Fiduciary responsibility is an obligation that an elected official has to the organization they represent, that decisions are based on their interest and not your personal ones. This has typically been viewed as protecting financial assets through wise stewardships of funds, but in a position like ours we should include social and environmental protection as important considerations. Oversight, employee wellbeing, respecting conflict of interest rules, protecting confidential information are other aspects of fiduciary responsibility. As someone elected to various boards governed by the Society Act of BC I have discharged this duty in the past and continue to do so.

The TNRD debacle but also City of Kamloops Council and senior executive spending large amounts of money on catered lunches were recent breaches of fiduciary responsibility. I'm glad to see steps have been taken to address these issues. If elected I would try to set an example and question how policies and procedures reflected high ethical standards.