Another Endorsement- this time from James Tuer

I first meet Peter at a local Bowen Island symposium on heritage architecture. I was on a speaker’s panel and Peter in the audience. The first thing that struck me was Peter’s enthusiasm for all things Bowen. Over the last 6 years I have gotten to know Peter much better. Peter has been instrumental in the Sung Cove Planning efforts, challenging many of the misconceptions of where the plan could and could not go. Peter bridged the gap between the heritage folks and the development folks and as a result we have some really great ideas on the table that after years of just talk are now council instructions to staff to make good on our collective planning efforts.

What really strikes me about Peter is his ability to listen to both sides and to not be a slave to his own ideas. If a better idea comes along Peter is willing to change his position. However even more important to me in an elected leader is that when it comes down to core values Peter follows his heart. As an example, Peter was the lone voice to contain the Cove redevelopment to a south side village. I know that is just symbolic but to his constituents that believe in this principle he is their voice as we move forward investigating what a two sided street will look like.

I’ll be voting for Peter as he is an elder statesman on Bowen and can bridge the gap between the new and the old. He is a career politician in the most positive meaning of the word. He’s hard working, smart, a great reader, well connected and a great ambassador. With Peter’s help we easily navigated the Metro Vancouver bureaucracy and found instant champions of Bowen Island both on the Parks board and also within the organization itself.