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General
What Tim Morrison said
- Not graded GEN-01
If you could change one policy, bylaw, feature, or municipal asset (i.e, facility or infrastructure) in your municipality, what would it be and why?
Healthy communities are thriving communities. We are fortunate in the Township of Esquimalt to have a variety of outdoor spaces, natural parks, trails and playing fields; well maintained and open for a variety of leisure, health and sports activities. We also possess great recreational facilities with affordable and accessible gyms, a pool and an arena available for a variety of exercise pursuits. As we aim to provide what our community needs to remain active and healthy, a generous expansion of both our rec centre and our parks would be ideal.
From swimming lessons to yoga classes, increasing our capacity to deliver more for all our needs would be highly desirable. As our community continues to grow, we also need to do more in both preserving as well as regrowing our natural urban tree canopy. In times of climate crisis, our natural habitat is more important than ever. Finally, to maintain our health, we need access to readily available health care, which would mean a family physician available to everyone that needs one.
To sum up, I would love to have enhanced recreation, more trees and expanded green spaces along with a doctor for every Esquimalt resident because of the immense benefits to our health and livability. Read more at TimMorrison.ca - Not graded GEN-02
Your municipality has received $10 million in new annual funding and must spend all of it. How would you allocate it across the following areas? Your answers must total $10 million.
Tim Morrison's allocation of ten million dollars Housing $833,333 Transit $833,333 Walking Infrastructure $833,333 Rolling & Cycling Infrastructure $833,333 Roadway Infrastructure $833,333 Policing $833,333 Fire & Emergency Services $833,333 Parks & Recreation $833,333 Arts & Culture $833,333 Climate Action & Environment $833,333 Unhoused Resident Services $833,333 Community-Based Clinics $833,333 - Not graded GEN-GEN
If you have anything you'd like to communicate about your region, generally, feel free to share your thoughts here.
In Esquimalt, we are fortunate to make our home among ‘the shoaling waters.’ We choose to live in Esquimalt as the place to be and belong. We care for our environment, strive for affordability, and celebrate our welcoming, inclusive community. As such, Township of Esquimalt residents deserve acknowledgement for enduring all the ongoing construction over the past decade while our community has experienced significant growth in doing our part with the addition of much needed, new housing. Together, we have made a lot of progress.
Most recently, our Year 2 Housing Target Progress Report, published in July 2026, indicates that a total of 989 net new housing units were completed in Esquimalt since July 1, 2024. Not only is this well above our Year Two housing target of 185 completed housing units mandated by the provincial government; it is also well above the mandated Year Five cumulative housing target of 754 completed housing units meaning that Esquimalt has already exceeded the five-year provincial expectation in just our first two years.
Over the past decade, furthermore, Esquimalt has added about 2000 new homes within our relatively compact community. That is significant growth and it requires us to carefully manage our capacity as a community including pressures on our utility infrastructure, traffic management, and municipal services while also ensuring the protection of our important tree canopy and natural habitat. That is why Esquimalt has conducted a 2026 Development Capacity Study.
By identifying our capacity pressures, we make a stronger case to continue advocating for the provincial and federal governments to assist with local funding to help finance the growth of our community. For municipalities such as Esquimalt that are doing our part in providing much needed housing, there needs to be financial assistance from higher levels of government that rewards our contributions and supports our local infrastructure, services and amenities. Read more at TimMorrison.ca
Healthcare access
What Tim Morrison said
- Not graded HLT-01
What role should your municipality play in establishing new primary care clinics?
Why we ask this
Ungraded. Mainly curious about how you'd approach expanding healthcare access in your region.
Chose 1 of 4 options - Not graded HLT-GEN
If you have anything you'd like to add in regards to healthcare in your municipality, feel free to share your thoughts below.
One of the biggest concerns for Esquimalt residents is getting access to a family doctor. While health care is a provincial government responsibility, municipalities can still do our part to help. Esquimalt has been working on connecting municipal services—such as transportation, senior housing, aging-in-place supports, and recreation access/programming—to broader health outcomes through our Community Health Needs Assessment and Community Healthcare System Support Playbook. There is more that can be done.
We recently announced the opening of the new Esquimalt Terra Nova Medical Clinic at 899 Esquimalt Road, achieved through our partnership with the developer of Pacific House, a mixed used building providing the medical clinic at ground level and housing above. Going forward, we can also learn from other municipality's successes to provide additional health care options for Esquimalt to also explore.
Transit
A- 20% of this topic TRN-01 A
Which fare measures would you actively advocate for at the VRTC? Select all that apply.
Why this grade: Ticked the whole fare list: free travel for under 19s, cheaper fares for seniors, cheaper fares for people on income or disability assistance, and a lower cost regional monthly pass. Nothing was left unselected.
How this question is graded
A count of ticks, because no option here is cheaper than the others in the way CLI-06's are. Four or more = A. Three = B. Two = C. One = C-. None = F. The rows graded before this rubric was written are not perfectly consistent with it at three and two ticks; they were left as typed and the majority letter was taken. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 4 of 6 options (up to 4 allowed) - 30% of this topic TRN-02 A
Do you support removing general on-street parking (excluding accessible parking spaces) from frequent transit corridors and main arterial streets in your municipality, and reallocating that space to bus lanes, loading zones, and walking and cycling infrastructure?
Why this grade: Supports taking general street parking out of frequent transit corridors along the whole corridor rather than at peak hours, reallocating it to bus lanes, loading and space for walking and cycling. That is the fullest answer available.
How this question is graded
Yes, across the whole corridor = A. Yes, only during peak hours = B. Kind of, only when a specific project requires it = C. No = F. Peak hours only is a real, testable limit on a yes, so it takes the conditional-yes B. Only when a specific project requires it names no project and commits to nothing in advance, which is the case-by-case answer CLI-08 puts at C. A No is F because the question is about street space, which is infrastructure. Eight of the earlier rows put the case-by-case option at B and nineteen put it at C; the nineteen were followed. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 6 options - 30% of this topic TRN-03 —
Do you support rapid deployment of transit priority measures on frequent transit corridors, even where this requires removing on-street parking or a general-purpose traffic lane?
Why this grade: Unsure about rapid deployment of transit priority where parking or a general traffic lane would be lost. With no position stated, there is nothing to credit as support.
How this question is graded
Yes = A. Yes, but not at the cost of a general-purpose travel lane = C-. No = F. The question asks specifically about giving up a traffic lane, so a yes that rules the lane out withholds the one thing being asked for and cannot take the conditional-yes B. C- rather than F because the rest of the toolkit is still on the table. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 6 options - 10% of this topic TRN-04 A
Do you support the creation of a regional transportation authority?
Why this grade: Yes to a regional transportation authority, with no qualifiers on the answer.
How this question is graded
Yes = A, No = C-. A No is C- rather than F because this asks who should decide, not what should be built or funded, which puts it on the governance side of the CLI-03 split. Three earlier rows typed F and two typed C-; the governance rule was followed over the count. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 3 options - 10% of this topic TRN-05 B
Do you support building new bus-only and bike-only connections through parks, golf courses or public land when doing so would substantially shorten transit and cycling trips?
Why this grade: Supports new bus and bike connections through parks, golf courses and public land provided no mature trees are lost during construction. That condition would rule out many of the routes the question is about, so it stops short of a full yes.
How this question is graded
Yes = A. Yes, if no mature trees are lost during construction = B. No = F. Losing no mature trees is a named and checkable condition, so it takes the conditional-yes B. A No is F because the question is about building a connection, which is infrastructure. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 5 options
Also shared, ungraded
- Not graded TRN-GEN
If you have anything you'd like to add in regards to transit in your region, feel free to share your thoughts below.
I am regular transit user for commuting to work. I depend on the #26 bus that stops directly in front of my Esquimalt home and gets me directly to my office each day at Uptown. I appreciate it firsthand when our buses run frequently and reliably and are well connected throughout our region.
Housing
B- HFL-01 7 / 8
What kinds of housing could your municipality use more of? Select all that apply.
How this question is graded
1 point per selected type to max of 8. Housing exists on a continuum and different types are appropriate for different households. All housing is needed and positively affects other types via vacancy chains
Tim Morrison chose 7 of 10 options (up to 8 allowed) - HFL-02 6 / 8
Which of the following items do you support to minimize tenant displacement and maintain/grow the supply of affordable housing? Select up all that apply.
How this question is graded
1 point per strategy to max of 8. To tackle tenant displacement local governments must take an all of the above approach to reduce the impacts associated with renovictions and evictions.
Tim Morrison chose 6 of 10 options (up to 8 allowed) - HFL-03 6 / 6
Do you think your municipality should have target approval times for multifamily housing?
How this question is graded
6 points for 30/180 days, prorated for longer timelines. Housing delayed is housing denied. Long delays drive us costs for housing, increase the chance that they will be cancelled, and indicate a lack of clear published guidelines. A time limit on decisions prioritizes housing action and reforms.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 5 options - HFL-04 4 / 5
If there was a type of housing you wanted to see more of (e.g., affordable, non-market, family-sized, townhouses, etc.), what do you think are effective methods of getting more of it? Select all that apply.
How this question is graded
1 point for each option, but -1 for choosing mandated requirements (d). To increase the building of certain desireable types of housing (affordable, family sized, etc), cities need to pursue a broad approach of both removing barriers and targetted incentives. Mandated requirements (or inclusionary zoning) have a track record of acting like a tax and therefore reducing housing construction or increasing costs.
Tim Morrison chose 4 of 8 options - HFL-05 3 / 3
Do you believe that the municipality should pre-zone to the uses, heights and densities outlined in the Official Community Plan, so that OCP-compliant projects can be built without rezoning or public hearing?
How this question is graded
3 points for yes, 0 for no. An OCP sets out the direction and vision for a municipality with broad input from the community and council. Matching zoning to long term consensus-based plans reduces scarcity and allows incentivizes OCP compliant housing to be built quickly.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 3 options - HFL-06 0 / 6
Beyond the three to four units Bill 44 already requires, what is the most housing you think should be legal to build by-right (i.e. without rezoning) in traditional single-family areas of your municipality?
How this question is graded
a) 0 points b) 1 points c) 2 points d) 5 points e) 6 points. With little room for new single family developments, housing abundance relies on density. People unable to afford a single family house should not be relegated to living only on busy arterials where high density is legal, but should have a diversity of housing options in every neighbourhood.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 6 options - HFL-07 0 / 3
A housing proposal has been reviewed by staff and they recommend approval. It requires rezoning because the existing zoning has not been updated. If it faces substantial neighbourhood opposition, how would you generally vote?
How this question is graded
3 points for a), 0 otherwise. Housing approval rules must be predictable and clear for those building housing, or it will lead to scarcity. If municipal planning staff have adequately considered objections to a project and still recommend approval it should be approved. If unanticipated issues are raised, policies should be clarified to ensure staff can work with applicants on future projects.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 5 options - HFL-08 2 / 2
Do you support eliminating minimum parking requirements for new developments or suites?
How this question is graded
1 point for yes, 2 points for yes with transportation demand management measures, 0 points for no. A single additional parking space can add tens of thousands to the cost of a home. However, a development without parking and without offsetting remedies can impact livability for the eventual occupants of a home.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 4 options - HFL-09 5 / 6
Non-market housing often faces additional challenges getting approved. Which of the following measures do you support to improve the prospects for below-market housing construction? Select all that apply.
How this question is graded
1 point for each option, but -1 for choosing mandated requirements (d). Building homes is hard, building non-market homes is substantially harder. This has serious socio-economic consequences for certain members of society. With the exception of mandated requirements (or inclusionary zoning), which have a track record of acting like a tax and therefore a deterrent to new construction, a broad and flexible approach is needed to help non-market housing across the approval finish line.
Tim Morrison chose 7 of 9 options (up to 7 allowed) - HFL-11 6 / 6
The BC government set a housing target for Victoria at 4,902 homes over five years, which represents 75% of the estimated housing need for that period. Regardless of provincial requirements or penalties, do you believe the city should strive to build:
How this question is graded
6 points for too low, 1 for about right, 0 for too high. By definition, the provincial housing targets, being set as only 75% of estimated housing need is too low of a target to meet local housing needs.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 4 options - HFL-12 1 / 6
Municipal asset-management plans have identified substantial gaps between current funding and the amount needed to maintain and replace roads, water and sewer systems, public buildings, and other infrastructure. In Victoria, the 2024 Corporate Asset Management Strategy identified $570 million worth of infrastructure in poor or very poor condition. Which approaches would you prioritize to address this infrastructure problem? Select up to two.
How this question is graded
5 points for selecting more housing and commercial development, 1 for seeking additional provincial or federal funding, 0 points for increasing taxes or reducing infrastructure projects, and -2 points for increasing development charges, amenity contributions, and other fees imposed on new houses.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 6 options - HFL-10 6 / 7
If elected, what do you hope to have accomplished on the housing file at the end of your first year, and end of your four-year term?
How this question is graded
To receive full marks, candidates receive a point up to 7 for referencing impactful housing ideas in their answer including but not limited to: a rental vacancy rate target, a quantitative target regarding annual homes built, pre-zoning commitments / OCP alignment, non-profit by right commitment, commitment to tenant production aligned with platform, commitment to regulate and enforce Airbnb rules, delegate more rezoning / variance decisions to staff, a continuation of policies that have been working, developing a pre-approved catalog of housing designs, loosening design guidelines or other restrictive regulations, minimizing tenant displacement, increasing the regional housing fund, enhancing partnerships with other levels of government, the private sector, co-ops, and non-profit housing developers, streamlining regulations, and shorten requirements.
Tim Morrison's answerBy the end of the first year, I would want to have achieved community consensus on our new 2027 Official Community Plan (OCP). This would require strategies to ensure there is enough housing for everyone, including families, youth, singles, seniors and those with special needs. It will also provide a clear vision of where we are going as a community, how we manage our growth and how we clearly identify that growth and land use in more easy-to-understand mapping. Our OCP will also need to clearly identify our natural habitat areas that need to be preserved as well as climate targets and our goals to lower our carbon footprint and protect our environment.
By the end of the next four-year term, we will need to have achieved more affordability of housing. While Esquimalt has already surpassed our provincial government-mandated five-year housing targets in terms of supply, we need to shift our focus towards better affordability of our housing supply. During this past term, I voted in favour of funding an Esquimalt Affordable Housing Plan, which I hope to get implemented for the next term. We need effective housing measures by working cooperatively across governments and with non-profit housing organizations and developers to ensure our community has homes for all income levels, ages and needs.
From advocating for the reintroduction of co-op housing into the market to ensuring new developments include a specific number of below-market units and/or partnering with non-profit societies to build non-market rentals, we can achieve better affordability. A successful example is The Lions at Fleming housing (874 Fleming Street), a partnership with the Greater Victoria Housing Society that provides modern new Esquimalt apartments at affordable rents. Most recently, Esquimalt approved affordable, customized multi-family homeownership through the Esquimalt Village Cohousing concept at 1140–1148 Esquimalt Road, an excellent example for others to replicate.
30% of this topic Incumbent record 29 / 29What Tim Morrison did about housing during their current term, scored by Homes for Living. This is not a questionnaire answer: no candidate was asked it.
Why this score: 97.60%
Scored from Homes for Living's vote tracker.
Climate
A- 8% of this topic CLI-01 A
Would you support ending fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship on property, media and events controlled by your municipality, to the extent the law allows? And would you advocate for the same at the Victoria Regional Transit Commission for BC Transit vehicles and shelters?
Why this grade: Both advertising and sponsorship would go, and the candidate would say so at the commission. That is the strongest available position.
How this question is graded
Two commitments in one question, so the menu answer alone cannot reach the top. The menu sets a base and a Yes on the follow-up about advocating at the Victoria Regional Transit Commission raises it one step. Yes, both advertising and sponsorship = B, and A with the follow-up. Yes, advertising only or Yes, sponsorship only = C, and B with the follow-up. No = F, because ending the advertising is something the municipality controls outright. A follow-up written as free text rather than ticked is a judgement about the candidate and is graded by hand. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 6 options Follow-up: Tim Morrison chose 1 of 5 options - 8% of this topic CLI-02 A
The Capital Regional District declared a climate emergency in 2019. How should your municipality treat climate action in its next four-year plan?
Why this grade: Ranks climate first and makes it the standard for the rest. The strongest option on the list.
How this question is graded
The overriding priority, other decisions should be tested against it = A. One of the top three priorities, with a dedicated budget = B. One priority among many, addressed where affordable = C-. Not a municipal priority = F. The ladder skips C on purpose: a dedicated budget is the line between a priority and a sentiment, so addressing climate only where affordable drops two steps rather than one. Handing the file to another order of government is F. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 5 options - 8% of this topic CLI-03 A
Will you pledge to never take meetings from fossil fuel company lobbyists?
Why this grade: Takes on the pledge in its strongest form. Fossil fuel lobbyists are ruled out for the term, not merely discouraged.
How this question is graded
Yes = A, No = C-. The No is C- rather than F because of the split the grading settled on: a plain No is C- where the question is about governance or conduct and F where it is about infrastructure, land use or funding. This one asks a candidate to give up a channel of access to themselves, which is conduct. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 3 options - 8% of this topic CLI-04 B
Climate-related damage and adaptation costs increasingly fall on municipal budgets. Would you vote to have your municipality join other BC local governments in legal action to recover a share of those costs from major fossil fuel producers?
Why this grade: Joins on condition that costs stay capped. Support of this kind is worth crediting short of full marks.
How this question is graded
Yes = A. Yes, if municipal costs are capped = B, because a conditional yes is B wherever one appears and a cap on municipal exposure lands there. No = F, because the question is about spending to recover costs, which is the funding side of the split CLI-03 sits on the other side of. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 5 options - 8% of this topic CLI-05 A
Will you support a zoning bylaw amendment that prohibits the approval of any new or expanded commercial gas stations within municipal boundaries?
Why this grade: Yes to the amendment. Using zoning this way is within municipal power and the candidate is willing to exercise it.
How this question is graded
Yes = A, No = F. A land use question, so a No is F rather than C-. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 3 options - 8% of this topic CLI-06 B
Extreme heat, wildfire smoke and wildfire risk all affect people living in existing homes. What would you have your municipality do to protect them? Select all you support.
Why this grade: Picks three protections. The selection stops short of funding the range of help the question set out.
How this question is graded
Up to five measures may be ticked. Four or more ticks including at least two of the three the municipality has to pay for (subsidized home assessments, grants or financing for retrofits, designated centres with guaranteed opening hours) = A. Three or more ticks = B. Two = C. One = C-. None of the above = F. The funding floor is there because a straight count of ticks would let a candidate reach the top on the two cheapest options, a vegetation bylaw and an information campaign, while committing no money to anyone actually living in an overheating home. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 3 of 7 options (up to 5 allowed) - 8% of this topic CLI-07 A
Are you supportive of phasing out fossil fuel powered tools such as leaf blowers (following the lead of Oak Bay and other municipalities across the country)?
Why this grade: A plain yes. Nothing is held back and no condition is attached.
How this question is graded
Yes = A, No = F. A regulatory phase-out, graded on the same footing as CLI-05. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 3 options - 8% of this topic CLI-08 A
Large data centres can add substantial electricity and water demand. Under what conditions, if any, would you support a new data centre in your municipality?
Why this grade: Opposes all new development of this kind. There is no condition that could be traded away in a later negotiation.
How this question is graded
Oppose all new data centres = A. Support only with waste-heat recovery and no net increase in potable water use = B. Support only under conditions set case by case = C. Support without special conditions = F. The two conditional options are separated by whether the condition binds. Waste-heat recovery and no net potable water increase is a testable commitment, so it takes the conditional-yes B. Conditions set case by case name nothing and commit to nothing, so it takes the C that a depends-case-by-case answer gets everywhere else. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 5 options - 8% of this topic CLI-09 A
What are the primary climate risk(s) facing your community, and what actions would you take to support adaptation and resilience in your community?
Why this grade: Provides a clear list of relevant risks, related partners, and tangible strategies to work towards mitigating these risks.
How this question is graded
Free text. A = names a climate risk specific to the municipality and specific actions against it, usually tied to data or a programme already running. B = one half only, a risk with no action or actions with no risk named, or backing an existing plan without either. C = general support with nothing local in it, a list of risks and nothing else, or the work handed to the region. C- = a risk gestured at and nothing more. F = an answer that is not about climate.
Tim Morrison's answerIn Esquimalt, our Council began our term by placing climate action as one of our top strategic priorities, meaning that climate and environmental considerations must be included as part of all our governance decision-making. We are also fortunate in Esquimalt to have a dedicated grassroots group of residents, the Esquimalt Climate Organizers (ECO), that champions the lowering of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for climate impact to promote the overall health and well-being of Esquimalt. Independent of Council, they help the municipality identify our main climate risks. ECO has indicated that a major risk is the loss of our natural assets (e.g. trees and urban tree canopy).
In terms of actions, there is a real need for Esquimalt’s natural assets to be fully appreciated and better protected through adjusting our rezoning and development permit processes, so that natural asset protection is considered from the start of the process. Specific steps to take include limiting the need for paved parking spaces for developments close to active transportation infrastructure, completing our Natural Asset Management inventory, increasing the tree protection bylaw security deposit amount, and incorporating sustainability into bylaws where appropriate (e.g. X% of landscaping must be native plantings). This will allow our natural assets to be better protected and reduce unnecessary design rework later in the process. As a result, we can greatly reduce the risk of losing portions of our valuable natural assets as we continue to grow and develop as a community. - 8% of this topic CLI-10 B
Ensuring ecosystem connectivity is an important adaptation strategy for climate change. How do you plan to maintain or increase ecosystem features across the urban landscape?
Why this grade: Shows strong support for the overall protection of existing assets, but doesn''t provide specifics about how to increase ecosystem connectivity or how it is important beyond protecting existing natural assets.
How this question is graded
Free text. A = says what connectivity is and why it matters, with local examples, usually tied to data, a programme already running or the official community plan. B = practical examples with no local detail, or no link back to connectivity. C = general support with no project named, or an answer broad enough to fit any question. C- = agrees with the idea and offers nothing to do about it, or answers about something tangential. F is not used.
Tim Morrison's answerI am a strong supporter of our ongoing Esquimalt Natural Asset Inventory and Management Project, which identifies, measures, and values our community's natural features—such as trees, parks, and shorelines. By incorporating these natural assets into our official asset management framework, Esquimalt values nature as essential infrastructure that provides critical services and climate resilience.
Esquimalt is also planning a major Official Community Plan (OCP) review and update during 2027. In addition to ensuring our OCP will set more aggressive climate action targets to lower our carbon footprint and protect our environment, I will also advocate strongly for the OCP Land Use Maps to clearly identify all our natural habitat areas that need to be protected. - 8% of this topic CLI-11 B
Do you see development as an opportunity to increase resilience to climate-related events, and if so, how?
Why this grade: Clearly supports the idea that development can have a positive impact on resilience, but only mentions specifics about past policy motions and not a strategy for next steps.
How this question is graded
Free text. A = yes, with how and why, naming strategies or a local policy that ties development to resilience. B = yes with relevant examples but no account of how they build resilience or how they get built. C = general support and nothing past what the building code already requires. C- = a bare yes, or support that doubts it is possible. F = does not accept that development can make a community more resilient.
Tim Morrison's answerWe have a global climate crisis which each community must do our part to address. In Esquimalt, we have had tremendous density development and growth over the past decade. Building a more resilient, sustainable future means that we must build a greener Esquimalt with geothermal heating/cooling and the greenest possible approaches for all new construction. That is why I am proud to have sponsored an Esquimalt policy motion during this past term that requires that all new construction must use low carbon energy systems (such as heat pumps) instead of dependency on fossil fuels. - 8% of this topic CLI-12 A
The UBCM passed several resolutions saying municipalities should be able to have climate action lens and climate considerations in development and housing mandates. Do you support blue-green infrastructure upgrades as a requirement of developments for climate readiness?
How this question is graded
Yes = A, No = F. Graded by RUSH from 2026-09-01; the mapping is recorded so the remaining rows match the ones already typed. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 3 options
Also shared, ungraded
- Not graded CLI-GEN
If you have anything you'd like to add in regards to climate concerns with respect to your municipality or the region as a whole, feel free to share your thoughts below.
The economic and human costs of not dealing with climate change vastly outweigh the price of acting now in addressing the root causes of our climate crisis. I am greatly concerned that higher levels of government, both provincially and federally, have been systematically abandoning their responsibility and need for addressing our climate issues. Tragically, their priorities appear to have shifted away from meaningful climate action initiatives, making it more important than ever for local governments to lead by example while also working with our community allies to advocate for better prioritization by senior levels of government in dealing with our climate crisis.
Arts
B- 6.67% of this topic ART-01 2 / 3
Do you consider arts and culture to be a core part of your municipality's economic development strategy?
Why this score: Provides a clear municipal role through stable grants, community-space access and regional CRD contributions, and explicitly describes arts/culture as integral to Esquimalt.
How this question is graded
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 4 optionsFollow-up: Our role is to provide secured, stable grant funding and access to our resources and community spaces, both locally as well as doing our part regionally as funding contributors towards the Capital Regional District (CRD) Arts Commission and our Tier 1 funding commitments for the CRD Arts Development Service.
This funding has helped enable Esquimalt as a the place to be for gathering, celebrations and our arts and culture. We need to support our amazing volunteers who provide us many special events and togetherness through the Township Community Arts Council, Esquimalt Lions & Buccaneer Days, Esquimalt Farmers Market (food security), Esquimalt Ribfest, and the Esquimalt Celebration of Lights among many other volunteer events and services provided within our community. Supporting local arts, culture and events must remain an integral part of life in Esquimalt. - 16.67% of this topic ART-02 2 / 3
If elected, what specific action will you commit to in your first year to strengthen your municipality's arts and cultural sector, and what measurable outcome should residents expect by the end of your four-year term?
Why this score: Provides a concrete first-year engagement action and identifies funding amounts as outcomes, but these are continuation measures rather than a clearly new four-year target.
How this question is graded
Tim Morrison's answerAs a councillor, I have always voted to protect permanent grant funding for our community’s volunteer-driven arts and culture groups such as for our Township Community Arts Council (TCAC). Our municipality collaborates closely with TCAC to facilitate local performances and events (e.g. our summer series of concerts in the park), gallery exhibits, and youth mentorship programs. I have also consistently supported our membership of the Capital Regional District (CRD) Arts Commission and our Tier 1 funding commitments for the CRD Arts Development Service.
My first-year action would be to engage with TCAC and our other Esquimalt community event groups to identify any expansion ideas for our arts and culture sector. In addition, I will maintain my strong commitment to continuing these valued partnerships in support of arts and culture over the entire next term. Measurable outcomes will be the grant funding amounts that Esquimalt continues to contribute to both TCAC and other Esquimalt-based groups along with our arts and culture funding contribution amounts with the CRD. Our residents can expect to see a continuation of celebrating our local arts and culture through special events and other public displays. - 13.33% of this topic ART-03 3 / 3
Cultural strategies are often adopted and then not implemented. Would you support a cultural space implementation framework with defined tools, timelines and public reporting? Select up to three components you would prioritize. Select your top three options.
Why this score: Selects affordability/stability tools, public reporting and a cross-coordinated regional strategy.
How this question is graded
Tim Morrison chose 3 of 11 options - 10.00% of this topic ART-04 3 / 3
Arts organizations and event producers identify permitting, zoning and regulatory requirements as barriers to cultural activity. What would you commit to? Select all that apply.
Why this score: Supports the complete set of consequential permitting, event, coordination, zoning and disproportionate-cost reforms.
How this question is graded
Tim Morrison chose 8 of 10 options (up to 8 allowed) - 16.67% of this topic ART-05 3 / 3
If preserving and securing long-term cultural space requires additional municipal support, which approaches would you support? Select up to five.
Why this score: Supports regional infrastructure funding, development/amenity contributions, leveraging outside capital, nonprofit acquisition and cultural land trusts.
How this question is graded
Tim Morrison chose 5 of 16 options - 10.00% of this topic ART-06 3 / 3
Municipal budgets require difficult choices. Would you support maintaining arts and culture investment alongside other core municipal services?
Why this score: Explicitly supports arts and culture maintaining or growing alongside other core services.
How this question is graded
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 5 options - 10.00% of this topic ART-07 3 / 3
When a major development project affects an existing cultural space, what should your municipality prioritize?
Why this score: Supports preserving existing cultural space where feasible.
How this question is graded
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 5 options - 16.67% of this topic ART-08 3 / 3
Would you support municipal incentives to encourage private property owners and developers to provide affordable community & cultural space for nonprofits? Select all that apply.
Why this score: Supports development requirements/incentives and both med and high-impact property-tax mechanisms, plus fee reductions.
How this question is graded
Tim Morrison chose 4 of 7 options (up to 5 allowed)
Also shared, ungraded
- Not graded ART-GEN
If you have anything you'd like to add in regards to the arts in your municipality or the region as a whole, feel free to share your thoughts below.
Esquimalt is the place to be for gathering, celebrations and our arts and culture. We need to support our amazing volunteers who provide us many special events and togetherness through the Township Community Arts Council, Esquimalt Lions & Buccaneer Days, Esquimalt Farmers Market (food security), Esquimalt Ribfest, and the Esquimalt Celebration of Lights among many other volunteer events and services provided within our community. Supporting local arts, culture and events must remain an integral part of life in Esquimalt.
Rolling & cycling
A- 15% of this topic ROL-01 A
Will you commit to funding and completing at least one 'missing link' in your municipality's Active Transportation Plan during your four-year term? If yes, which one would you prioritize?
Why this grade: Names Admirals Road between Esquimalt Road and Colville Road as the gap left after protected lanes were built on Esquimalt Road, Lampson and Tillicum, and ties the priority to students riding to Shoreline Middle School and the E&N trail. A specific link with the reason it matters.
How this question is graded
Yes + Project surfaced = A; Yes + No specific project in mind, or vague project = B; Combination of No and/or a lack of project ideas = C-F, depending on severity.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 4 optionsFollow-up: Much of our main corridors (Esquimalt Road, Lampson, Tillicum) recently achieved the installation of much safer AAA protected cycling lanes. The Admirals Road corridor between Esquimalt Road and Colville Road (where there is the E&N Trail Entry/Exit crossroad) remains less safe for AAA. Importantly, this routing is used by Esquimalt students cycling to/from Shoreline Middle School in order to connect to the E&N trail and it therefore needs to be made safer as a 'missing link' priority. - 15% of this topic ROL-02 A
Will you commit (or continue to commit) to physical protection (not paint alone) as the standard for all new and upgraded cycling infrastructure on busy streets in your municipality?
Why this grade: Accepts physical protection rather than paint alone as the standard for new and upgraded cycling infrastructure on busy streets. No exception is carved out of the answer.
How this question is graded
Yes = A. Yes, except where physically impossible = B. No = F. Except where physically impossible is a condition that can be checked against a street, so it takes the conditional-yes B, and that is where the 19 rows graded before this rubric existed put it. A No is F because the question sets a construction standard, which is infrastructure. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 5 options - 15% of this topic ROL-03 A
Will you oppose efforts (current and future) to remove, narrow or downgrade existing protected bike lanes and other all-ages-and-abilities (AAA) cycling infrastructure in your municipality during your term?
Why this grade: Will oppose removal, narrowing or downgrading of existing protected bike lanes and all ages and abilities infrastructure. The commitment carries no conditions.
How this question is graded
Yes = A. Depends, case-by-case = C. No = F. Depends case by case names no test and commits to nothing, which is the C it gets on CLI-08 and TRN-02; 13 of the 14 rows graded before this rubric existed agree. A No is F because the question is about keeping built infrastructure in place. An answer of N/A is a claim that the question does not apply to that municipality, which is a judgement about a candidate and is passed in by hand, like an excused decline. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 5 options - 20% of this topic ROL-04 A
What is the most important active transportation project in the municipality that you will be focused on progressing? Please provide your reasoning.
Why this grade: Commits to bringing cycling and rolling routes to a safe all ages and abilities standard, grounded in the loss of their brother, killed by a dangerous driver while riding in a lane separated only by paint. The priority is a design standard applied across corridors rather than one site, and it is that standard which decides whether the network is usable.
How this question is graded
A = Candidate is able to identify a project in their community and speak to its importance. B & C = Candidate has a general idea of something that can be improved but it isn't high on their priority list. F = Candidate does not think any improvements can/should be made.
Tim Morrison's answerEnsuring our cycling/rolling routes are safe for all ages and abilities. This need is very personal as to why it is important to me. In 2024, my brother was killed by a dangerous driver while cycling in an unprotected bike lane with only a painted white line for separation. My brother was a very experienced and responsible cyclist. If his cycling lane had a protected barrier, he likely would have survived. It is not easy for me to talk about the loss of my brother, Joe, but it has strongly compelled me to ensure that we invest in optimized safety in how we design and share our transportation corridors for multiple modes of safe, accessible transport. - 35% of this topic ROL-05 A
If you have previously served in local government, what did you do to advance walking, rolling, cycling or transit? If you have not, what in your record outside of council shows the same commitment?
Why this grade: Voted for Esquimalt's Active Transportation Network Plan, the ten year blueprint approved in 2022, and for the project funding that has delivered protected and buffered lanes on Tillicum, Lampson and Esquimalt Road along with pedestrian and cycling gap closures. Also points to pairing active transportation work with utility and pavement renewal so the capital budget goes further.
How this question is graded
Free text, graded by a person on what the record shows about advancing walking, rolling, cycling or transit. A = delivered work, meaning budgets moved, plans adopted, infrastructure built, or a sustained organisational role with results behind it. B = substantial relevant advocacy or a directly relevant role, with less account of what it produced. C = a record from a different office, or advocacy confined to one location or issue, or no previous term with nothing offered in its place. C- = personal experience or unrelated work with no advocacy behind it. F = nothing relevant offered, or a record that closed the question rather than advancing it. The bands come from the 79 rows graded before 2026-09-20. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison's answerAs a Councillor, I voted in favour and strongly supported the Township of Esquimalt's Active Transportation Network Plan, which is our 10-year blueprint first approved by Council in 2022 to improve walking, rolling, and cycling infrastructure across our community.
Over the past term, I also voted in favour of the necessary project funding to implement many of our identified active transportation initiatives. These include infrastructure improvements to address gaps in our pedestrian and cycling routes and a greatly enhanced bike-friendly network for all ages and abilities featuring new protected and buffered bike lanes along our key corridors of Tillicum, Lampson and Esquimalt Road.
We have been making great advancements in our phased rollout while also being efficient with our capital project budgets by ensuring our ongoing corridor improvements have paired active transportation additions (like protected bike lanes) simultaneously with aging underground utility and pavement rehabilitation that benefit everyone.
Also shared, ungraded
- Not graded ROL-GEN
If you have anything you'd like to add in regards to the rolling and cycling in your municipality or the region as a whole, feel free to share your thoughts below.
I am cyclist and I appreciate firsthand when each of our municipalities do our part to build well connected, safe and efficient cycling networks across our region. We need to make it easier and safer to travel by bike as a more practical and convenient alternative to driving. As a region, we need to focus on regional partnerships in building better, safer and more environmentally friendly active transportation connectivity throughout the CRD.
Walking
B- 10% of this topic WLK-01 A
Municipalities, the CRD and the Province have all adopted targets to shift trips away from driving. Do you support meeting your municipality's adopted mode-shift targets, and would you vote for the necessary street-space and budgetary changes?
Why this grade: Shows a commitment to multimodal planning and transportation demand management.
How this question is graded
A = yes, even if it means removing driving lanes. C = yes, but not when it takes road space from drivers. F = no. Two steps between the two yeses because the adopted targets cannot be met without reallocating street space. Unsure and Decline to answer are both C- on this tab.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 5 options - 20% of this topic WLK-02 A
Which pedestrian safety problem in your municipality concerns you most, and what is the one change you would commit to in your first term to make walking safer and more attractive than driving for short trips?
Why this grade: Names sidewalks that run from excellent to derelict to absent, and commits to closing those gaps as the single top priority under the municipality's walking plan. Backs it with curb ramp upgrades, sidewalks carried across side streets so people are not stepping down into a driveway, and more flashing beacon crossings.
How this question is graded
Free text, graded by a person against the two things the question asks for: a named local problem, and one change committed to in a first term. A = both, with the change specific enough to be delivered and usually tied to funding, a named corridor or an existing plan. B = the problem is named and the response is concrete but soft, narrow, or a review rather than a change. C = a problem is named and nothing is committed to, or the framing of the question is declined. C- = no local problem is settled on, or the answer is a general gesture. F = nothing responsive is offered. The bands come from the 31 rows graded before 2026-09-20 and were applied to the remaining 51 on that date. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison's answerMy biggest concern is the lack of consistency in the quality and quantity of our sidewalks. Some streets of Esquimalt have excellent sidewalks while other parts have dangerously derelict sidewalk conditions, and some streets have no sidewalks at all. Esquimalt is aiming to achieve complete cross-community coverage with our long-term goal of having a sidewalk being built on at least one side of every street.
Our Active Transportation Network Plan has already identified not just one but all the changes that we must make for walking to be safer and better through a complete network expansion, accessibility and infrastructure upgrades and improved pedestrian safety at our intersections. While we have already made a lot of progress, I am fully committed to filling in sidewalk gaps by eliminating discontinuous pathways as one of our plan's "Big Five Moves" to ensure uninterrupted pedestrian connections. This would be my single top priority for changes.
In addition, I also support our ongoing curb ramp modernizations by upgrading deficient, standard-falling curb cuts to better accommodate wheelchairs, mobility scooters, and strollers. We are also building continuous sidewalks across minor intersecting avenues (such as Macaulay Street at Esquimalt Road), requiring vehicles to drive over a raised sidewalk rather than forcing pedestrians to step down into a driveway apron. We also need to be adjusting, removing and relocating obstructions, such as widening any narrow paths and getting powerlines underground.
For intersections and pedestrian safety, we need to continue investing in enhanced crossings by installing more high-visibility Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) and pedestrian-activated flashing lights at high-risk crossings along major corridors. We also need to mitigate the safety risks for sidewalk users by ensuring the enforcement of our lowered speed limits. All these improvements are included in our plan and, as a frequent pedestrian who walks as my made mode for getting around Esquimalt, I fully support making all these changes as priorities within our municipal budget. - 10% of this topic WLK-03 B
Sidewalk construction and maintenance is chronically underfunded across the region. Would you vote to increase the share of your municipality's transportation capital budget dedicated to pedestrian infrastructure?
Why this grade: Would vote for a modest increase in the sidewalk and crossing share of the capital budget. Support for growth in funding, held short of a substantial shift.
How this question is graded
Yes, a substantial increase, meaning more than double what is currently spent = A. Yes, a modest increase, meaning more but less than double = B, because that is a real commitment with a ceiling on it. No, the current amount is sufficient = F, because the question is about money for infrastructure, which is the funding side of the split. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 5 options - 20% of this topic WLK-04 F
Do you support expanding pedestrian-priority and car-free streets in your municipality's downtown, main street or village centre?
Why this grade: Selected not applicable on expanding pedestrian priority and car free streets. The question covers a main street or village centre, which Esquimalt Road is, so nothing is recorded here either for or against the idea.
How this question is graded
Yes, and I would pursue a permanent expansion or implementation = A. Yes, but only temporary, seasonal or pilot closures = B, because it is a yes with a stated limit on it. No = F, because the question is about street space, which is infrastructure. An answer of N/A is not on this list: it is a claim that the municipality has no downtown, main street or village centre, which is a judgement about a candidate and is passed in by hand. It has been left blank where that is true of the municipality and graded F everywhere the question plainly does apply. Unsure was typed C on two rows before 2026-09-13 and those rows were reset to blank on 2026-09-20, so the question now follows the shared policy. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 6 options - 20% of this topic WLK-05 A
How will you work with parent groups, school staff, and municipal staff to assure that children’s safety is prioritized over convenience and flow of motor traffic?
Why this grade: A commitment to funding a crossing guard is reassuring to parents. Consultation to hear parents' concerns is essential, as is meeting with parents and teachers to directly view on-the-street concerns. And funding to support traffic calming (very important) and other infrastructure improvements is essential. Walk On has observed, and will continue to look for, the improvements you've committed to. What we've seen so far is exemplary.
How this question is graded
Free text. A = names parents, school staff and municipal staff and attaches something concrete: an audit, measures, funding, timelines, or work delivered. B = one half only, consultation without measures or measures without consultation. C = points at an existing programme as enough. C- = vague, deflects, or denies the problem. Blank only where Walk On cannot judge local conditions. F is not used.
Tim Morrison's answerIn Esquimalt, we have committed municipal funding for our crossing guard program for our municipality’s SD 61 elementary school, Macaulay Elementary School, dedicated specifically to providing crossing guard services for intersections flanking Macaulay Elementary School. Esquimalt has had a longtime arrangement whereby the municipality pays the costs for the crossing guard program to ensure the safety of our students. As a councillor, I have consistently voted to protect this funding in our annual budgets and will continue to do so if re-elected. In addition, during the past term, our Council worked with Macaulay Elementary School staff and parents to make requested safer Lyall Street design improvements and traffic-calming measures at the intersection entry point for Macaulay.
As per a recent request from the École Victor-Brodeur, Esquimalt Council has also authorized our staff to draft a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a funded crossing guard support program alongside School District 93 (Conseil scolaire francophone) for École Victor-Brodeur, which includes elementary aged students within our municipality. As a Councillor, I will always prioritize the safety of our students. - 20% of this topic WLK-06 A
What will you do, in a 4 year term, to identify, prioritize and set time-lines to assure that pedestrian infrastructure is improved to meet the needs of the older and disabled members of your community?
Why this grade: Over the past four years, Walk On has conducted several walk audits in Esquimalt. The Active Transportation Network planning you have supported is evident. The key, as you point out, is having consultation with the community, looking at barriers to walking by viewing the problems on the street where they exist, and setting time lines to achieve improvements agreed upon by pedestrians, staff and Council. You have supported, with necessary funding, work that will make walking safer for decades to come.
How this question is graded
Free text. A = names what to fix and the order it gets fixed in: an audit, named priorities, consultation with older and disabled residents, a timeline inside the term. B = real improvements with no process behind them, or continuing existing work. C = states the need and defers it, or one fix with no plan. C- = a problem with no action, or an answer about something else. Blank only where Walk On cannot judge local conditions. F is not used.
Tim Morrison's answerOlder and disabled members of our community greatly depend on pedestrian improvements that Esquimalt has included within our Active Transportation Network Plan first approved by Council in 2022 and being progressively implemented in ongoing phases.
Over the past term and continuing into the next term, we have set timelines and targets in place to progressively fill missing sidewalk gaps, upgrade pedestrian crossings with activated lights, and improve overall intersection safety for people of all ages and abilities.
For older and disabled pedestrians, the Township of Esquimalt is specifically focusing on removing physical barriers and improving sidewalk accessibility to design a network safe for "all ages and abilities". During the community survey phase of our Active Transportation Strategy planning, residents directly highlighted wheelchair-inaccessible curbs and narrow walkways as major hurdles. Our Esquimalt Active Transportation Network Plan targets these concerns through several dedicated upgrades including:
• Curb Ramp Upgrades: Installing modernized curb ramps (curb cuts/sidewalk letdowns) at intersections. This eliminates steep drops, making it safer for residents using wheelchairs, power scooters, or walkers.
• Continuous Sidewalks: Building raised, continuous sidewalks across intersections (such as the Macaulay Street crossing). This keeps pedestrians at a flat elevation and forces cars to slow down similar to crossing a speed bump.
• Safer Crosswalk Technology: Adding Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs). These are highly visible, pedestrian-activated flashing lights that help slower-moving seniors and disabled residents claim the right-of-way safely.
• Destination-Based Routing: Prioritizing construction around key community hubs. For example, the ongoing Esquimalt Road Phase II Project explicitly focuses on securing smooth, accessible paths to the Esquimalt Recreation Centre and the Archie Browning Sports Centre.
• Lower Speed Limits: Dropping speeds on local roads to decrease vehicle kinetic energy, giving older adults more time to cross safely and improving general comfort on non-separated walkways.
Also shared, ungraded
- Not graded WLK-GEN
If you have anything you'd like to add in regards to walking or pedestrian activity in your municipality, feel free to share your thoughts below.
I am proud to be a very active pedestrian of Esquimalt and throughout the region. My main mode of transportation is walking around the community, and my most frequent exercise routine is my power walks. My office is located at Uptown and I take the #26 Bus there each morning and commute home by walking from Uptown to my home in Esquimalt each evening, typically along the Galloping Goose trail towards Vic West and then along the scenic waterfront to Esquimalt.
Governance
B- 17% of this topic GOV-01 A
Do you support expanding shared or regional delivery of municipal services in the Capital Region?
How this question is graded
Yes/Partly = A, Unsure = C, No = F.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 5 options - 17% of this topic GOV-02 B
Do you support creating a regional service that designs, builds and maintains local municipal infrastructure shared across Capital Region municipalities?
Why this grade: Supports a regional service for local infrastructure, conditional on full cost recovery for their own municipality. A yes with a financial precondition rather than a clear one.
How this question is graded
Yes = A. Yes, only if full cost recovery is guaranteed for my municipality = B. No = C-. Full cost recovery is a named, checkable condition on a yes, so it takes the conditional-yes B. A No is C- rather than F because the question is about how services are organised and who runs them, which is the governance side of the split CLI-03 sits on the other side of. Unsure was typed C on three rows before 2026-09-13 and those rows were reset to blank on 2026-09-20, so the question now follows the shared policy. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 5 options - 17% of this topic GOV-03 C
If elected, what three steps would you take to put your region or municipality on a firmer financial footing?
How this question is graded
“Real financial resilience comes from increasing the productivity of land that's already served by infrastructure: letting neighborhoods incrementally thicken, encouraging redevelopment where roads and pipes already exist, building more value per acre instead of more acres that need public maintenance.” The Strong Towns approach thinks about revenue vs liabilities and the cost of replacing infrastructure as a key driver of municipal financial success. Next-increment intensification or better allows improved use of pipes, roads, and wires, increasing the economic base for the city while lowering vacancies (examples, strongtowns.org , archive.strongtowns.org ). No credit was given for/against for either a) sharing costs with neighbouring governments or b) asking for money from higher levels of government, both of which may have additional merit beyond the boundaries of the muncipality. A-level (excellent) answer: 1. a comment about density being linked to financial wellbeing (revenue side), 2. a comment about efficient use of that revenue (expenses side), 3. thinking about infrastructure liabilities and how to pay for them given the intergenerational problems. B-level (good) answer considers some of these principles, but likely doesn't consider both revenue and expenses. C-level (mixed) - may have other ideas about arbitrary efficiencies and doesn't provide a mechanism for doing the work they propose (e.g. "fill up the reserve fund" -- with what money?). F - working in the opposite direction of resilience (e.g. arbitrary property tax increase caps), or doesn't answer the question (e.g. "my municipality is on firm financial footing").
Tim Morrison's answerMaking life affordable in Esquimalt means providing property tax relief through careful budgeting, long-term financial planning and respecting taxpayers in all decision-making. We must focus on both the overall benefit to our community, as well as the cost to our community's taxpayers and our ability to pay. The three needed steps are:
1. Comprehensive review of the entire budget including both expenditures and revenue, focusing on our largest cost drivers and identifying options for delivering our services and community amenities in more cost-effective ways and exploring alternative revenue sources.
2. Focus on our community’s capacity and infrastructure needs. By identifying our capacity pressures, we can make a stronger case for advocating that the provincial/federal governments help finance the growth of our community and to help offset the costs to our municipal taxpayers.
3. Advocating for a more efficient, cost-effective united regional CRD police force. - 17% of this topic GOV-04 F
Do you commit to eliminating mandatory parking minimums for all land uses in your municipality by 2030?
How this question is graded
Yes = A, No/Decline = F. Parking minimums are pseudoscience that should be eliminated from city codes everywhere, and have been eliminated in Vancouver, Edmonton, Regina, Ottawa, and others across North America without any negative consequences (archive.strongtowns.org )
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 3 options - 17% of this topic REC-01 A
Do you support ensuring that local First Nations are represented in transit governance, such as on the Victoria Regional Transit Commission and the CRD Transportation Commission?
Why this grade: Supports ensuring local First Nations have seats in transit governance here. No conditions placed on the answer.
How this question is graded
Yes = A. No = C-, on the same reasoning as GOV-02 and TRN-04: the question is about who sits at the table, not about what gets built or funded. No candidate has answered No, so that letter is a rule rather than a record of how anyone was graded. Decline to answer is F where nothing explains it, and the Grade is left blank where the candidate explained the decline in the topic's comment box or answered the rest of the topic solidly. Unsure is left blank. A blank Grade drops the row out of the category rollup entirely; N/A is reserved for a question that does not apply to a candidate and never means ungraded.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 3 options - 17% of this topic REC-02 B
Concerning our municipal government’s First Nations’ reconciliation and consultation practices, I support:
Why this grade: Indicates moderate support.
How this question is graded
A = significantly more consultation practices. B = somewhat more. C = the current amount is enough. Written answers take the same ladder: A commits to partnership with local First Nations, B wants better consultation without committing to a change, C questions whether more is wanted. Nothing here has been graded C- or F.
Tim Morrison chose 1 of 7 options
Also shared, ungraded
- Not graded GOV-GEN
If you have anything you'd like to add in regards to governance, shared services, and municipal infrastructure, feel free to share your thoughts below.
In terms of good governance, Esquimalt’s next Official Community Plan (OCP) major review will happen in 2027. Public consultation will form an important part of that review. Based on valued public input, putting together our next OCP and getting it right will require a strong combination of experienced council members with proven leadership along with fresh, new perspectives of newly elected members. Most importantly, our public consultations must be meaningful, inclusive and reflected in transparent decision making that can be trusted by all of Esquimalt's residents. Learn more at TimMorrison.ca - Not graded REC-GEN
If you have anything you'd like to add in regards to First Nation transit governance or consultation practices, feel free to share your thoughts below.
Regarding reconciliation and representation, I brought forward an idea in 2025 for electoral reform on how we elect School District 61 School Board Trustees. This resulted in strong relationships being formed with representatives from each of the municipalities and the two First Nations that share SD 61. Together, we created a Task Force on SD 61 Electoral Reform.
A very special part of our task force focus was related to reconciliation and hearing the Songhees and Kosapsum (Esquimalt) voices on their lived experiences within the public education system and their desire for guaranteed representation at the school board table.
As a result, our task force unanimously recommended a ward electoral system whereby the Songhees and Kosapsum (Esquimalt) Nations would each be guaranteed a seat at the SD 61 School Board table along with each SD 61 municipality also having a seat representing all our respective communities. For SD 61 communities, we are now the first urban school district in B.C. and perhaps Canada to have guaranteed school board seats for Indigenous representation.
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