ACHIEVEMENTS
- Voted in favor of successful motion to declare a climate emergency in the City of Ottawa.
- Established a Ward Council that includes representatives from each community association that meets quarterly.
- Voted in favour to extend current transit fare freeze until Ottawa's light rail system launches.
WARD PRIORITIES
- Pursue a poverty reduction strategy that includes investments in after-school programs.
- Renewal of Beechwood Avenue to make it safer and more accessible.
- Ensure that there is full-day, reliable and affordable transit connecting Wateridge Village.
- Increase affordable housing, especially in the Wateridge Village development.
- Restore and beautify Stanley Park after the completion of the Combined Sewage Storage Tunnel project.
- Create and implement a Food Education and Awareness Strategy
- Increase investments in after-school programs & health and social service agencies.
- Improve lighting, security and community policing efforts in high-crime areas.
- Pursue investments to improve diversity & community interactions with police.
- An end to the imposition of “red-zones” and “street sweeps” on sex workers
CITY PRIORITIES
FAIR AND TRANSPARENT DEVELOPMENT
- Promote development that compliments existing neighbourhoods.
- Protect homes, green space & control development in heritage conservation districts.
- Make sure that developers respect and follow community design plans.
- Inclusionary zoning to require major housing developments to have at least 20% affordable or social housing.
- Provide incentives to small business in economically challenged areas.
- Stricter regulations when it comes to dealing with Airbnbs.
PUBLIC SAFETY & SECURITY
- Call for city-wide handgun weapons ban.
- Create and implement a Food Education and Awareness Strategy.
- Increase investments in after-school programs & health and social service agencies.
- Improve lighting, security and community policing efforts in high-crime areas.
- More investments to improve diversity & community interactions with police.
- Mental health training for police and emergency service providers.
- The development of meaningful channels of communication between sex workers and police.
- An end to the imposition of “red-zones” and “street sweeps” on sex workers.
AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION
- Create better transport options to improve our streets & sidewalks.
- Freeze all transit fares, with an eventual plan to reduce fares.
- Focus on improving bus service & interconnections with future light rail.
- Improve Para Transpo by adding more accessible vehicles to its fleet and offer longer, more flexible availability.
- Implement proven traffic calming measures, primarily on side streets & in school zones.
- Develop a cycling strategy that includes more bike lanes, bike racks & bike-sharing.
- Seek adequate investment for snow clearing & active transportation (walking, biking).
- Prioritize sidewalks, bike paths and areas and around schools for snow clearance.
- Make Ottawa more accessible to seniors through improved methods of transportation.
CLIMATE CHANGE
- Ban single-use plastics.
- Implement a city-wide building retrofit program for commercial and residential buildings.
- Stronger enforcement of the City’s urban forest policies and by-laws to protect our urban tree canopy.
- Address climate change in the City’s Official Plan.
- Prioritize climate change and environmental concerns during the planning and development process.
- Introduce composting to multi-unit housing.
DEMOCRACY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
- Implement a ranked-balloting electoral system for the City of Ottawa.
- Reduce the current campaign contribution limit.
- Require that all candidates during an election publicly release their donors over $100
- Make sure that residents are adequately consulted on large infrastructure spending projects.
- Implement a participatory budget process.