1. Longer range planning, incorporate climate change.

2. Plan for adaptation and flexibility.

3. Encourage use of rapid transit

1. Strong densification plan.

2. Integrated land use, transportation plan.

3. Stronger/enforceable regional governance.

1. Plan/zone community around protected transportation hubs.

2. Complete integrated regional cycling and walking network.

3. More public transit.

1. Encourage public to embrace the vision through democratic decision making.

2. Change funding priorities, require inter/intra governmental support.

3. Require full cost pricing for autos.

1. Improve / create bike infrastructure.

2. Encourage adherence to compact growththrough transport supply decisions.

3. Better use of infrastructure (efficient pricing and re-allocation of road space).

1. Invest in sector(s) showing advantages.

2. Diversify economy.

3. Support social entrepreneurship.

4. Create new education programs for new economic reality.

1. Fostering entrepreneurship / paradigm shift.

2. Marketing and development plan for economic hub.

3. Regional economic plan inc. housing supply.

1. Invest in online education.

2. Implement integrated local organic food program.

3. Sustainable distribution / gateway.

1. Promote sustainability with the public and through economic incentives.

2. Apply concept of eco limits to the economy and ALR protection.

3. Encourage private sector sharing of innovation outside of the region.

4. Support local industries and innovation.

1. Protect industrial lands.

2. Protect productive farmland.

3. Less subsidization of "traditional" old industries.

1. Advance only if you can pay for it.

2. Rationalize delivery of services and eliminate duplication.

3. Innovative financing mechanisms.

4. Increase transparency and accountability of processes / decisions.

1. Fair and effective funding model.

2. Fewer municipalities.

3. Cut red tape; simplify regulations and policies.

4. Integrated regional plans with TEETH.

1. Expanded role in regional delivery of services where appropriate.

2. Prioritize infrastructure based on innovation.

1. Limited municipal amalgamation.

2. Greater process for reporting out and engaging citizens in decision making.

3. Tax and cost base sharing..

1. Penalties for non-compliance of LRSP.

2. Direct link between land use and transportation planning.

3. Clear definition of roles and responsibilities.

4. Community inclusive municipal process.

1. In MV regional growth plan, all regions to develop a comprehensive, integrated and personal approach to drugs and crime.

2. Develop task force of government NGOs, business and community to address regional solutions towards vision.

3. Support community courts.

1. Support/fund local network of users in region

2. Supportive housing, mental health and addiction.

3. Lobby for federal implementation of senate recommendations on decriminalization of drugs.

1. Treatmentcentres.

2. Collaborative community process.

3. Aboriginal rights - push government toolbox; use cultural practices to connect.

1. Provide funding for projects and programs in different communities to collaborate on unique projects (e.g.: drum pieces in community).

2. Ensure adequate affordable housing/spaces for creative activity.

3. Multicultural early childhood education in schools (ex: language, arts, ritual, history).

4. More social services involved in multicultural community.

1. Support neutral public spaces, arts and cultural diversity through increased funding.

2.Lobby government to change immigration and refugee policy.

3. Support/promote democratic process.

1. Extend meaningful invitations between cultures.

2. Include offerings of different cultures in schools and other places.

3. Effectively promote and engage young people in events that bring the community together.

1. Revisit legislation regarding minimum size regulations.

2. Develop education program to get people thinking 'regionally' about building village-style complete communities.

3. Government built 'starter'-type buildings.

1. Federal/provincial non-market housing supply program.

2. Promote region-wide land trust and promote donations through revised tax donations as currently done with conservation donations.

3. Tax breaks for capital investments in purpose-built rental housing federally.

1. Combat NIMBYISM.

2. Mixed housing, incomes, ages.

3. Policies to accommodatechanges in development.

1. Regulatory review; remove barriers to innovation/diversification and shift responsibility to producers.

2. Enforce existing disposal bans and educate.

3. Ban organics from landfills.

1. Regional composting.

2. Ban non-recyclable packaging (label standards).

3. Towards closed-loop cycle production through accountability and EPR.

1. Change public behavior through communication and market incentives with focus on waste reduction.

2. Integrate life-cycle/cost benefit analysis into waste management planning.

3. All infrastructure planning recover resources and reduce GHGs.

1. Educate and engage all sectors to understand waste management opportunities, responsi- bilities and choices.

2. Facilitate initiatives that support closed loop systems; incentives, legislation, public-private partners.

1. Encourage and support intelligent infrastructure, including densification, transportation and energy alternatives.

2. Incorporate resilient and adapting systems.

3. Reduce dependency on/exposure to fossil fuels.

1. Show why it is in everyone's best interest to reduce consumption.

2. Perform full cost analysis on any energy alternatives to guide user pay principles and gu

3. Develop complete dense communities that include transit/car alternatives.

1. Generate own clean energy locally.

2. Make energy use visible through meaningful measurement (energy watchers).

3. Target the largest energy guzzlers through targeted incentives and penalties if needed.

1. Work to eliminate subsidized fossil fuel energy and price according to true costs.

2. No fuel in landfills.

3. Support carbon tax - incorporate into municipal tax.

1. Engage private sector to create a value added and creative economy.

2. Make ecological health personal, fun and exciting.

3. Regulatory framework to promote ecological accountability.

1. Implement urban containment area that manages growth.

2. Implement a coordinatedbiodiversity conservation strategy (aquatic and terrestrial) involving all stakeholders.

3. Funding for environmental programs and projects.

1. Actions around habitat protection and rehabilitation.

2. Promote sustainable local food production -ALR.

3. Promote eco-density - establish growth boundaries.

1. Bylaws and incentives to re-frame development leaving a net benefit to ecological health.

2. Preservegreenspace and agricultural land.

3. Use UBCM process to set priorities at the provincial level.