The Community Social Planning Council is a values-driven organization. Underlying its work is a shared belief:

• In the attainability of a healthy, sustainable, just, and vibrant community

• That accurate and accessible information is a tool for positive social change

• That marginalized voices need to be part of social planning processes

• In the necessity of a broad-based process of reconciliation with Indigenous communities

• That meaningful community engagement and respect for diversity and inclusion are critical components of a socially sustainable region

• Social policy development needs to acknowledge the critical and increasing points of connection between climate change, energy policy, and infrastructure development.