I hit the campaign trail today with my sister (official photographer) to attend the Bowker Creek Brush-Up, an annual favourite of mine and such a wonderful event that showcases the immense talent of our local artists and their work. I enjoyed bumping into friends Daphne Goode (formerly of Shaw Cable), Victor Lotto, popular local Oak Bay artist, Diana and Michael Butler (Diana was a former Oak Bay Mayor) and other candidates Esther Paterson and Andrew Stinson. The weather was perfect,…
Monthly Archives: August 2018
URBAN DEER IN OAK BAY IN 2018
Urban deer in Oak Bay, 2018 As a candidate for Oak Bay Council, I have been asked for my position on deer management in Oak Bay. I support the current program in place, first adopted by Oak Bay Council in late 2016, a three-way partnership between Oak Bay municipality, the non-profit Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society (UWSS) and the Province. The partnership provides cost shared funding from the Province to research and test a non-lethal, evidence and science based method of…
2018 Oak Bay Council Campaign
2018 Oak Bay Council Campaign Local government, whether it’s municipal or regional, has the unique advantage of being closest to the people and communities it serves. And the smaller the community, the more everyday opportunities elected representatives have to engage with residents. In Oak Bay, opportunities to meet and share with each other occur through community activities, events, volunteerism, membership in local organizations or gathering places, to name just a few. For local government, healthy public engagement results in more…