Ecology Action Centre – Candidate Survey 2024 - Candidate for Councillor, District 16 – Bedford - Wentworth - Name of Candidate: Prathibha Narasimhan

The Halifax Green Network Plan (HGNP) should be used to guide the region’s growth, but full implementation of the plan requires resources and enforceable rules to protect important greenspace and wildlife corridors. [...] Will you commit to ensuring Halifax Transit attracts and retains enough staff to implement the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network and ferry routes in the Rapid Transit Strategy? Explain why or why not (optional). [...] I am completely dedicated to the goals of the Road Safety Strategy and its vision of zero injuries and fatalities. [...] Are you committed to ensuring the continued implementation and full funding of the JustFOOD Action Plan as the municipality’s first comprehensive, long-range food strategy, which will increase collaboration across levels of government and among community partners, strengthening our collective capacity to build a just, healthy, and sustainable food system. [...] In particular, due to increased concerns about floods, droughts, and intensification of storms as a result of climate change, there is a big need for holistic and sustainable management of freshwater resources.