{"id":7071,"date":"2024-10-01T18:08:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T22:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=7071"},"modified":"2024-10-03T08:33:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T12:33:49","slug":"questions-to-ask-candidates-in-the-upcoming-oct-19-municipal-elections-re-the-backlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=7071","title":{"rendered":"Questions to Ask Candidates in the upcoming (Oct 19) Municipal Elections, Re: the Backlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/electionPoster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7073\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ElectionPoster400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ElectionPoster400.jpg 400w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ElectionPoster400-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Elections are coming up fast in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) &#8211; are you ready?<\/p>\n<p>At the Backlands Coalition, we believe it\u2019s imperative that the next Council recognize and permanently preserve the Halifax Backlands as a Wilderness Area. But no wilderness area survives as an island\u2026<\/p>\n<p>On October 19, 2024 as citizens of HRM we will hold the power to decide how our municipality moves forward over the next 4 years. HRM is growing faster than ever, resulting in more pressure on our housing, transportation, social\/health services, and our wilderness areas. Pressures that are often pitched as battling against each other. So we\u2019re here to pitch for a path that moves us forward together &#8211; it\u2019s not \u201cpark *or* housing\u201d&#8230; \u201cwildlife corridor *or* highway\u201d&#8230;\u201cwilderness area *or* social services\u201d &#8211; It\u2019s \u201c*AND*\u201d, especially when our urban wilderness areas offer so many benefits to the citizens of our whole municipality and province.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>No matter what District you vote in, we\u2019ve put together a few questions that might help you determine your candidate\u2019s position regarding the Halifax Backlands, and policies that affect all HRM wilderness areas.<\/p>\n<p>View <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/QuestionToAskCandidatesReTheBacklands1Oct2024.pdf\">Questions To Ask Candidates, re: The Backlands<\/a><\/strong> (PDF)<\/p>\n<p>Download <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-Municipal-Elections_Printable-Poster.pdf\">2024 Municipal Elections_Printable Poster<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ecologyaction.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-09\/HRMElectionToolkit2024.pdf\"><strong>EAC toolkit for HRM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ecologyaction.ca\/our-work\/politics-policy\/municipal-elections-2024#candidate_survey\">Results of EAC Candidate Survey<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/city-hall\/elections?\">HRM general Elections Info<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elections are coming up fast in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) &#8211; are you ready? At the Backlands Coalition, we believe it\u2019s imperative that the next Council recognize and permanently preserve the Halifax Backlands as a Wilderness Area. But no wilderness &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=7071\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,5,2,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halifax-green-network-plan","category-hrm-greenbelt","category-our-hrm-alliance","category-regional-plan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7071"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7082,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071\/revisions\/7082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}