Councillor Daniel Fontaine is calling for a voluntary declaration and pledge form each year that tallies their carbon emissions, such as how many plane trips they took or how they travelled to work.
The idea would be to create a declaration and pledge form for all members of council outlining their travel habits such as planes, trains, and vehicles for personal and business trips. The councillors would also list their vehicle ownership as either electric, hybrid, or a fossil-fuel based car.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
“If we are declaring a climate emergency, which we have, and then heading off on an African Safari or going to the Galapagos then we need to ask ourselves, is it really an emergency to the point that I’m willing to make a change in my own personal travel habits so that I’m not adding to the kind of greenhouse gas emissions that effectively the planet can no longer cope with?”
Fontaine says such a move would make New Westminster a leader in openness and transparency regarding public disclosure of the estimated carbon footprint of elected officials, and the declaration form could serve as a template for elected officials in other orders of government. Fontaine’s motion follows a report last month from a federally-appointed panel of nine climate change experts on how Canada can reach a net-zero emissions goal.‘s report made 25 recommendations, including more transparency from government officials on their own carbon footprint.
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