In , he and his wife began a month voyage across the Pacific Ocean to New Zealand on a wooden ketch, an 18 m sailing ship. In New Zealand, they spent some time working as farmers. Robertson ran an organic farm with his wife, and in he cofounded an organic juice company, Happy Planet, with friend Randal Ius. Robertson left the daily operations of Happy Planet in but continued to hold shares in the company until Between and , Robertson acted as director of Tides Canada, a national environmental charity that works to solve major social and environmental issues.
In June , Gregor Robertson left his position as MLA upon winning the mayoral nomination for Vision Vancouver, a green liberal municipal party with a focus on the environment and affordable housing. During his election campaign, Robertson promised to make Vancouver the greenest city in the world and to end homelessness by During his decade-long tenure as mayor, Robertson achieved a number of successes while facing several significant challenges.
While at first controversial, the bike lanes became popular and led to an 85 percent increase in cycling between and At the end of his tenure as mayor, he claimed that Vancouver was the best city for cycling in North America. Natural gas, which is used for heating and cooking, would no longer be used in new buildings, and old buildings would have to switch to renewable sources of energy such as biofuels and electricity.
The decision was met with controversy, with critics arguing that families and small business owners would shoulder the financial burden of retrofitting natural gas furnaces and appliances. To increase urban green space, the city of Vancouver purchased the Arbutus rail corridor from CP Railway in in order to turn it into a greenway.
As more fatalities occurred due to fentanyl overdoses, Robertson and city council responded with changes to drug policy. In the Downtown Eastside, more supervised safe-injection sites opened. She pleaded not guilty and her lawyer argued the case was built on an illegally obtained confession.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, which is undertaken when the accused refuses to show remorse or contrition, says Yves Tiberghien, director of the Institute for Asian Studies at UBC.
Zhang, once described by her daughter as a workaholic, raised Qu, her only child, in the northern rustbelt province bordering Russia. But Qu rebelled. After withdrawing from Simon Fraser University in , she used tuition money to fund the purchase of an electric piano, straining an already difficult relationship with her mother. Four years later, she became the first Chinese artist signed to Nettwerk, a Vancouver-based record label.
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