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Tara Shushtarian on Facebook Climate and Social justice drives my policy as i see inequity as a major block to progress. We need to move away from fossil fuels and a just transition for well paying jobs. In turn i would want to see housing and transportation as universal services where we can live affordably and transit without leaving a large carbon footprint.
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Tara Shushtarian
Green for Burnaby Council
Climate Change
Active Transportation
Green's promises
Create 30 km per year of sidewalks
Provide secure bike lock ups and showers so teachers may cycle to work
Create a "Bike Library" so kids of any age can have a bike to ride
Create car free zones near schools
Create 30 km per year of separated cycling paths
Complete safe sidewalk network around each school
Energy-Efficient Buildings & Retrofits
Tara Shushtarian's promises
Monitor carbon emissions from old buildings and set a cap or target to lower building emissions to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
Preferably encourage no fossil fuel gas hookups in new builds.
Speed initiatives for installation of electric heat pumps for all housing needs
Improve building envelope and doors and windows insulation.
Green's promise
Make buildings more energy efficient (geothermal, heat pumps, solar)
Flooding
Tara Shushtarian's promises
Urban forest management and creeks and embankment revitalization to abate soil erosion.
Storm drain improvement.
Green Space
Green's promise
Preserve and enhance Burnaby's green spaces
Parking
Green's promise
Create by-law to require/encourage every parking lot to have charging stations
Urban Heat
Green's promises
Preserve and enhance Burnaby's green spaces
Expand Burnaby's green canopy
Housing & Homelessness
Affordability
Green's promises
Speed up development approval for affordable housing
Create more co-ops, purpose built rental housing, and subsidized housing for complex needs.
Fil in the "missing middle"
Co-Op Housing
Green's promise
Create more co-op housing
Property Taxes
Green's promise
Hold the line on taxes
Public Housing
Green's promise
Create more co-ops, purpose built rental housing, and subsidized housing for complex needs.
Rental Stock
Green's promise
Create more purpose built rental housing
Public Spaces & Services
Green Space
Green's promise
Preserve and enhance Burnaby's green spaces
Transit & Getting Around
Active Transportation
Green's promises
Create 30 km per year of sidewalks
Provide secure bike lock ups and showers so teachers may cycle to work
Create a "Bike Library" so kids of any age can have a bike to ride
Create car free zones near schools
Create 30 km per year of separated cycling paths
Complete safe sidewalk network around each school
Parking
Green's promise
Create by-law to require/encourage every parking lot to have charging stations
Biography
submitted by the candidate or their team
My multi ethnic family and i are long time proud Burnaby residents. I have been been involved in campaigns such as the climate emergency declaration and All on Board affordable Transit campaign. Currently i sit on the board of WE-CAN , FVC and the Burnaby Environment cmte.
As Burnaby residents for twenty years, my family and I are proud of our multiethnic municipality. I am running to enact progressive policies on key issues like affordable housing, childcare, accessible transit, and creating more separated bike lanes, cycling corridors, and pedestrian sidewalks. A climate and social justice activist, I have worked on many campaigns including the BC Poverty Reduction Plan, which has been adopted into legislation; climate campaigns to get municipalities, including Burnaby, to declare a Climate Emergency and endorse the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty; and the “All on Board” campaign for accessible, affordable transit. I also worked with the BC Centre For Palliative Care as a South Asian advisor for their Advanced Care Plan. Currently, I sit on Burnaby City Council’s Environment Committee, the West Coast Climate Action Network board, and the Fair Vote Canada board. A film aficionado, I am part of the New West Film Society.
Reason for running
submitted by the candidate or their team
We are in a housing crisis and cities are at the helm of climate change . We need more affordable and equitable housing ,reliable , affordable, transit,accelerated cycling and walking infrastructure, functional urban villages with amenities and preservation of nature .
Hello I'm Tara Shushtarian and am excited to be running as a city councillor for the Burnaby Greens.
I am privileged to live on the foot of Burnaby mountain, unceded coast salish lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tseil-Waututh nations.
Being a climate and social justice activist
I am running for Council because we are facing an increasing housing crisis and we are in a climate emergency .
Our housing crisis needs to be addressed with urgency.
We need developement , of more affordable purpose built rental units , where you don't spend more than 1/3rd of your income on your rent.
We have to be bold and ambitious in our zoning for more middle infill housing like townhomes , coops , laneway homes and prefabricated homes to accomodate the housing needs of young families , seniors , young couples and the underhoused.
Innovative housing partnerships like the current one with the BCGEU are crucial. And we need to explore other not for profit partners whose goal goes beyond a profit margin.
As we can see cities are at the forefront of mitigating climate disasters
We need climate resilient plans such as urban villages where you can access affordable housing, employment, childcare and amenities like your grocer, doctor salon ,restaurants all within a 15 min radius of walking, biking or transit.
We need to prioritize accelerated walking and cycling infrastructure, to expand active transportation , preferably by 30km per year.
Increase the accessibility and reliability of transit by implementing dedicated bus lanes and the affordability of transit by subsidised bus passes for the under employed.
Incentives and installation of low energy systems like heat pumps into mainstream housing to reduce rising energy costs.
Preservation of our greenscapes, tree canopy and the health of our streams.
I believe all stakeholders have a voice at the table, be they politicians , city planners advocates but most importantly we the people . Please vote for Tara Shushtarian for Burnaby Greens on October 15th.
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