Creating Our Future: Working Together for a Livable and Prosperous Region
Greg Moore
With a new mandate and a renewed focus on regional planning for growth and transportation, the regional economy and climate action, the Metro Vancouver Board of Directors is poised to deliver on a number of key plans, policies and projects that will have a significant impact on the residents and businesses of the Lower Mainland for generations to come
Long-term investments by Metro Vancouver in drinking water, sewerage and solid waste infrastructure of over $7 billion between now and 2022 will help strengthen the regional economy, and will create an estimated 70,000 direct and indirect job-years.
Join Metro Vancouver Board Chair Greg Moore for his second annual address to The Vancouver Board of Trade, as he outlines some of the strategic priorities for the region and its member municipalities – including regional planning for growth and transportation and climate change – and how local governments and the business community can work in partnership to build a strong and resilient regional economy.
Mr. Moore's presentation will be followed by a Q and A moderated by Gary Mason, National Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail.
MODERATOR:
Gary Mason
National Affairs Columnist
The Globe and Mail
About the Speaker
Greg Moore is the Chair of the Metro Vancouver Board of Directors and Mayor of the City of Port Coquitlam. His long career in public service – he spent a decade as a City employee, and has served on Port Coquitlam Council since 2002 – is testament to Mr. Moore's long-time personal commitment to affecting real and lasting positive change in the lives of others. Recent accomplishments as an elected official include the development of a 10-year, $7.5 billion vision and plan for transit in the Metro Vancouver region, and the creation of the National Zero Waste Council, a cross-sector leadership initiative that seeks to advance a national waste prevention and reduction agenda in Canada and beyond.
Mr. Moore is also involved in a number of charitable causes in his home town of Port Coquitlam, including the "Homes for Good Society", whose purpose is to end chronic homelessness, and "I Am Someone", a society dedicated to ending bullying through community awareness and support, technology, and advocacy. Mr. Moore was also nominated to Vancouver magazine's Power 50 2014 list.
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