Party Achievements

2010-2020

• Climate Action Framework

• Prioritizing the environment

• Tenant Assistance Policy

• Secondary Suites Program

• Living Wage Program

• Burnaby one of only two cities in B.C. that operates debt-free

• Broad community engagement in the development of the City’s:

  • Economic Development Strategy

  • Social Sustainability Strategy

  • Environmental Sustainability Strategy

  • These key strategies informed the City’s Corporate Strategic Plan which guides staff planning for Burnaby.

• Burnaby Festival of Learning

• Stoney Creek enhancement

• Burnaby Lake dredging

• Stickleback Creek enhancement

• Started work on a Strategic Sustainability Plan (Education Trustees)

• First District to hire a District Vice Principal of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (Education Trustees)

• One of the first school districts in BC to adopt a Sexual Orientation Gender Identity (SOGI) policy (Education Trustees)

• Creation of over 700 before-and-after-school child care spaces

2000-2010

• Affordable Housing and Homelessness – A Response to Issues and Proposals

• McLean’s Magazine best run city in Canada (2009)

• Byrne Creek enhancement

• Glen-Lyon Creek enhancement

• Still Creek enhancement

• Chub Creek biofiltration ponds

• John Matthews Creek fish ladder

1990-2000

• Lion’s Mulberry Place non-market housing project

• Environmental remediation including Burnaby Lake and Still Creek

• First biofiltration ponds on Beaver Creek (Deer Lake)

• Creation of technology hub west of BCIT

1980-1990

• First Official Community Plan

• Groundwork to revitalize Edmonds as a Town Centre

• Fair Wages Policy

1970-1980

• Established Burnaby Mountain conservation area

• Construction of senior’s housing in Edmonds

• Expanded New Vista as a full-service senior’s care home, Burnaby’s first dedicated care home

• Land acquisition in Cariboo Road area to support housing under the National Housing Act

• Forest Grove Community Plan released

• Introduction of Community Schools (Education Trustees)

1960-1970

• First BCA majority Council

• Stopped rezoning for high-rises until a sociological and economic study has been concluded

• Made community consultation part of the municipal planning process

• Implemented long term planning goals including town centres as well as parks and recreation facilities for a growing population

• Groundwork for Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and Burnaby Art Gallery

• Facilitated construction of SFU and BCIT

• Advocacy for a regional growth strategy

1955-1960

• Advocated for long range municipal planning

• Advocated for more careful controls in the sale of municipal lands