The short answer
Safety is a team sport — and it's my top priority. Just like running a half marathon, we reach the goal one step at a time. My 10-step plan connects health care, safer streets, data, homelessness supports, emergency readiness and public accountability, with zero deaths and serious injuries on Burnaby roads by 2030 as the goal.
Three things to know
- Vision 2030 sets a goal of zero deaths and serious injuries on Burnaby roads by 2030.
- Safer streets require the city, schools, police, fire, health services, TransLink, SFU and residents to work as one team.
- Every safety promise needs an owner, a response standard and public results — Listen. Act. Measure. Report.
Why this matters to me
As a school principal, my responsibility extended beyond the school doors. I worked with staff, students, parents, police and the fire department to identify risks, prepare for emergencies and coordinate a response. I brought that same team approach to health-care leadership.
I also completed a half marathon. You reach the finish line one step at a time: set the goal, measure each stage and keep improving. The same discipline belongs in public safety.
The honest comparison
What residents are asking
- I reported a burnt-out light and a dangerous sidewalk — did anyone see it?
- How long should it take the city to respond to a safety concern?
- Why does the same issue at the same park come back every year?
My approach
- 1. Advocate with the Province and Fraser Health for completion of the planned Burnaby Hospital redevelopment and cancer-care capacity.
- 2. Make streets, sidewalks around schools, drop-off areas, bike lanes and transit hubs safer.
- 3. Work with SFU's research and computing expertise on a data dashboard for intersections, transit routes and traffic patterns, supporting better signal timing, congestion reduction and safety decisions.
- 4. Create an Individual Stability Plan for people experiencing homelessness or addiction: shelter first, coordinated goals, one point of contact and measured progress.
- 5. Set appropriate First Aid and AED training standards for public-facing city staff before they begin frontline duties.
- 6. Keep residents informed promptly about urgent safety issues affecting their communities.
- 7. Set measurable response standards. If a streetlight can be fixed in 36 hours, it should not take three months; review misses monthly and improve.
- 8. Hold a coordinated city-wide emergency exercise every year, use the results to identify gaps and improve response times.
- 9. Provide responsive winter road maintenance and temporarily close steep or dangerous streets when ice makes them unsafe.
- 10. Hold department managers accountable through clear, public service and safety performance indicators.
- Cyber security plan: protect City systems, emergency services and residents' data, run an annual cyber security drill, and provide 24/7 monitoring with rapid response.
What you can hold me to
- 01Set the Vision 2030 goal of zero deaths and serious injuries on Burnaby roads by 2030, with annual progress reporting.
- 02Publish a safety dashboard covering serious collisions, priority hazards, response standards, missed targets and corrective action.
- 03Create one reporting channel with follow-up, so residents can see what happened to their report.
- 04A City cyber security plan with an annual cyber security drill, 24/7 monitoring and rapid response.
- 05Report each year on the emergency exercise, winter response and progress across all 10 steps. Listen. Act. Measure. Report.
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Questions people ask
- Does the mayor control policing?
- Policing is operationally independent, but the city funds it and the mayor convenes the partners. Coordination and prevention are squarely a City Hall job.
- What is the Central Park perimeter walkway?
- A connected, lit walking route around Central Park that I proposed to Burnaby's Parks and Recreation Board — an example of a community idea that can become action.
- How do I report a safety issue today?
- Through the City of Burnaby's service channels at burnaby.ca. Part of this plan is making that one clear route with follow-up, instead of several.
- What does zero deaths and serious injuries by 2030 mean?
- It is the result the plan works toward: safer street design, evidence-led priorities, better coordination and public measurement focused on preventing fatal and life-changing road collisions.
- Can Burnaby use SFU expertise to improve traffic safety?
- The city can pursue a research partnership with SFU to analyse traffic and transportation data. Any program would need a clear agreement, privacy safeguards, defined costs and measurable public outcomes.
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