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General
What Matt Dell 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?
I would make more immediate investment in improving our sustainable and public transportation system, to lessen the reliance on personal vehicles. I would invest in more rapid and predicable electric busses, light rail, Handy Dart vans and broaden the AAA bike and roll network. Car-centric cities conflict with human desires for safety, clean air, trees and more diverse and affordable housing. Everyone in the city should have the option to travel quickly and cheaply by public transit or sustainable (bikes, walking etc) transportation. Victoria council has made good progress pursuing this vision this term, but there is a lot more work to do. We approved rapid transit lanes on Douglas, expanded the AAA bike network, funded the bike valet, and created a bike share program, but there is much more to do. - 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.
Matt Dell's allocation of ten million dollars Housing $2,000,000 Transit $1,000,000 Walking Infrastructure $1,000,000 Rolling & Cycling Infrastructure $1,500,000 Roadway Infrastructure $0 Policing $0 Fire & Emergency Services $500,000 Parks & Recreation $750,000 Arts & Culture $750,000 Climate Action & Environment $1,000,000 Unhoused Resident Services $1,000,000 Community-Based Clinics $500,000 - Not graded GEN-GEN
If you have anything you'd like to communicate about your region, generally, feel free to share your thoughts here.
I believe that Victoria is well-positioned to be a global leader in innovative urban design. This means that Victoria should be a model city that serves as an inspiration to locals and visitors. Victoria should be a leader in how to design a city based around diverse housing options, walkable communities, sustainable transportation, creative and compassionate responses to homelessness and addiction, and innovative ideas on arts and parks. I want people to come to Victoria and say "Wow - this city is amazing, we should bring these ideas to our own city." We need to be taking the best of all ideas from cities and thinkers around the world, and implementing them here.
Healthcare access
What Matt Dell 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.
I recently met a young Family Doctor who was leaving Victoria because housing was too expensive. We need to remember that the housing affordability crisis has a massive impact on the ability to recruit doctors, nurses, and all the other staff that make our health care system work. I would like to see more housing density around our local hospitals, more transportation networks and bike lanes to the hospitals, and city incentives for health care amenities in new developments. I would also support a city project to provide free/subsidized housing for a few years to help recruit new doctors to Victoria.
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 every fare measure on the 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 left out.
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.
Matt Dell 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 off frequent transit corridors along the whole corridor rather than at peak hours alone. That is the strongest option the question offered, and the space goes to bus lanes, loading, and people walking and cycling.
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.
Matt Dell chose 1 of 6 options - 30% of this topic TRN-03 A
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: A clear yes to rapid transit priority work on frequent corridors, including where it costs on-street parking or a general traffic lane. Nothing attached to the answer.
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.
Matt Dell 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: Supports creating a regional transportation authority. The answer is a plain yes with no qualifiers on it.
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.
Matt Dell chose 1 of 3 options - 10% of this topic TRN-05 A
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: Said yes to new bus only and bike only links through parks, golf courses and public land where they would substantially shorten trips. No conditions placed on it.
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.
Matt Dell 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.
Modernizing our transportation network is one of the biggest and most critical projects for Victoria's future. We cannot continue to build a car-centric city - it's bad for people, bad for the environment, and hurts other goals such as building more housing and planting trees. We need to ensure that everyone has access to rapid public transit, great pedestrian networks, and excellent AAA bike/roll networks. All people, especially children and seniors, should be able to use a bike, e-bike, scooter, or mobility scooter to travel to anywhere in the city.
Housing
A- 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
Matt Dell chose 7 of 10 options (up to 8 allowed) - HFL-02 8 / 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.
Matt Dell chose 8 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.
Matt Dell 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.
Matt Dell chose 6 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.
Matt Dell chose 1 of 3 options - HFL-06 6 / 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.
Matt Dell chose 1 of 6 options - HFL-07 3 / 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.
Matt Dell 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.
Matt Dell 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.
Matt Dell 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.
Matt Dell chose 1 of 4 options - HFL-12 5 / 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.
Matt Dell chose 2 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.
Matt Dell's answerIn this term of Council, I pushed for significant investment in all types of housing. We approved over 9000 units of housing, including over 5000 rentals, 2000 non-market homes, and numerous major developments. We upzoned the entire city to incentivize new homes, passed the Missing Middle Housing Initiative, and exceed provincial targets. Next term, I would like to see this progress continue. I am committed to approving major developments that hit city goals, reducing building costs and unnecessary policies, and working on partnerships to build non-market housing. I would like to see more density spread across residential neighbourhoods, and focus on development around new small villages and walkable communities. My main focus next term will be accelerating the process for obtaining approvals, and housing simply costs too much to build right now, and local governments need to reduce costs and timelines. I would like to see Victoria exceed provincial housing targets, including to approve another 5000+ units of rental housing and another 2000 units of non-market housing.
30% of this topic Incumbent record 29 / 29What Matt Dell 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: 100%
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: Supports clearing fossil fuel promotion off municipal property and out of municipal events, and would push the same at the regional table. The answer covers everything on offer.
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.
Matt Dell chose 1 of 6 options Follow-up: Matt Dell 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: Puts climate above everything else in the plan. Every other decision would have to answer to it.
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.
Matt Dell 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: An unconditional commitment to decline those meetings. It gives up a channel of influence that the candidate could have kept.
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.
Matt Dell chose 1 of 3 options - 8% of this topic CLI-04 A
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: Backs joining other local governments outright. Nothing in the answer makes the support contingent on anything.
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.
Matt Dell 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: Supports writing the prohibition into the bylaw. Nothing in the answer makes the support conditional on anything else happening first.
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.
Matt Dell chose 1 of 3 options - 8% of this topic CLI-06 A
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: Takes the whole list. That is the strongest available answer and it carries real budget implications.
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.
Matt Dell chose 5 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: Commits to phasing out the equipment. The answer is unqualified.
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.
Matt Dell 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 them outright. No load is added to the grid or to the water system on this candidate's watch.
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.
Matt Dell 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: Clearly identifies climate risks along with relevant strategies to address them that are possible at the local level for Victoria.
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.
Matt Dell's answerThe primary climate risk is to human health, primarily through increased temperatures and overheating in heat waves, worsening smoke and air quality, and increased potential for fires. While mitigation efforts are critical, I want Victoria to focus on adaptation efforts to ensure residents are safe in future heat waves. I brought a motion to create a maximum temperature bylaw (26 degree), and have also supported motions to create tax exemptions to modernize older buildings so they can keep cool. We need to plan more trees for shade cover, remove concrete and heat islands, and ensure there are misting stations, water parks and opportunities to keep residents cool and healthy. We need to also invest in safety services, community networks, public information campaigns, and connected communities, so people can check on one another in heat waves. Public facilities (pools, libraries, community centers) should be equipped with cooling equipment and open to the public on hot days. - 8% of this topic CLI-10 A
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: Clearly understands what ecosystem connectivity is and why it's important. Outlines several strategies, linked to the current OCP, to both maintain and increase ubran ecosystem features.
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.
Matt Dell's answerAll cities need to reduce heat islands (concrete, road ways etc) and focus on planting more trees, creating new parks and green spaces, planting local/native species, restoring waterways and wetlands, and use natural adaptive techniques to mitigate climate impacts. Victoria's new Official Community Plan creates new "blue green networks" that will allow residents to travel throughout the city in a network of parks or trees. We have committed to a natural asset management process to highlight the clear value of natural spaces. I support restoring Bowker Creek and other wetlands, and ensuring all new developments have innovative rain-water collection infrastructure. I also brought motions to incentivize green roofs, and to help close down some road spaces to create new parks in the city. I will support all of these initiatives. - 8% of this topic CLI-11 A
Do you see development as an opportunity to increase resilience to climate-related events, and if so, how?
Why this grade: Shows strong support for resilience-focused development and highlights how and why density is a critical part of resilience. Provides other concrete thoughts on how new development can support resiliency that links back to their prior answers about mitigating heat risks.
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.
Matt Dell's answerYes I think new development provides an excellent opportunity to address climate change and improve climate resilience. Firstly, more urban density stops urban sprawl, where we are required to cut down more forests and destroy natural wetlands. Dense, walkable, communities are the most sustainable type of housing. Second - new housing is more energy efficient, often using very little electricity. Victoria has create new policies to ensure all new housing is electric and energy efficient. Third, new housing is often safer, as it includes cooling features that help keep residents a safe temperature. The majority of individuals who died in the 2021 heat wave were in older housing that is harder to keep cool. Finally, we need new development to be built around parks and public amenities, so people can easily access shade, trees, or public amenities like a pool or library. - 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.
Matt Dell 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.
I believe that reforming policies on housing and transportation offer the best opportunity to reduce emissions and make Victoria more climate resilient. We need to use best practices to build more dense, walkable communities, where residents can walk or use transit for most of their daily needs. The personal vehicle, and large SFHs, create incredibly unsustainable communities and we cannot continue this type of development. We need a council that will continue to push Victoria from an older car-centric suburban design, to a more modern, intelligent and urban design that is focused around dense/diverse housing and incredible public transit and walk/bike/roll opportunities. We can then look for opportunities to plant more trees on unneeded vehicle lanes.
Arts
A- 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 detailed municipal role focused on acquiring and securing arts space, funding nonprofits and festivals, and using underutilized space.
How this question is graded
Matt Dell chose 1 of 4 optionsFollow-up: Local government has a major role to play in supports arts and culture. A supportive local government and council can truly help revitalize and arts community and build a thriving arts culture. The biggest priority that a local government needs to focus on is creating space for arts: this can be done through acquiring space (e.g. Hermanns, Royal Theatre, Ship Point), funding non-profits (e.g. Other Guise Theatre), and then providing grants for non-profits to access space through grants and funding. This term our council provided a large grant to subsidize 780 Blanshard, which created 80+ arts spaces, and created a grant program to allow artists to use underutilized commercial spaces. Local governments also need to provide grants, including grants for festivals, events, infrastructure, and accessing space. I would like to see increased grants across the board, especially for accessing space and funding local events. Next, I'd like to see Victoria partner with non-profits on space - 16.67% of this topic ART-02 3 / 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: Sets a concrete first-year nonprofit working group and a four-year goal to acquire and operate a nonprofit-run arts space, plus a measurable festival-funding target.
How this question is graded
Matt Dell's answerMy focus in year one will be to bring together a working group of non-profits to create a plan to invest in new arts space, to be operated by a non-profit organization. After four years, my goal is to acquire this space and have it operational. Next, in year one I'd like to increase funding for festivals, including permanent funding for major events like the Winter Arts Fest, Symphony Splash and others. By year four, I'd like to see our $470k annual festival budget increase to $1,000,000. Lastly, I'd like to start work on a few outdoor performance center, potentially in Ship Point. I'd like to start work on a new small community theatre too, as we are short on local theatre space. - 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: Supports priority-space identification, long-term affordability/stability tools and nonprofit partnerships for permanent assets.
How this question is graded
Matt Dell 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 full range of consequential permitting, event, coordination, zoning and disproportionate-cost reforms.
How this question is graded
Matt Dell 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 increased municipal infrastructure funding, property-tax increases, leveraging outside capital, nonprofit acquisition and cultural land trusts.
How this question is graded
Matt Dell 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
Matt Dell 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, providing meaningful but qualified protection.
How this question is graded
Matt Dell 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, fee reductions, property-tax incentives for long-term affordable space and nonprofit property-tax relief.
How this question is graded
Matt Dell 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.
Investing in arts is often forgotten by both right and left wing city councilors, as there are always more urgent priorities. We need to remind people that arts investment is affordability policy, it's mental health policy, and it is community building. Arts funding builds quality of life, provides jobs, and helps people connect with their own humanity. Although it's a small portion of the budget, it can have a large impact on building a great city. I've pushed for arts all term, including to purchase Hermann's Jazz, build a new venue at ship point, fund 780 Blanshard and increase funding for events and festivals. I plan to keep this momentum going.
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: Brought the motion prioritising the Pandora East missing link with two way lanes for all ages and abilities between Cook Street and Oak Bay Junction, and names Richmond between Richardson and Fort as the next priority because school children and commuters use it. Delivered work plus a named successor.
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.
Matt Dell chose 1 of 4 optionsFollow-up: I brought a motion with Councillor Thompson to prioritize the missing link on Pandora East, building 2-way AAA lanes between Cook Street and Oak Bay Junction. My next priority for missing link is bike lanes on Richmond between Richardson and Oak Bay/Fort Street. This is a very common route for school kids and commuters, and needs to be improved. I'd also like to see lanes on Oak Bay Ave, which were part of the city's plans, before being cancelled by the previous council. - 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: Commits to physical protection as the standard for new and upgraded cycling infrastructure on busy streets. Nothing 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.
Matt Dell 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 efforts to remove, narrow or downgrade existing protected bike lanes and all ages and abilities infrastructure. Given without reservation.
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.
Matt Dell 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: Names three priorities in order: two way lanes for all ages and abilities on Pandora East between Cook and Oak Bay Junction, widening the Goose and Lochside trails for regional riders, and new lanes on Richmond and Oak Bay Avenue. Specific, sequenced and all inside the term.
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.
Matt Dell's answerThe next key priorities for me will be: 1) Building two way AAA lanes on Pandora East, between Cook and Oak Bay Junction 2) Widening the Goose and Lochside Trail to accommodate more regional riders. 3) Building new bike lanes on Richmond and Oak Bay Avenue. - 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: Supported new bike lanes on Fort Street, Gorge Road and Shelbourne Street, brought the motion to accelerate two way lanes for all ages and abilities on Pandora East, backed pedestrianising lower Government Street and cut speed limits across the city to 30 and 40 kilometres per hour. Also raised the budget for crosswalks and crossing signals.
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.
Matt Dell's answer1) Supported construction of new bike lanes on Fort Street, Gorge Road and Shelbourne Street.
2) Brought a motion to accelerate two-way AAA lanes on Pandora East, between Cook St. and Oak Bay Junction
3) Supported the pedestrianization of lower Government Street.
4) Passed a new Official Community Plan that creates incentives for walkable/bikeable communities.
5) Drastically reduced vehicle speeds across the city to 30km & 40km.
6) Increased city budgets for funding for crosswalks, cross signals and other pedestrian infrastructure.
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.
Every person, of all ages, should be able to walk or bike/roll around the city safely. This is not the case right now. All kids should be able to bike to work safely, without risk of getting hit by a car. I'm committed to Vision Zero, meaning we will never lose a life of someone walking or biking in the city. This will become even more important in the future, as more and more people are using ebikes and e-scooters, especially young teens. Cars are prohibitively expensive, so alternatives are critical.
Walking
A- 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 commitment to multimodal planning and transportation demand management to increase transportation system efficiency.
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.
Matt Dell 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 vehicle speed as the top problem, points to limits already cut to 30 and 40 kilometres an hour and more than twenty new crosswalks a year, and commits to making pedestrian infrastructure the next term's main focus. Also accepts removing vehicle lanes where that slows traffic and makes room for new 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.
Matt Dell's answerThe number one concern in Victoria was vehicle speeds, so our council took bold action to reduce all roads to either 30km or 40km, which drastically increases pedestrian safety. We are building 20+ new crosswalk per year, which allow pedestrians to become the priority. In my next term, the number one focus will be increasing investment into pedestrian infrastructure, like more crosswalks, better/brighter crossing signals, traffic calming and wider sidewalks. I will follow Transportation Team evidence on the most critical places for these improvements. I will also support traffic calming and removing vehicle lanes (e.g. new bike lanes on Cook Street), as they drastically reduce vehicle speeds and provide opportunities for new pedestrian crossings. - 10% of this topic WLK-03 A
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: Committed to a substantial increase, more than doubling what is currently spent on infrastructure for people on foot. A funding shift of that size is what turns sidewalk plans into built sidewalks.
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.
Matt Dell chose 1 of 5 options - 20% of this topic WLK-04 A
Do you support expanding pedestrian-priority and car-free streets in your municipality's downtown, main street or village centre?
Why this grade: Backs expanding car free and pedestrian priority streets on a permanent basis. Permanence is what lets businesses and residents plan around the change.
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.
Matt Dell 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: Your work is comprehensive and meets all the criteria Walk On Victoria, the region’s pedestrian advocacy group, would recommend. The key to accomplishing safety is setting a priority to do so and develping an effective strategy (including support for funding) to make safety a priority. Keep doing what you’re doing.
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.
Matt Dell's answerI have school-age children, so I've been advocating for school-traffic safety for many years. As part of Oaklands PAC, I helped Oaklands Elementary create a traffic safety plan to help incentivize safe transportation around schools. In Victoria, I am committed to working with neighbourhood groups and associations to identify priority safety concerns for families, children and seniors, and raising those with city staff to get them onto work plans. I would support a "Safe Trip to School Strategy" where city staff work directly with schools to identify issues, set up better walking routes, create safe drop off zones that allow kids to walk a few blocks to school, and potentially close roads around schools (e.g. Ryan Street in Oaklands, which cuts between the school and field). - 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: Meeting residents on the street to view their concerns first hand, means your decision making benefits from seeing and hearing about the lived experiences of your constituents. Making sure there's adequate funding budgeted for pedestrian improvements (including wider, smoother sidewalks, curb cuts without lips, good sight lines at crosswalks, enough crosswalks, good lighting and traffic calming) is essential. Things get done when Council and staff set priorities for safety. Keep doing what you're doing.)
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.
Matt Dell's answerVictoria has done a good job at investing in pedestrian infrastructure, but we need to keep this momentum going. The absolutely key element of this is ensuring council allocates enough budget to do this work. I am committed to keeping budgets high for pedestrian safety, so we can accelerate replacement of outdated sidewalks, curb cuts and crosswalks, and ensure all of this infrastructure is high quality. It is very hard to do this work without higher budgets, so councilors and residents must be committed to paying a bit more, which will create greater safety for all residents. In a four year term, I will prioritize planning documents on pedestrian infrastructure, set budgets high enough to keep this work happening, and work closely with residents and neighbourhood groups to identify problems and fix them quickly.
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.
Every single child should feel safe walking to school in our city, and currently this is not the case. While I respect the need to drive a vehicle, this should not be at the expense of keeping pedestrian safe. I support traffic calming, slower vehicle speeds, and drastically enhanced infrastructure for pedestrians and bikes.
Governance
A- 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.
Matt Dell chose 1 of 5 options - 17% of this topic GOV-02 A
Do you support creating a regional service that designs, builds and maintains local municipal infrastructure shared across Capital Region municipalities?
Why this grade: Said yes to a regional service that designs, builds and maintains local infrastructure shared across Capital Region municipalities. No conditions placed on it.
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.
Matt Dell chose 1 of 5 options - 17% of this topic GOV-03 A
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").
Matt Dell's answer1) Set taxes at a rate high enough to maintain and upgrade infrastructure (ie maintain assets before they fall apart), ensure financial reserves are full to help pay for future needs, and build world-class amenities for residents that lasts for generations.
2) Look to bring in more tax revenue through new development, incentivize development on empty lots, and increase density across the city. One large development can help create $1-$20 million in new revenue.
3) Prioritize grant opportunities, partnerships with other levels of government, and collaborative relationships with the CRD, Province and Feds. For example, it's common for bike lanes and affordable housing to be mostly paid for by grants from the prov/feds. - 17% of this topic GOV-04 A
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 )
Matt Dell 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 local First Nations being represented in transit governance, including the Victoria Regional Transit Commission and the CRD Transportation Commission. Nothing conditional in 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.
Matt Dell chose 1 of 3 options - 17% of this topic REC-02 A
Concerning our municipal government’s First Nations’ reconciliation and consultation practices, I 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.
Matt Dell 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.
I am committed to making the hard decisions that will save the City money in the long term. For example, the previous council could have built a new Crystal Pool for $90M dollars. They delayed the project, which increased the price to $200M, wasting over $100M of taxpayer money. I want to see leaders that can make bold decisions, and will be focused on building high-quality infrastructure that will last longer and save money in the long run. - 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.
I am very supportive of Reconciliation efforts at the local level, including to seek more input on Indigenous language opportunities (e.g. street names), art, cultural events and development. Much of this will be based around future development of properties owned and developed by the local Nations, of which many are located in Victoria. I will support any and all proposals and projects led by the Nations.
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