Candidate's name
Sue Stroud
Running for which council or school district?
Central Saanich
If running for municipal seat, indicate position.
Councillor
Occupation
Administrative Support Clerk
Community where you live
Brentwood Bay
Community where you work
Saanich
Political experience
Fight HST
Many campaigns as a volunteer in every position and for every level of government.
Active Council watcher and participant for nearly a decade including attending Strategic Planning Sessions and participating in the Official Community Plan Review.
Community involvement
Former Chair Central Saanich Heritage Committee
Director of the Residents and Ratepayers of Central Saanich
Member of the Save Our Ferry Coalition
What are the top three issues?
Central Saanich's unnecessary rising debt.
Transparency and accountability.
Protecting our farm and rural lands.
Why should people vote for you?
My role if elected is to represent all of the people, to listen, to have an open mind, to question my own reasoning and assumptions. I will be accountable and available. I will encourage, include and inspire everyone to participate in caring for our exquisite community. We are all one, we all belong.
What are the best things about your community?
Its beauty, its rural ambience, its heritage, its community pride and the love its people have for all of this.
What are the most vexing things about your community?
Overspending on frills. Never ending pressure from those wishing to build high priced developments for those who don't live here rather than true affordable housing for those who do. Pressure to break open the farm and rural lands to development despite the clear will of the people as reflected in their community plan. Lack of suitable activites or meeting places for teens. A sense in the community that some councillors only listen to you when they need your vote and brush you off afterward.