About Ahmed
Born and raised in Ward 10. Renovicted from his own home. Ready to fight for the community that raised him.
Born and Raised in Ward 10.
Ahmed Rashid is a Ward 10 lifer. He grew up here, went to school here, and still lives among the neighbours he is asking to represent.
His background is in law and elections. He has worked in legal settings and in election administration, which means he knows how rules are written, how they are enforced, and how often the gap between the two is where residents get hurt.
He has canvassed neighbours across the city on halal mortgage access, so Muslim families are not locked out of home ownership by financing that does not fit their faith. Over the summer he got involved with the Ontario NDP and helped organize against the Billy Bishop airport expansion — a fight residents won.
And he has lived the housing crisis directly. He was renovicted. His family went through the fear and uncertainty of being pushed out of their home.
- Legal and election administration experience
- Housing and tenant-rights organizing
- Halal mortgage access canvassing
- Organized against the Billy Bishop airport expansion
- Refuses all donations from developers
It’s personal.
I was renovicted.
My family went through the fear and uncertainty of being pushed out of our home. I watched my friends go through the same thing at the Cedarwood apartments near Herongate.
The Herongate neighbourhood has seen some of the largest mass evictions in Canada. Around 800 people — predominantly lower-income, racialized households — have been evicted and displaced from the neighbourhood since 2016. In 2018 alone, a landlord evicted over 500 tenants, many of them Arab and Somali families, to make way for luxury apartments.
City Hall was slow. City Hall was unreceptive.
It took four years of advocacy and pressure to get a renoviction bylaw passed. And even then, Ottawa’s bylaw is weaker than Toronto’s. Toronto passed its Rental Renovation Licence bylaw in November 2024, in force July 2025, requiring landlords to pay a $700 fee and provide compensation to tenants — including rent-gap payments or a comparable place to live at the same rent. Ottawa’s bylaw will not even take effect until January 1, 2027. It requires a licence and a building permit, but it does not go as far as Toronto’s. One councillor who supported it admitted it is a step forward — but only a small one.
We need fresh, active thinking. No family should go through what my family went through. No tenant should be pushed out of their home so a developer can make more money. And no city council should take four years to pass a weaker version of what other cities have already done.
- CTV News — “City Council approves renoviction bylaw requiring licences to remove tenants for repairs”
- CBC News — “Committee vote restores hopes for renoviction bylaw in Ottawa”
- Carleton University Institutional Repository — Herongate displacement research
Fighting against reckless development.
Over the summer, I got involved with the Ontario NDP and helped organize against the Billy Bishop airport expansion.
The proposal would have allowed jets at the island airport — something 87 per cent of respondents in a federal public survey opposed. The NDP opposed it. Toronto’s mayor opposed it. And ultimately, the federal government rejected it.
That fight taught me something: when communities organize, we can win.
It also taught me about overreach and reckless development. The Billy Bishop expansion was pushed by the province, with legislation that tried to usurp the City of Toronto’s role. It was a classic case of developers and politicians putting profit over people.
That is the same instinct we have to guard against here in Ward 10 — big decisions made about us, without us.
I will refuse donations from developers.
I will not be compromised. I will not owe anyone favours. When I make decisions, I will make them for Ward 10 residents — not for the people who wrote me a cheque.
- The Globe and Mail — “Billy Bishop jet opponents turn planned protest into celebration after Ottawa rejects expansion”
- The Star — “Ottawa, Queen’s Park unite behind Billy Bishop airport’s future despite jet rejection”
I’m Ahmed Rashid. I was born and raised in Ward 10. And I’m ready to fight for you.
Two days to vote. Both 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Ward 10 needs every vote. Advance voting means you never have to miss your chance.
Advance voting day
Friday, October 16, 2026
10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Vote early and beat the line. Advance voting locations are listed by Elections Ottawa.
Find advance voting locationsFinal voting day
Monday, October 26, 2026
10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
This is the last day to cast your ballot. Bring ID and your voter notification card if you have it.
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