I am in favour of maintenance and prevention over response to emergencies. We know that flood, fire and landslide are our biggest natural disaster risks and I think we should improve our development and building strategies to take this into account. Taxes are that topic that no one wants to talk about raising and yet we want to have development in all areas. I would work within the city budget to insure safety is a top priority. There are other methods of generating funding for projects that can be looked at (provincial and federal grants for example). Taxes are just one way funding projects.