I’m Launching My Campaign With Two Big Ideas
Buck a ride Citywide
- Ottawa needs reliable, frequent, and affordable transit — we can act immediately on affordability
- Reduce fares at no extra cost to taxpayers
- Save transit commuters over $1000 per year
- Grow transit ridership and reduce congestion
Open Books,100 Days
- Follow the money to see where your taxes go
- Identify savings so every dollar works harder
- Establish real accountability for major projects
- Rebuild public trust with full fiscal transparency
- Allow communities to evaluate local priorities
My priorities for Ottawa
For too many people, the status quo just isn’t working. Residents face an affordability crisis, ever growing commutes, and concerns around community safety. Meanwhile, city hall is pouring money into major projects dictated by special interests. They are making closed door decisions on how our tax dollars are spent and preventing Ottawa realizing its potential as a vibrant and livable city. As mayor, I will prioritize transparency, community control, and costs; that way, you can hold me and other elected officials to account.
Transparency
We deserve to know that decisions at city hall are made in the public interest, not behind closed doors or influenced by special interests.
Increasing transparency means showing where every tax dollar goes, ending closed-door decision making, and ensuring insiders can’t shape outcomes without accountability. By opening the city books, establishing real accountability on the LRT and other major projects, and ending developer influence we can put residents back in a position to see, question, and trust how every decision is made. We will create a system that ensures better choices, less waste, and a city hall that works for everyone.
Community Control
For too long, decisions have been centralized at city hall, leaving communities disempowered.
Restoring community control means giving residents a real say in what happens in their neighbourhoods. Through initiatives like neighbourhood safety councils, citizen’s assemblies, and participatory budgeting communities can set priorities that reflect their needs. By strengthening local voices in decision making we can build safer, more responsive, and more connected communities.
Costs
Ottawans are feeling the pressure of rising costs, and City Hall has a direct role in making life more affordable.
Lowering costs means focusing on practical solutions that reduce everyday expenses, whether that’s lowering transit fares, improving housing affordability, stopping wasteful insider deals, or keeping taxes as low as possible.
To make life in Ottawa affordable, we need to manage public resources with the utmost care so residents can keep more of what they earn, and ensure every tax dollar works as hard as possible to deliver reliable city services.
