I have been privileged as someone from a settler background to be able to work closely with and learn from Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc staff and band members as we've collaborated on projects. My approach is humility and deep listening. I intend to reflect on the 94 calls to action and continue to build upon the relationship that the city has built up with TteS.

One area I see as a potential for future growth in this relationship is our work on the environment and planning. We've had a couple folks on Council express a notion that we're somehow in competition with TteS for an industrial tax base and during this term there was an unhelpful discussion that played out in the media over extending a hospital tax to Sun Rivers residents. I see our communities as intertwined and believe that social, economic, and environmental growth in one helps the other. Kamloops should also pay closer attention to TteS leadership when considering impactful projects like development at Kamloops Lake or the Ajax mine.