Experience in the Metro Vancouver region over the past three decades illustrates WHY AND HOW a set of cascading factors must ALL be in alignment to move a region forward. At the top of the list is political leadership.

“To ask the tough questions, you must be informed and educated about what matters,” Darrell Mussatto repeatedly stresses when he reflects on how to look back to see ahead..

“To be a better, more effective decision maker,  you have to understand how things work so that your decisions are in context with other issues…not just because I think this is right…or because it is my opinion or I am emotional about it.”

Counteracting memory loss

“We need more people in elected office who are talented, have done well, are passionate, and want to give back to their community. And who want to take on some of the challenges that are outside their own life. We need more people like that.”

“There will not be memory loss from one generation of leaders to the next IF politicians are informed and educated, are not just about a single issue, and want to do better than their predecessors. Politicians have to be smarter about what matters in local government to make better decisions.”