Andrea Reimer says she thinks her party should form an alliance with the Coalition of Progressive Electors and the Greens for the 2011 civic election.
"Personally, I was very supportive of it last time," the Vision Vancouver councillor told the Straight, standing at the entrance to her backyard in East Vancouver. "Fourteen months out from the election right now and having gone through the experience of working with COPE on council, I can't see why we wouldn't do it. But we haven't discussed it since the last election."
The three municipal parties made an agreement for the 2008 election that saw them each run less-than-complete slates in order to avoid vote-splitting on the left.
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Posted on Sep 11th, 2010 by Tris Hussey
The City of Vancouver, Cisco, and Vancouver-based Pulse Energy have inked a deal to bring green tech and energy management tools to Vancouver city buildings and homes in the near future. I had a chance to chat with City Councilor Andrea Reimer about what the deal means for people and, frankly, I’m excited about the program. Andrea told me that there is a five-pronged approach to this initiative that will first bring smart metering to city buildings, then to homeowners (get me on that list!), green data centres, data analysis by the University of British Columbia, a living lab showcasing local technologies, and finally connecting in with Urban Eco Map. All together this means we’ll have more information and understand of how we use energy and where we can save energy.
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