Andrea Reimer is a Canadian politician, who served on Vancouver, British Columbia's City Council from 2008 to 2018.
[7][8] She was homeless between the ages of 14 and 19,[6][10][11][12][13] which included travel to places throughout Canada, the United States, Asia, Central America, Europe and North Africa.
[6][7][8] When she was 18, Reimer worked in El Salvador at a low-income housing project, which she later cited as the catalyst for her environmental awareness.
[7][8] Reimer eventually worked her way up to become the executive director of the Western Canada Wilderness Committee,[7][15][16][17] where she was paid approximately $2000 a month.
[18] While executive director of the Wilderness Committee, Reimer supported the creation of a carbon tax by the BC Provincial Government.
[2] Reimer joined the Vision Vancouver party to support Gregor Robertson's mayoral campaign,[3] which she co-chaired.
[23] In January 2003, she supported the Green Party's position against bringing the Olympic Games to Vancouver in 2010 due to concerns about the money it would require.
[15] In 2008 she characterized her position as still ambivalent about the money spent on the Olympics but prepared to put her full energy into ensuring the Games were as good as possible.
[30] The proposal was brought forward as a result of a recommendation from the City of Vancouver's Food Policy Council.