTAINABILITY

  • Brian Mayes (St. Vital)*
  • Sherri Rollins (Fort Rouge- East Fort Garry)
  • Ross Eadie (Mynarski)
  • John Orlikow (River Heights-Fort Garry)
  • Vivian Santos (Point Douglas)
  • Scott Gillingham (Mayor)
  • Evan Duncan (Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood)

 

* Mayes is Chair of Water and Waste Committee which is where the Office of Sustainability report to.

NO RESPONSE

  • Markus Chambers (St. Norbert-Seine River)
  • Jason Schreyer (Elmwood- East Kildonan)
  • Matt Allard (St.Boniface)
  • Janice Lukes (Waverly West)
  • Jeff Browaty (North Kildonan)
  • Cindy Gilroy (Daniel McIntyre)
  • Devi Sharma (Old Kildonan)
  • Shawn Dobson (St James)
  • Russ Wyatt (Transcona)

 

May this election mark a turning point for Winnipeg taking sustainability and climate action seriously by investing in it.

Here are the candidates who responded yes to investing in sustainability:

MAYOR YES TO SUSTAINABILITY Chris Clacio Rick Shone Scott Gillingham Rana Bokhari Glen Murray Robert-Falcon Ouellette Shaun Loney NO RESPONSE Don Woodstock Jenny Motkaluk Kevin Klein Idris Adelakun
FORT ROUGE-EAST FORT GARRY YES TO SUSTAINABILITY Sherri Rollins Michael Thompson MYNARSKI YES TO SUSTAINABILITY Steve Snyder Aaron McDowell Ross Eadie Natalie Smith Ed Radchenka NORTH KILDONAN YES TO SUSTAINABILITY Andrew Podolecki NO RESPONSE Jeff Browaty OLD KILDONANA NO RESPONSE Devi Sharma
ST JAMES YES TO SUSTAINABILITY Kelly Ryback Daevid Ramey Eddie Ayoub NO RESPONSE Shawn Dobson Tim Diack ST VITAL YES TO SUSTAINABILITY Brian Mayes Baljeet Sharma Derrick Dujlovic TRANSCONA YES TO SUSTAINABILITY Shawn Nason Steve Lipischak Wally Welechenko NO RESPONSE Russ Wyatt
YES TO SUSTAINABILITY Brad Gross Evan Duncan NO RESPONSE Hal Anderson Gordon Penner Steven Minion DANIEL MCINTYRE YES TO SUSTAINABILITY Omar Kinnarath Sal Infantino NO RESPONSE Cindy Gilroy ELMWOOOD-EAST KILDONAN YES TO SUSTAINABILITY Ryan Kochie NO RESPONSE Jason Schreyer WAVERLY WEST YES TO SUSTAINABILITY Pascal Scott NO RESPONSE Janice Lukes
POINT DOUGLAS YES TO SUSTAINABILITY Joe Pereira Vivian Santos NO RESPONSE Moe Eltassi RIVER HEIGHTS-FORT GARRY YES TO SUSTAINABILITY John Orlikow Brant Field Gary Lenko ST BONIFACE YES TO SUSTAINABILITY Nicholas Douklias NO RESPONSE Matt Allard Barcel Boille ST NORBERT-SEINE RIVER NO RESPONSE Markus Chambers
CURRENTLY ON COUNCIL AND RUNNING YES TO SUSTAINABILITY Brian Mayes Sherri Rollins Ross Eadie John Orlikow Vivian Santos Shawn Nason Scott Gillingham NO RESPONSE Markus Chambers Jason Schreyer Matt Allard Janice Lukes Jeff Browaty Kevin Klein Devi Sharma Cindy Gilroy

These questions were based on the Dear Winnipeg, invest in sustainability campaign where over 90 organizations signed an open letter.

You too can join the ongoing campaign to help make sure the elected candidates follow through and invest in sustainability.

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