Historical record · 2026
2026 campaign archive
This page preserves the positions I published during my 2026 campaign for London City Council, Ward 13.
The wording below is historical. References to what I would do as a councillor describe campaign commitments, not an office I currently hold.
Original source: the campaign’s /issues/ page, preserved from the website handoff dated October 28, 2026. Archived here November 6, 2026.
London: issues that matter to me
Where I stand, in plain words.
Voters deserve positions, not process. Here is what I see in Ward 13 and what I would push for at council. If you think I've got one of these wrong, tell me: that's the point of the whole campaign.
01
Downtown safety and homelessness
What I see
Walk Dundas or Richmond on a weekday and you'll see both problems at once: people who don't feel safe walking to work, and people sleeping in doorways who have nowhere else to go. Treating those as competing problems is how London got stuck. They're the same problem wearing two coats.
What I'd push for
- Fund what's working in supportive housing and crisis outreach, and be honest in public about what isn't.
- A visible, consistent city presence in the core: maintenance, lighting, and bylaw response that shows up when called.
- Stop announcing plans without operating money attached. A strategy without a budget line is a press release.
How we'll know it's working
A regular public count of people sleeping rough that trends down, on a schedule set with the outreach teams who run it, shorter waits into supportive housing, and core foot traffic climbing back, all reported in public rather than promised.
02
An affordable city
What I see
Rents, property taxes, and user fees keep rising faster than the paycheques of the people paying them. Every budget line at City Hall eventually lands on a household somewhere in this ward, and most households don't feel consulted about it.
What I'd push for
- Every new dollar of spending has to answer one question: what does a Ward 13 household get for it?
- Speed up approvals for housing that people can actually afford, especially in and around downtown where the services already exist.
- Publish the tradeoffs in plain language before votes, not in a 400 page agenda PDF after them.
How we'll know it's working
Tax and fee increases are below the pace they have run at, and every major budget vote ships with a plain language note on what a Ward 13 household pays and gets.
03
Roads, transit, and getting around
What I see
Downtown is where every construction season, bus route, and detour in the city collides. Residents put up with years of disruption and are owed streets that work when the cones finally leave: for drivers, for buses, for wheelchairs, for people on foot.
What I'd push for
- Coordinate construction schedules so the core isn't torn up on every axis at once.
- Fix the basics first: potholes, crossings, snow clearing on sidewalks people rely on daily.
- Judge transit changes by whether a shift worker can get to work on time, not by ribbon cuttings.
How we'll know it's working
Fewer overlapping closures in the core each season, a published repair time for potholes and sidewalks, and transit changes judged by whether a shift worker gets to work on time.
04
Small business and downtown recovery
What I see
Storefronts are the ward's heartbeat. Talk to the owners and the story is the same: they carry the costs of downtown's problems and see too little of the help. When a storefront goes dark, the whole block feels less safe, which empties the next one.
What I'd push for
- Make opening and operating downtown simpler: faster permits, clearer rules, one point of contact at City Hall.
- Measure downtown programs by occupied storefronts and foot traffic, and report those numbers publicly.
- Put resident and business voices at the table before decisions are made about their street, not after.
How we'll know it's working
Occupied storefronts and foot traffic reported every quarter, and permit turnaround times that drop and stay down.
05
Accountability at City Hall
What I see
People disengage when they feel decisions are already made before anyone asks them. Ward 13 turnout in 2022 was 4,678 ballots. That's not apathy, that's people concluding their choice doesn't matter. Proving it does is the whole reason I'm running.
What I'd push for
- Answer constituents. Every call and email gets a response with a real answer, not a form letter.
- Vote in the open and explain every vote in plain words, on the record, on this website.
- Hold regular ward hours in person, most weeks, somewhere in Ward 13. Starting now, not after the election.
How we'll know it's working
Every vote explained in plain words on this site within a set number of days, every constituent email answered, and ward hours held most weeks, election year or not.