Protect What Matters
Candidate for North Bay City Council
Every City grant must show measurable results, its cost per household and what stops if it fails.
North Bay's property-tax levy rose $4.5 million this year, to $118.6 million.
Searchable Council votes, monthly public answers and a quarterly ledger of every consultant contract over $5,000.
North Bay won the 2020 Code of Silence Award for municipal government secrecy.
Break North Bay's DNSSAB bill out by service, with costs and results. Push for named board votes, and publish yearly outcome data for Northern Pines and every housing program.
North Bay pays $15,011,777 to DNSSAB in 2026, as a single line in the budget.
Measurable priorities against trafficking and repeat offending, a review of which calls an unarmed responder could take, and free, faster checks for youth mentors.
North Bay's police budget rose 7.58% this year to $32.4 million, about half the levy increase.
Water, sewer and flood protection before expansion, starting with the Chippewa Creek flood work. Every delayed project's cost, funding and schedule on one public page.
The Chippewa Creek stormwater pond was designed in 2009 and budgeted for 2015. It has been pushed back at least four times since, to 2021, 2023, 2024 and now 2028, under three project numbers. The creek hit a record high on April 14.
Permanent PFAS treatment on a public schedule. Protect Trout Lake. Publish every chemical added at the plant, and reconsider every additive against the latest medical research.
Ontario names ours the only known system in the province that consistently exceeds Health Canada's PFAS objective.
A starter-home pilot on City land for owner-occupiers only: pre-approved plans, student-built wall sections and title protections against investor flips.
The City has identified about 10.6 hectares of its own land that could be used for housing.
A two-year pilot with flock limits by lot size, secure coops, setbacks, sanitation rules and complaint-based enforcement.
Kitchener already allows backyard chickens under local rules.