{"id":2,"date":"2026-07-04T18:41:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restoreburnaby.ca\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-07-27T05:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T05:07:35","slug":"our-voices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/restoreburnaby.ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/restoreburnaby.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restoreburnaby.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/restoreburnaby.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/restoreburnaby.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/restoreburnaby.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/restoreburnaby.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-2-background-color has-background has-roboto-font-family has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Voices of Residents<\/strong>       <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve lived in Burnaby for over 20 years, and I barely recognize my own city anymore. My <strong>wages haven\u2019t kept up<\/strong>, but my rent, groceries, and utilities keep climbing. It feels like the government hears developers and advocacy groups but not residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A mother of three living in Burnaby South<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery election they&#8217;ve promised affordability, but all I see are <strong>higher rents, higher property taxes<\/strong>, and higher fees. The provincial and municipal governments talk about \u2018housing targets\u2019 and \u2018growth,\u2019 yet families like mine are being priced out of Burnaby.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Resident of Burnaby since 2003<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I am deeply concerned about public safety in my neighborhood and want the city councillors and our mayor who have the determination to take <strong>crime, disorder<\/strong>, and community well being seriously!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Wong reminisces about the juvenile time he spent in this safe and tranquil neighborhood of Burnaby.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I was aware that the City of Burnaby used to have one of the highest reserves funding of almost <strong>$2 Billion<\/strong> that was accumulated over generations of taxpayers and residents Right now our reserve fund has been depleted, and all these mega projects are overrunning in cost. I am deeply concerned! &#8220;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fourth\u2011generation resident of Burnaby<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<a class=\"guten-button guten-button-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/restoreburnaby.ca\/letter-of-burnaby-residents\/\"><span>Click the link to Read more about the Voices of Burnaby Residents<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voices of Residents \u201cI\u2019ve lived in Burnaby for over 20 years, and I barely recognize my own city anymore. My wages haven\u2019t kept up, but my rent, groceries, and utilities keep climbing. It feels like the government hears developers and advocacy groups but not residents.\u201d \u201cEvery election they&#8217;ve promised affordability, but all I see are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":-3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restoreburnaby.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restoreburnaby.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restoreburnaby.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restoreburnaby.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restoreburnaby.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/restoreburnaby.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1020,"href":"https:\/\/restoreburnaby.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/1020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restoreburnaby.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}