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Martin Kendell
Businesses & Jobs
Artificial Intelligence & Data Centres
Martin Kendell's promises
The Burnaby Green Party are against AI-ready data centres being operated within the Burnaby city limits.
I pledge that I will not use AI programs such as ChatGPT or Gemini to create campaign content or respond to constituent questions.
Government Procurement
Martin Kendell's promise
Burnaby should aspire to support Canadian based businesses wherever possible.
Climate Change, Heat, Fires, & the Environment
Artificial Intelligence & Data Centres
Martin Kendell's promises
The Burnaby Green Party are against AI-ready data centres being operated within the Burnaby city limits.
I pledge that I will not use AI programs such as ChatGPT or Gemini to create campaign content or respond to constituent questions.
Green Space
Martin Kendell's promise
The Burnaby Green Party will mandate that a minimum 20 percent tree canopy be maintained throughout Burnaby's many neighbourhoods.
Walking & Cycling
Martin Kendell's promise
The Burnaby Green Party will encourage the City of Burnaby to finish a complete mobility (bike) lane network within 3 years, and pledge that every Burnaby street will have a sidewalk by 2031.
Community Centres, Libraries, Parks, and Other Public Spaces
Green Space
Martin Kendell's promise
The Burnaby Green Party will mandate that a minimum 20 percent tree canopy be maintained throughout Burnaby's many neighbourhoods.
Sidewalks & Bike Paths
Martin Kendell's promise
The Burnaby Green Party will encourage the City of Burnaby to complete its mobility (bike) lane network in the next 3 years, and that every Burnaby street will have a sidewalk by 2031.
Culture & Events
Festivals & Events
Martin Kendell's promises
Upgrade the lineup of the Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival and Canada Day Celebrations to include top selling musical acts.
(within reason, of course)
Public Art
Martin Kendell's promise
Request an audit of the current public art inventory and revamp the program as being gifted by property developers as a majority of the art is often uninspiring and derivative.
Local Government, Planning, & Democracy
Artificial Intelligence & Data Centres
Martin Kendell's promises
The Burnaby Green Party are against AI-ready data centres being operated within the Burnaby city limits.
I pledge that I will not use AI programs such as ChatGPT or Gemini to create campaign content or respond to constituent questions.
Budgeting
Martin Kendell's promise
Every taxpayer dollar deserves to be used with respect. Burnaby City Council needs to make sure to we get good value for our money and do things right the first time.
Good Governance
Martin Kendell's promise
I pledge to always be honest and transparent with Burnaby residents when it comes to the affairs at City Hall.
Government Procurement
Martin Kendell's promise
Burnaby should aspire to support Canadian based businesses wherever possible.
Long-Term Plan
Martin Kendell's promise
Burnaby should advocate for Translink to build a north-south Skytrain line from North Vancouver to Metrotown when sufficient funding is available.
Public Services
Waste Removal
Martin Kendell's promises
I will advocate that the City of Burnaby to review and revamp their littering bylaws along with their community cleanliness programs.
I will encourage the City of Burnaby to create a revamped grassroots community cleanliness program to its residents, business owners and visitors, along with increasing certain fines for littering and dumping.
Roads, Transit, & Getting Around
Sidewalks & Bike Paths
Martin Kendell's promise
The Burnaby Green Party will encourage the City of Burnaby to complete its mobility (bike) lane network in the next 3 years, and that every Burnaby street will have a sidewalk by 2031.
Walking & Cycling
Martin Kendell's promise
The Burnaby Green Party will encourage the City of Burnaby to finish a complete mobility (bike) lane network within 3 years, and pledge that every Burnaby street will have a sidewalk by 2031.
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Biography
submitted by the candidate or their team
I am proud to have called Burnaby home for the past 25 years with my wife and two children, and I aspire to represent the taxpayers of this great city in an honest and accountable manner.
Over the past five years, I have founded the Clean Up Burnaby Campaign, which has increased awareness of community cleanliness issues and removed over 3,500 pounds of garbage from the streets, parks and streams of this municipality. I successfully lobbied City Council to create a new bylaw regarding LED light pollution and was instrumental in getting the Mayor and Council to cancel their poorly conceived GRO facility proposal in Fraser Foreshore Park.
I am the only candidate in this election who has over a decade of customer service experience in a municipal government environment and know multiple ways that the City of Burnaby can much better serve its residents at very little added cost.
Promises
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Good Governance
I pledge to always be honest and transparent with Burnaby residents when it comes to the affairs at City Hall.
Walking & Cycling
The Burnaby Green Party will encourage the City of Burnaby to finish a complete mobility (bike) lane network within 3 years, and pledge that every Burnaby street will have a sidewalk by 2031.
Community Cleanliness
I will encourage the City of Burnaby to create a ground root community cleanliness program to its residents, business owners and visitors.
Reason for running
submitted by the candidate or their team
The quality of life in Burnaby has gotten worse as the years go by. City Council keeps approving developments that do not address Burnaby's affordable housing issue. The BCA has represented property developers for decades...it's time for someone to represent Burnaby's residents.
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