Areas of Life:

Please click on the titles to access the dedicated page for each topic.

• Income Security - Lifting every community member over the poverty line.  Sufficient funds to meet all needs with some left over for emergencies.  Exploration of several means to attain this (Basic Income Program, Living Wages, Symbiotic Economy, Gift Economy, * Moneyless Society...).  Please see our page on Eliminating Poverty.
• Food and Nutrition - Adequate and great food for all.  Assistance in developing public and private vegetable gardens.  Development of private gardens with vegetables, fruit trees, wild areas with plants to attract butterflies and bees and water features.  Exploration of all available sources for development of novel food-delivery avenues (Open Cupboard, JBJ Soul Kitchen, A Place at the Table...).  Involvement of existing leader in food security.
• Housing/Shelter - Acceptable, affordable housing for all.  Involvement in petitioning for affordable housing and in sourcing volunteer labourers (painters, woodworkers, interior designers...) to transform low rent housing into more comfortable living spaces.  Working with apartment building owners in the community towards assisting those needing affordable housing.  Transforming dilapidated building at 5210-5222 Walkley to social housing.
• Education - Great experiential educational system for all ages - daycare and pre-k, K-12, colleges and higher ed.  Self-directed learning enabling students to pursue areas of interest, passion and love independently.  Developing and tending to a garden at each school.
• Transportation - Optimizing all modes of transportation.  Making our roads safe to pedestrians and cyclists, expanding bike paths, working with the STM to optimize bus, metro and train schedules.  Receiving free and/or discounted monthly passes for those who need this service but don't have the means to afford.  Assisting the progression of the infrastructure for EV's.  Leading in the development of TaaS across the community.  
• Culture - Ensuring our artists are known and promoted across the community and wider.  Providing for the next generation of artists.  Developing all the venues for the arts, including church halls.  Enriching the living spaces of all residents by making great, locally produced artwork and music available to all reasonably.  Resurrecting the Empress Theater!  
• Environmental Issues - Clean energy, potable water, climate change/global warming, carbon footprint...
• Public Security - Becoming a near-zero crime neighbourhood.  Developing close ties with Police and Fire Departments and assisting their efforts to become much closer to the community (street 'beats'...). Studying and implementing safer, less violent means for de-escalating dangerous situations. 
• Communications - Developing a connected network which links every person, business and organization across the community.  Block Captains on every block who facilitate the transmission (two-way) of information to all members of their block.  Development of a Community E-zine/Newsletter to be disseminated to every person in the community (via email and in hard copy to those without internet).
• Healthcare - Development of a proactive, preventive approach to health and wellness aimed at significantly reducing chronic medications by the population.  Great healthcare system for all.  Assisting and elaboration of the CLSC structure to ensure everyone has ready access to all services (medical, social,...). Exploration of a variety of alternative medical practices.  Eldercare.
• Personal health/wellness/success - helping every community member to live a life which is in line with their definition of success (building a life they love).  Doing something we love and contributing to our community - expanding the number of offerings/occupations to ensure every area is suitably covered.
• Physical Fitness/Athletics/Sports - personal involvement and fandom.  Building a new multi-sport racquet and fitness facility.  Bringing people into the racquet sports and golf.  Girouard Park renamed in honour of Jackie Wallace.  Women's Professional Hockey Team for Doug Harvey Arena.  Development of Buster Harvey's.  Bringing the Expos back to a new stadium, potentially at Blue Bonnets in CDN/NDG.
• Technology - STEM.  Exploring all the positive areas for implementation of AI.
• Religion/Spirituality - Living our lives in Love.  Working with the areas Faith Institutions in order to develop a common message of Love and acceptance for all creeds.
• Animal Welfare - Complete program for our animals (pet and domestic) with the aim being to minimize/eliminate the killing of any animal for anything (food/clothing) within the community.