Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration
Climate & environment · Sep 16, 2025
What changed
A motion proposed immediately rescinding Council's climate emergency declaration.
City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 29, 2026Why this decision is included
A failed rescission is necessary to interpret No correctly as retaining the declaration. Later votes on the same declaration share its family.
How votes are grouped: Votes on retaining or rescinding the same declaration share one family, including proposals across Council terms. Related wording and disclosure clauses are not independent commitments.
What Yes meant
Rescind the declaration.
What No meant
Reject rescission at this vote and retain the declaration.
Alternatives and outcome
Keep the declaration or rescind it; associated audit proposals were separate questions.
The rescission proposal was defeated, so the declaration remained after this vote. Council reconsidered the policy in 2026.
not_adoptedA recorded vote or adoption does not establish that a project or service was delivered.
Recorded choices
| Date | Person | Decision | Recorded vote | Meaning and scoring rationale | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 16, 2025 | Andre Chabot | Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration | Yes | Rescind the declaration. A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes. | Reviewed policy choice |
Sep 16, 2025 | Courtney Walcott | Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration | No | Reject rescission at this vote and retain the declaration. A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes. | Reviewed policy choice |
Sep 16, 2025 | Dan McLean | Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration | Yes | Rescind the declaration. A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes. | Reviewed policy choice |
Sep 16, 2025 | Evan Spencer | Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration | No | Reject rescission at this vote and retain the declaration. A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes. | Reviewed policy choice |
Sep 16, 2025 | Gian-Carlo Carra | Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration | No | Reject rescission at this vote and retain the declaration. A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes. | Reviewed policy choice |
Sep 16, 2025 | Jasmine Mian | Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration | No | Reject rescission at this vote and retain the declaration. A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes. | Reviewed policy choice |
Sep 16, 2025 | Jennifer Wyness | Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration | No | Reject rescission at this vote and retain the declaration. A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes. | Reviewed policy choice |
Sep 16, 2025 | Jyoti Gondek | Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration | No | Reject rescission at this vote and retain the declaration. A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes. | Reviewed policy choice |
Sep 16, 2025 | Kourtney Penner | Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration | No | Reject rescission at this vote and retain the declaration. A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes. | Reviewed policy choice |
Sep 16, 2025 | Peter Demong | Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration | No | Reject rescission at this vote and retain the declaration. A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes. | Reviewed policy choice |
Sep 16, 2025 | Raj Dhaliwal | Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration | No | Reject rescission at this vote and retain the declaration. A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes. | Reviewed policy choice |
Sep 16, 2025 | Sean Chu | Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration | Yes | Rescind the declaration. A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes. | Reviewed policy choice |
Sep 16, 2025 | Sonya Sharp | Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration | Yes | Rescind the declaration. A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes. | Reviewed policy choice |
Sep 16, 2025 | Terry Wong | Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration | No | Reject rescission at this vote and retain the declaration. A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes. | Reviewed policy choice |
Only reviewed policy choices are scored. Each independent decision family counts once per measure; choices within one budget or policy package share that family’s weight. statements, promises, absences and contextual amendments do not contribute. Two decisions are the minimum for a position. The sensitivity range shows the score after removing one decision at a time; it is not a statistical confidence interval or a prediction.
Published explanations
No sourced statements collected
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Documented policy leadership
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Sponsorship and committee appointments require an explicit source; a Yes vote alone does not establish either.