Peter Rodrigues has been a community advocate for many years in Pickering.  He has been involved with many issues throughout the City of Pickering and the Region of Durham.  He meets regularly with members of his community and other residents throughout Pickering and other municipalities.  He has met with politicians at all levels of government in and around Durham.  He is an outspoken activist, who has participated at many resident initiated events.

Peter believes in leading from the front, by being actively engaged and spending many hours working to improve his community.  He is well-known to a broad spectrum of people.  He doesn’t seek what’s best for himself.  It’s not about gaining personally, but rather, he feels it is a duty to serve his community, by participating in building stronger relationships among the residents in Pickering.

Whitevale resident and president of the Whitevale and District Residents’ Association, Peter Rodrigues, was elected as Regional Councillor in Ward 3 in October 2010.  Peter was already well-known to council and city staff due to his participation before he was elected. For years he attended most council meetings, and was no stranger to Planning, Works, and Executive committees and town hall meetings. He is, after all, involved in a number of groups.

The prominent ones are Stop the Stink, a group opposed to the expansion of the southeast collector sewer, basically a pipe that ships York’s sewage to Pickering for treatment. He’s also actively involved in Land Over Landings, a group opposed to an airport going into Pickering, and would rather for the land to be used for agricultural purposes instead.

For years Peter has often spoken up at council about the Seaton Development, as he lives on the rural land, which will be a part of the vast community that is anticipated to become home to 70,000 new residents within the next 10 years.

He also sits on the Heritage Pickering Advisory Committee, quite fitting as he’s a resident of a very historic part of Pickering.  Plus, he is working on the Doors Open project for Pickering’s Bicentennial in 2011.

He participated in Pickering Blooms, volunteers his time with his community centre, raising chickens and enjoying his farm fresh eggs.

With a degree in philosophy and 30 years working experience in the computer field, he is prepared with a broad spectrum of life and business experiences, and approaches to problem solving and issue resolution.