My Platform
Three pillars, one rule: residents first. Lower costs, infrastructure that holds, and small businesses that can afford to stay open.
Protect and strengthen our electricity grid.
Our electricity grid is aging, overstretched, and failing to keep up with demand. Here’s the reality.
54 per cent of Hydro Ottawa’s assets have reached the end of their useful life. By 2030, that number is expected to hit 67 per cent. The utility predicts it will lose another 15 per cent of its assets over the next decade simply due to age.
Meanwhile, demand is skyrocketing. Winter electricity use in Ottawa is projected to jump 166 per cent by 2043. Hydro Ottawa’s CEO says they are being asked to “build in the next two to three years what has taken us the better part of 110 years to build”.
The grid is already struggling. In 2025, 59 per cent of outages were caused by equipment failure. The 2022 derecho knocked out power to over 170,000 customers, exposing just how fragile our infrastructure is. Today, 34 large projects are already in the connection queue with demands equivalent to 86 per cent of Hydro Ottawa’s average load — just over 1,000 megawatts.
Hydro Ottawa is planning a $1 billion investment over five years, but even that may not be enough. The CEO has called for federal and provincial support, saying “the scale of this transformation is simply too large to be borne exclusively by the people of Ottawa”.
We need to protect and strengthen our grid. That means investing in battery storage, modernizing aging infrastructure, and ensuring new developments don’t leave residents footing the bill for upgrades.
The scale of the problem
Hydro Ottawa is being asked to build in two to three years what took the better part of 110 years to build.
Hydro Ottawa is planning a $1 billion investment over five years, but even that may not be enough. Its CEO has called for federal and provincial support, saying “the scale of this transformation is simply too large to be borne exclusively by the people of Ottawa”. Residents should not silently absorb the cost of growth they did not create.
Affordability
Lower costs. More & secure affordable housing. Keeping utilities low.
Real utility relief, not deferrals
Ottawa’s current policy on utility hardship is deferrals only — you still owe the money. Other municipalities give actual credits:
- Greenstone offers a 25% credit on standard residential water and sewer rates for eligible low-income residents.
- Barrie runs a Household Water/Wastewater Assistance Program giving a credit of up to 40% of the total bill, to a maximum of $60 per billing cycle.
I will push Ottawa to move from deferral to credit, so a hard month does not turn into a permanent debt.
Protect residents from grid-driven rate hikes
Hydro Ottawa raised rates by an average of $5.87 per month this year, defended as necessary infrastructure investment. Where upgrades are driven by large new loads, those loads should pay for them — not households.
- Require large-load connections to fund the grid upgrades they trigger.
- Report publicly, every year, on how much new load is being connected and what it costs ratepayers.
- Invest in battery storage so peak demand does not become a peak bill.
Housing that stays affordable
The city is waiving over $250 million in development charges, fees and property taxes. City staff acknowledged that only 300 to 400 of the designated affordable units would actually meet the city’s strict affordability definition — the rest are classified as market units.
- Tax waivers and development charge exemptions go only to units that are genuinely affordable — not market-rate housing labelled affordable.
- Growth pays for itself, instead of leaving existing residents to cover the shortfall.
- Binding affordability terms with real reporting, so a 75-year property tax exemption cannot quietly become a 75-year giveaway.
Tenant protection with teeth
Ottawa’s renoviction bylaw does not take effect until January 1, 2027, and it is weaker than Toronto’s. Toronto’s Rental Renovation Licence bylaw — passed November 2024, in force July 2025 — requires landlords to pay a $700 fee and to compensate tenants, including rent-gap payments or a comparable place to live at the same rent. Hamilton enacted renoviction licensing in 2025.
- Strengthen Ottawa’s bylaw to match or exceed Toronto’s compensation and rent-gap requirements.
- Enforce it properly, with staff and penalties that actually deter bad-faith renovictions.
Surveillance pricing: your grocery bill should not depend on your search history
Surveillance pricing is when companies use your personal data — search history, location, past purchases, even your payday — to work out the maximum price you will pay for the same product. Groceries are not flights. You need food to survive, and charging different people different prices for the same loaf of bread is price gouging.
Toronto’s mayor introduced a motion to ban surveillance pricing for groceries; it passed city council on July 29–30, 2026, directing staff to report back on options to ban or regulate it. Manitoba has already passed a law banning it. Ottawa is not even talking about it. Read the full piece →
My commitment: bring this conversation to Ottawa and push for the same protection Toronto is pursuing, so Ward 10 families know they are paying a fair price.
Infrastructure
Fix our roads. Protect our grid. Transit that works.
Fix our roads
Potholes, cracked sidewalks and unsafe crossings are not cosmetic — they are the daily experience of living here.
- A published, ward-level repair list residents can actually check.
- Priority on sidewalks, crossings and school routes.
- Repair standards written into contracts so the same stretch is not redone every two years.
Protect our grid
54% of Hydro Ottawa’s assets have reached the end of their useful life, and 59% of 2025 outages came from equipment failure. The 2022 derecho showed how fragile that leaves us.
- Modernize aging infrastructure before it fails, not after.
- Invest in battery storage to ride through peaks and outages.
- No new large-load connection without a public grid impact assessment.
- New developments fund the upgrades they trigger.
Transit that works
Transit is an affordability issue. When service is unreliable, the cost lands on the people with the fewest options.
- Reliability and frequency on the routes Ward 10 actually uses.
- Safe, lit, sheltered stops.
- Service planning that treats low-income riders as the priority, not an afterthought.
Small Business
Cut taxes. Cut red tape. Create jobs.
Cut taxes
Toronto increased its Small Business Property Tax Subclass from 15% to 20% in 2026, and the province automatically matches it through Business Education Tax reductions. Ottawa is stuck at 15%.
- Raise Ottawa’s small business property tax subclass discount to match Toronto’s 20%.
- Capture the matching provincial Business Education Tax reduction — money we are currently leaving on the table.
Cut red tape and create jobs
- Clear service standards for permits, signage and patio approvals — with published timelines.
- One point of contact at the city for main-street businesses instead of a phone tree.
- Local hiring and local procurement built into city contracts, so growth in Ward 10 creates jobs in Ward 10.
- Support for halal financing access, so families and small business owners are not shut out of ownership.
Proven solutions — already working elsewhere
We do not need to reinvent the wheel. Other Ontario municipalities have already solved problems Ottawa is still debating.
| Issue | Working elsewhere | Ottawa today |
|---|---|---|
| Utility relief | Greenstone: 25% credit on residential water and sewer rates for eligible low-income residents. Barrie: credit up to 40% of the bill, max $60 per billing cycle. | Deferrals only. You still owe the money. |
| Small business tax relief | Toronto raised its Small Business Property Tax Subclass from 15% to 20% in 2026; the province matches through Business Education Tax reductions. | Stuck at 15%. |
| Tenant protection | Toronto: Rental Renovation Licence bylaw (Nov 2024, in force July 2025) — $700 licence fee plus tenant compensation. Hamilton: renoviction licensing enacted 2025. | A weaker bylaw that does not take effect until January 1, 2027. |
| Surveillance pricing | Toronto council passed a motion July 29–30, 2026 directing staff to report on banning or regulating it. Manitoba has legislated a ban. | Not on the agenda. |
We are falling behind. While other cities act, Ottawa stalls. While other cities protect tenants, Ottawa passes weaker laws. While other cities support small businesses, Ottawa sits at the minimum. I will fight to bring these proven solutions to Ward 10.
That’s my commitment to you.
No more silence. No more delay. No more putting developers ahead of residents. I will refuse donations from developers — I will not be compromised, and I will not owe anyone favours.
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.
Find your voting locationVoting locations, eligibility and ID requirements are published by the City of Ottawa. Check Elections Ottawa for the location assigned to your address.