Burnaby-Douglas MP Kennedy Stewart Begins Burnaby Mountain Gondola Consultation Process

For Immediate Release
October 4, 2011

Burnaby-Douglas MP Kennedy Stewart Begins Burnaby Mountain Gondola Consultation Process

BURNABY, BC - Burnaby-Douglas MP and newly appointed Associate Natural Resources Critic for Western Canada Kennedy Stewart has started a large-scale consultation process regarding Translink’s proposed Burnaby Mountain Gondola.

The first phase of the consultation process consisted of meetings and correspondence with stakeholders including Simon Fraser University, Translink, Burnaby City Council, First Nations and representatives from NoGondola.

The second phase will gather opinions from affected local residents using in person, mail and telephone surveys. Results will be reported to stakeholders and mailed to all Burnaby-Douglas households. Two public meetings will also be held.

“All levels of government should ensure affected communities are involved in decision making,” says Stewart.  “I have taken care to include both those for and against the gondola in the process, and I believe by being inclusive, we can come up with a plan that most will agree with.”  In addition to the mail-back survey shortly due to arrive at door steps, Stewart will use cutting-edge automated telephone technology to phone the approximately 5,000 households in the affected area bounded by Duthie Road, North Road, Barnet Highway and Lougheed Highway.

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 For more information, please contact:

Jaclyn Moneypenny, parliamentary assistant, 613-996-5597 or Kennedy.Stewart.A2@parl.gc.ca
Ryan Sudds, constituency assistant, 604-360-4921 or Kennedy.Stewart.C1@parl.gc.ca