Patrick Johnstone – Fan of cities; Mayor of the best one.

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• About – Patrick Johnstone

  Born in the Kootenays, Patrick first arrived in New Westminster in the late 80s, attracted like so many others by affordable rent and easy Skytrain access. After many years of schooling, and quite …

• 2022 in review – Patrick Johnstone

  Having a bit of time over the Christmas break to think back about the year that was 2022, I am mostly thinking about a year of strategizing, planning, and bringing teams together like I have never …

• The Campaign – Patrick Johnstone

  There are so many people to thank, and those will be more personal notes than this. I thought for my first post-election blog, I wanted to write a bit about the experience. I’ll follow up with more…

• Ask Pat: Now What? – Patrick Johnstone

  Yes, I hope to keep writing here, and am setting a goal of putting up a post a week as a minimum. But it will be a bit different, and the scale of that difference is something that I will have to i…

• Behind the scenes – Patrick Johnstone

  Trying hard to get back to my post-election semi-promise to try to post here once a week; Alas it was an aspirational goal I will strive towards, but not there yet. Though it is a good time for a b…

• Yes, I’m running. – Patrick Johnstone

  I really love New Westminster, and am really proud of the work that Council and staff have done in the (almost) 8 years I have been on Council. The last two have been especially challenging, but al…