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VANCOUVER *Note: Survey Responses Will Be Updated As Candidate Results Are Submitted VANCOUVER *Note: survey responses will be updated as candidate results are submitted. Check back regularly! MAYOR Name Q1) Zoos & Aquariums Q2) Animals In Entertainment Q3) Factory Farming Q4) Plant-based Foods Q5) Meatless Monday Q6) Pet-friendly Housing Q7) Animal-Related Bylaws Wild and exotic animals (including Public sentiment surrounding the use More than 100 million animals are raised and There is growing consensus among experts that Meatless Monday is an international Amidst an unprecedented affordable Municipalities have the ability to those who are captive-bred) have of animals for entertainment (e.g. slaughtered for food every year in British Columbia. significantly reducing or eliminating our movement that aims to help protect housing crisis and historically low regulate concerns related to animals. If unique biological and behavioural circuses, dog-sledding, rodeo events The vast majority are confined in unnatural and consumption of animal products is a necessary animal welfare, the environment and vacancy rates across British elected will you ensure that standards needs that cannot be met when kept in like calf-roping, steer-wrestling and intensive conditions and a number of undercover step in mitigating climate change, addressing public health by encouraging people to Columbia, affordable pet-friendly of care are outlined in your animal- captivity. These animals can suffer team-roping, use of wild or exotic investigations in recent years have revealed factory farming and protecting public health. If skip meat one day a week. This housing is in dramatically short supply. If related bylaws, ensuring that nuisance greatly when confined in unnatural animals for tv/film) has shifted in recent widespread issues of animal cruelty. Growing elected, will you support efforts at the municipal initiative to reduce our collective elected, will you support ending the ‘no and welfare issues are addressed environments. If elected, will you years, due to increased awareness public concern for animal welfare has resulted in level to increase availability of plant-based foods? overconsumption of animal products pets’ rental policies? together? support ending the keeping of wild surrounding animal welfare concerns. If calls for stronger on-farm regulations, as well as on- has seen significant growth in Metro and exotic animals in permanent elected, will you support ending the farm government oversight and enforcement, as Vancouver in recent years. If elected, captivity, in favour of genuine rescue, use of animals for entertainment opposed to leaving the animal agriculture industry will you support the local Meatless rehab and release programs and purposes in favour of animal and to self-regulate. If elected, will you support Monday movement? wildlife conservation efforts? family-friendly events? government regulation and oversight of the animal farming industry? Hector Bremner Golok Z Buday "There is a certain reality that even to No. "This is too arbitrary, a lot like sled No. "I don't want Factor Farms in my city, I live near No. "It is not the place of Government to tell No. "Nor would I say support Saladless Yes. "I don't think a Building "I find this question vague and poorly most wise a resilient species that have dogs love these excercises. It's part of Hallmark Chicken, it sickens me. No, to regulation, people what they can or can not buy or sell as Sunday as a movement, a rabble Management Company should be written. I find no interest in any animal the abilities for survival are born to bonding with a master. There are because I think you either tell them they should food or put in their bodies. As fond as I of most shouldn't be going around pushing allowed to deny pets. They offer being treated with torture, nor any their natural environment. It may be a humain ways of animal handling, as move or you let them go on, I favor not allowing it, Animals a cow would be uselss without hamburger around individuals living their lives." compnionship, morale, and protection in human being. If that is what you want problem that Zoologists treat them like there are cruel ways. I love animals, bylaws need to end it. I am a libertarian but it's a meat and steak. I am not changing my eating cases. I own a Shep. and I know the to know, as I said, it seems unclear, if they are born outside inside, and in fact but one can get to distant from them by collectively owned business. Usually individuals habits. I find more environmental hazard in some hardship and in a time where adoptions my cuts go through, I'd be willing to see mess up the situation." going to far and even suffer from it. A run humain farming and harvesting practices. I methods of growing vegetables and beans and are very hard to manage and costs go up 2 more Park Rangers added." woodsman may kill or trap one or two, prefer Free Range." other Vegetarian foods. GMO has effected more with shelters, it is just landlords putting but he is much closer cattle and problems over their plant life and gene costs on the Government. I wouldn't to most. I never favor guilt manipulations. I am not against people growing push it on individual property owners presumptions." vegetables in their back yards, or smoking meats with self managed units. Shelters should in them.. It's up to the individual to govern their have to allow them to. If harm diets." comes to them, I have plans to make things better for Animal Control Agents dealing with this. Presuming I get other cuts through." Sean Cassidy Ping Chan David Chen Connie Fogal Yes. Yes. Yes. "I do not eat factory farmed products." Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Mike Hansen No. No. No. "personal pref." "personal pref." Yes. Yes. Fred Harding Sophia C. Kaiser Jason Lamarche Yes. "As Mayor of Vancouver, Jason Yes. "If elected Mayor of Vancouver, Yes. "If elected Mayor of Vancouver, Jason Yes. "If elected Mayor of Vancouver, Jason No. "If elected Mayor of Vancouver, Yes. "If elected Mayor of Vancouver, Yes. "If elected Mayor of Vancouver, Lamarche would support true Jason Lamarche will support ending the Lamarche will support government regulation and Lamarche will support efforts at the municipal Jason Lamarche will not support the Jason Lamarche will eliminate all “no Jason Lamarche will ensure that rescue, rehab and release programs use of animals for entertainment oversight of the animal farming industry." level/within all Vancouver school districts to Meatless Monday movement. It is not pets” rental policies across Vancouver. standards of care are outlined in City of and wildlife conservation efforts. purposes in favour of animal-friendly increase the availability of plant-based foods the responsibility of government to All pet owners must still register their Vancouver animal-related bylaws; Jason Lamarche supports phasing and family-friendly events." within free market demand levels for plant-based promote acceptable days to eat meat pets with Vancouver Animal Control. ensuring that nuisance and welfare out all wild and exotic animals that foods. Jason Lamarche was vegetarian for over products." Jason Lamarche will ensure that issues are addressed together." are currently held in captivity, unless eight years in his twenties. Jason now eats a mixed Canadian citizens cannot be refused they are being bred to save diet of plant-based foods as well as meat housing if they own a lawfully registered endangered species." products." pet[s] with Vancouver Animal Control." Katy Le Rougetel Tim Ly Lawrence Massey Rollergirl (Angela Dawson) Satwant Shotta Ken Sim Kennedy Stewart Shauna Sylvester John Yano Wai Young CITY COUNCIL Name Gerald "Spike" Peachy Yes. "I don’t think that it is right to keep Yes. "Even when motives may be pure, Yes. "It is important that someone is looking out for Yes. "I am at present unfamiliar with efforts to this "Of course, it sounds like a healthy Yes. "Damage deposits are in place for "Whenever there is a discussion around wild animals in captivity. The only forcing animals to follow a script cannot these animals that are bred strictly to feed us. end, but it looks like I have some reading to do. " option." an occasion when there might be bylaws relating to animals, I will exception to this, by me is when we are be healthy for the animal." Already they have been given a poor lot in life, can damage incurred as a pet owner/tenant. advocate strongly for animal’s rights. providing necessary medical support." we not make their stay on earth as pleasant as As long as tenant agrees to accept the cannot speak for themselves, so we possible? " financial responsibility, they should be must!" welcome." Kelly Alm Brinder Bains Nycki Basra Taqdir Kaur Bhandal Rebecca Bligh Sarah Blyth Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Christine Boyle Yes. "We absolutely agree with the Yes. "We believe that there are plenty Yes. "The results of these investigations should be Yes. Yes. Yes. "We believe that the norm should Yes. rationale above. Wild animals aren’t of options for entertainment that don’t a clear call to action for increased regulation and be that rental housing is pet-friendly. pets, and every effort should be made involve animals, or that treat animals oversight. " We believe that the city should work to to return them to their habitats. " respectfully, and we support this. " massively increase the supply of non- market rental housing, and purpose- built rental - and much of that rental could be pet-friendly, with some floors or sections of buildings reserved for people with severe allergies. " Barbara Buchanan Yes. "I am in favour of rescue, rehab Yes. "I have done Occupational Health Yes.
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