Where do Ward 5's candidates stand?

Hold near inflation“I have told the mayoral candidates I have met with that I cannot support budgets that increase taxes beyond the rate of inflation.”
Caught in Guelph

Hold near inflation“I support a clear affordability target of keeping tax increases at or below inflation.”
Get Involved Guelph

Hold near inflation“achieve property-tax increases at or below the cost of living, and if structural operating costs cannot be brought within that target, I believe Council needs to be prepared to hold the line on new operating increases”
Guelph Chamber

Hold near inflation“Guelph should advocate for predictable infrastructure funding and appropriate growth-linked revenue tools, while recognizing that taxpayers also expect municipalities to demonstrate financial discipline and control their own costs.”
Guelph Chamber

Hold near inflation“What would a budget look like if we set a goal of keeping tax increases below inflation?”
Guelph Politico

Hold near inflation“But if you believe affordability needs to be tackled head-on, we need councillors willing to look at the underlying operating costs and ask difficult questions about what City Hall does, what it costs and what our priorities should be.”
Guelph Politico

Hold near inflation“I will not support budgets that fail to bring future tax increases below the cost of living while maintaining essential services.”
GuelphToday

Hold near inflation“We need to create the conditions for prosperity so that we can fund the services, infrastructure, and community support that residents expect without continually relying on large property tax increases.”
GuelphToday

Hold near inflation“Make Guelph more affordable by tackling the structural growth in City operating costs and ensuring tax increases reflect what residents can actually afford.”
VoteGrid

Hold near inflation“We can't simply accept well above-inflation tax increases year after year.”
VoteGrid

Hold near inflation“My priority is to keep taxes the same, or as low as reasonably possible, until Guelph’s tax burden is more in line with comparable municipalities, while protecting the core services we depend on every day.”
Caught in Guelph

Hold near inflation“Property taxes are a huge concern, and my approach would be to aim to keep increases in line with inflation while protecting essential services.”
Guelph Chamber

Hold near inflation“My priority is keeping taxes the same, or as low as reasonably possible, until Guelph’s tax burden is more in line with comparable municipalities, while protecting the core services we depend on every day.”
Guelph Politico

Case by case“I would review spending through the lens of basic needs, prioritizing these over aesthetic improvements.”
Get Involved Guelph

Case by case“Yes. Ontario should take on more of the costs municipalities currently carry.”
Guelph Chamber

Hold near inflation“This is one lever in my quest to root out and eliminate waste.”
Caught in Guelph

Hold near inflation“My first motion: an Auditor General who reports to council, using the auditors the City already employs, with this project as the first review.”
Get Involved Guelph

Hold near inflation“The goal I'd hold council to is keeping increases in line with inflation without cutting the services people count on.”
Guelph Chamber

Hold near inflation“It’s keeping the increases in line with inflation without cutting programs, and making sure people can see the value they’re getting that is the tricky part.”
Guelph Politico

Hold near inflation“I won’t promise a zero tax increase, and instead of saying “efficiencies” I’ve shown you exactly where I’d start looking.”
Guelph Politico

Hold near inflation“Respect for your tax dollar. My first motion is an Auditor General who reports to council.”
VoteGrid

Hold near inflation“I won't promise a zero increase, because nobody honest can. I'll question every line, every year, and rebuild the in-house staff capacity that years of consulting spend have chipped away at.”
VoteGrid

Case by case“Predictable infrastructure money, and transit operating funding tied to ridership, would let the City plan instead of chasing one-time grants.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“Given the choice, though, 41% would keep services even if it costs a little more, against just 37% who would hold the line even if services shrink. The mandate from residents is better value for the taxes they pay.”
GuelphToday

Hold near inflation“protect essential services, get more disciplined about costs and become much more creative about revenue”
Caught in Guelph

Hold near inflation“I would look closely at administrative costs, duplication, underused programs and projects with high ongoing operating costs.”
Get Involved Guelph

Hold near inflation“My approach is to use a flashlight, not a chainsaw: find structural savings, starting with non-salary costs, while protecting essential services.”
Guelph Chamber

Hold near inflation“My approach would be to scrutinize spending, set clear priorities, and make sure we are getting good value for the taxes we already collect.”
Guelph Politico

Hold near inflation“Residents want value for their tax dollars and confidence that City spending is focused on the services and infrastructure that matter most.”
GuelphToday

Case by case“Predictable infrastructure funding is critical, and growth-linked revenue should help older cities renew existing infrastructure as well as build for new residents.”
Guelph Chamber

Hold near inflation“I also would not treat annual tax increases above what families can afford as normal.”
Caught in Guelph

Hold near inflation“I would focus tax dollars first on core services, infrastructure and rebuilding our reserves before expanding lower-priority spending.”
Get Involved Guelph

Hold near inflation“My goal would be to keep municipal spending as close to inflation and population growth as reasonably possible while protecting core services.”
Guelph Politico

Hold near inflation“That means controlling spending, protecting the services people actually rely on, building housing that regular people can afford and making sure growth creates opportunity instead of just higher costs.”
Guelph Politico

Hold near inflation“City hall cannot control every cost, but it can stop wasting money, focus on the basics, and make sure every dollar brings real value to the people who live here.”
GuelphToday

Hold near inflation“That means spending carefully, protecting basic services, listening before decisions are made, and focusing on what actually helps people stay in Guelph and build a future here.”
GuelphToday

Hold near inflation“I would begin with line-by-line spending review, clearer performance measures, better procurement and public reporting on results.”
Get Involved Guelph

Hold near inflation“My principle is pretty simple: respect taxpayers’ money, measure the trade-offs, and cut waste, not care.”
Guelph Politico

Hold near inflation“Council needs to scrutinize spending while protecting the core services people rely on.”
GuelphToday

Case by case“I know residents and businesses feel every tax increase, and I would not promise a number before seeing the services and costs behind it.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“Property taxes cannot keep carrying costs that grow because the Province has assigned municipalities responsibilities without enough funding to meet them.”
Guelph Chamber

Hold near inflation“I’d fund the basics first, like roads, snow clearing, pipes and transit, and make nice-to-haves prove their value.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“Predictable infrastructure funding and growth-linked revenue tools would let the City plan for growth instead of reacting to it.”
Guelph Chamber

Hold near inflation“taxes are high – higher than Kitchener and many of our other neighbouring municipalities actually, and yet many of us don't feel like we're seeing much value in the taxes we're paying”
GuelphToday

Case by case“My focus will be on prioritizing the use of our capital budget to updating and development of essential public services”
Get Involved Guelph

Hold near inflation“I would continue reviewing programs for savings through audits, partnerships, prioritizing projects and pursuing federal and provincial funding, such as the $34 million wastewater investment.”
Get Involved Guelph

Hold near inflation“We need to set realistic expectations, scrutinize spending and continue looking for efficiencies through audits, partnerships and better ways of doing things.”
GuelphToday

Hold near inflation“We need to set realistic expectations, scrutinize spending and continue looking for efficiencies through audits, partnerships and better ways of doing things.”
Caught in Guelph

Case by case“Yes, I support a fairer and more predictable financial relationship between municipalities and the province.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“A zero-tax-increase promise sounds attractive, but residents also expect reliable roads, safe neighbourhoods, parks, recreation, transit, water and other services.”
Guelph Politico

Protect services first“Furthermore, property taxes – and the services they provide - are good value for the wallet and well-being of Guelph residents: I believe the city needs to be better at marketing this fact.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“Yes: the province and feds are able to seek to loans in order to develop revenue streams, major capital projects, critical repairs and upgrades.”
Guelph Chamber

Protect services first“I believe that some police funding should be redistributed to other well-being, crime prevention and response measures such as paramedics, social services, social assistance and housing.”
Get Involved Guelph

Raise as needed“In conjunction with this relief, I propose a top 5% property wealth tax increase for our city’s most affluent.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“Development is necessary for our local economy.”
GuelphToday

Case by case“Guelph is growing at a reasonable rate, we're just struggling to anticipate what that growth needs.”
GuelphToday

Case by case“Within our control, I would advocate for faster and more predictable approvals, appropriate infrastructure and responsible intensification, while protecting established neighbourhood character, our water resources and the roads, traffic, parks and other services that make those neighbourhoods work.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“For completed housing, I would want Guelph to consistently meet or exceed its provincially assigned housing targets while ensuring infrastructure keeps pace.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“Growth should pay its appropriate share of growth-related costs, while government funding should be used to reduce the burden where it is genuinely available.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“We need to encourage density and development where it makes sense and where services can support it.”
GuelphToday

Case by case“The challenge is not whether we grow—it is how we grow.”
GuelphToday

Case by case“We need more housing and smarter growth—building purpose-built student housing, protecting water resources, and ensuring development comes with the infrastructure and services needed to support it.”
VoteGrid

City helps stuck projects“I would want Council and staff to meet regularly with builders and housing providers to hear directly where projects are getting stuck, while also ensuring that approved developments move toward completion of the roads, sidewalks, parks and other infrastructure”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“I would also support an escalation process for applications that have been stalled beyond the expected timeframe, without overriding legitimate planning, engineering or other professional requirements.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“I would work with the new Mayor and Council to establish a standing Housing Delivery Advisory Committee where Council can regularly hear directly from for-profit developers and non-profit housing providers about projects they are bringing forward to City staff.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“My specific ask would be a multi-year, cost-shared infrastructure commitment for the water, wastewater, roads and other growth-enabling infrastructure required to bring identified housing projects from approval to construction.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“I would like to see Guelph work with the University of Guelph, Conestoga College, the Province and the federal government on an ambitious expansion of sustainable design, purpose-built student housing — faster than the current planned pace of residence construction.”
Guelph Politico

City helps stuck projects“Expand purpose-built housing for students and seniors, helping free up family homes, reduce pressure on the rental market and give more Guelph residents affordable options.”
VoteGrid

Leave it to the market“Guelph like a lot of cities over the last few years grew faster then the city could keep pace with.”
GuelphToday

Case by case“That means protecting enough employment and commercial land for the future rather than automatically looking at every available piece of land as somewhere to put more housing.”
Guelph Politico

City helps stuck projects“At the municipal level, we need to make sure approvals are moving efficiently, the infrastructure is there to support growth, and City Hall is not creating unnecessary delays.”
Guelph Politico

Case by case“I support publishing approval timelines and reporting quarterly on how long applications actually take, but I would not commit to binding deadlines without knowing what happens when a delay is justified.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“Third, publish the time from a complete application to a decision, by application type; I would want at least 90 per cent decided within the City’s published standard by the end of the term.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“I understand that developers need viable projects and that some relief may help get homes built, especially affordable homes.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“For me, the objective is thoughtful growth: getting more housing built while making sure infrastructure and neighbourhood planning keep pace with it.”
Guelph Politico

Case by case“I support growth, but I want it to be thoughtful growth that comes with the infrastructure and community planning needed to support it.”
GuelphToday

City helps stuck projects“I would put housing-enabling infrastructure ahead of discretionary streetscape improvements when the two compete for limited capital funding.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“Council can make its own processes more predictable and work with housing providers to resolve problems, but changing a planning rule alone will not produce a home.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“In my first year, I would ask for regular working meetings through our CAO Tara Baker on approved projects that have not moved to construction, with the barriers and next steps made public.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“I would bring a costed request for the water and wastewater capacity needed to serve housing that is ready to move forward, including the wastewater and trunk-sewer work identified in the City’s capital plans.”
Guelph Chamber

Leave it to the market“I do not support a development-charge reduction provided to for-profit developers.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“I support binding approval timelines, as long as the City staff are equipped with the resources and personnel power to achieve this.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“3) How many deeply affordable, supportive, cooperative and other affordable housing projects have been approved and/or built.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“Population growth has been reasonable and expected to continue.”
GuelphToday

City helps stuck projects“-Subsidize high-priority housing projects (high efficiency/density, cooperative, affordable, deeply-affordable and supportive housing)”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“I believe that Council’s best option to increase construction would come from subsidizing the high priority and deeply affordable housing I described above.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“I would provide a (city catered) round-table for approved and trusted for-profit and non-profit developers within the city to file and categorize the primary concerns and barriers that they face in moving forward with building projects in the city of Guelph.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“I agree that ultimately advocacy for provincial and federal funding will be required.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“My non-negotiable condition is that the federal and provincial funding is confirmed in writing, with a dollar amount, before Guelph locks in the reduction”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“That’s why I’d restart the City’s paused work on allowing more units on corner lots, so the projects that actually work financially are legal to build.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“My first-year step would be pushing for a standing housing table where builders, non-profit providers and City staff name specific barriers and track them until they’re fixed”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“Guelph has averaged about 1,000 new homes a year over the past two decades; success is roughly 1,900 a year, the pace the City is aiming for in its development charge reduction application, with a growing share of missing middle and purpose-built rental homes.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“My ask would be long-term, predictable funding for water and wastewater capacity”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“That means up-zoning the lowest-density lots along major roads, within walking distance of transit and existing commercial areas, to allow medium-density multiplexes of six to ten units.”
GuelphToday

City helps stuck projects“We need to build far more dense housing, and we need it built where our infrastructure can best support it”
GuelphToday

City pushes hard“When they conflict, I would put new discretionary capital projects, the facilities that are nice to have, behind the water, sewer and road capacity that gets homes built.”
Guelph Chamber

City pushes hard“Speeding up approvals is the biggest thing I want to get done on Council, so I’d welcome quarterly reporting: I expect the numbers to show real improvement, and public reporting is how we prove it.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“However, we cannot move full speed ahead without assessing and planning for diverse community needs”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“c. Housing completed: Success would mean Guelph is on track by the end of the term to meet the provincial target of 18,000 new homes by 2031, measured by homes completed and occupied, alongside approvals.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“So while I support getting appropriate new housing built faster, I believe council needs to think beyond shovels in the ground.”
Guelph Politico

City helps stuck projects“We need community land trusts as well as an elimination of development charge for social housing developments, more resources and support for homeowners introducing additional dwelling units, and priority for developments that commit to a minimum percentage of affordable homes.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“I would support publishing more in-depth approval timelines by application class, reported quarterly against actuals.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“In my first year, I would bring these providers and City staff together to identify barriers to construction and improve information-sharing about available supports.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“I would not support a blanket reduction in development charges, but I would support targeted incentives for non-profit and affordable housing.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“My specific ask to Queen’s Park and Ottawa would be predictable, multi-year infrastructure funding tied to the capacity upgrades needed to meet Guelph’s provincially set target of 18,000 new homes by 2031.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“My condition is a written estimate, in dollars, of what taxpayers carry if building comes in well above or well below the forecast, before council signs anything further.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“I’d want that trade written into the staff report in dollars, every time, before council votes.”
Guelph Politico

Case by case“Match every approval to a plan and a funded budget, and growth becomes an asset instead of a strain.”
GuelphToday

City helps stuck projects“Fix the system behind that and housing moves faster with it.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“It can also get the pipes and roads in ahead of the streets zoned for apartments, so an approved project can start the day its financing does.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“When a timeline is missed, the file should move automatically to a senior manager with the authority to settle the disagreement between departments and give the builder one answer.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“In my first year I'd sit down every quarter with builders and non-profit housing providers, go through what's slowing projects down, and bring it back to council as motions.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“Housing starts: 531 in 2025, and success is reaching the provincial target of 1,800 a year by the end of the term.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“It asked for $73.6 million for three water and wastewater projects, the kind of capacity that holds homes up.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“Get the pipes and roads in ahead of the streets where the City wants apartments, so approved projects can start the day the financing does.”
Guelph Politico

City helps stuck projects“And give builders one set of rules and one answer from the City, so it moves faster.”
VoteGrid

Case by case“Success would mean permits are translating into construction, approval times are improving, and more affordable and supportive homes are actually available.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“Before supporting a deal, I would need a clear, credible commitment for the funding that replaces the lost development-charge revenue.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“I would support a balanced approach that protects strategic employment and commercial lands while encouraging more mixed-use and infill development where appropriate.”
Guelph Politico

Case by case“I support growth, but City Hall must be proactive.”
GuelphToday

City helps stuck projects“When priorities compete, I would put housing and the infrastructure it needs ahead of lower-priority projects, including some trail and cycling projects.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“Council can make the process clearer, reduce unnecessary roadblocks, and help staff manage risk without defaulting to delay.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“I support clear approval timelines and quarterly public reporting.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“In my first year, I would establish a housing roundtable with those providers and the relevant City staff.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“I would ask for predictable, growth-linked funding for the water, wastewater, transportation, and other infrastructure needed to support housing.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“I would look at ways to streamline the permitting process and prioritize projects that provide multiple benefits to the community.”
Guelph Politico

Leave it to the market“The cost of growth does not disappear with lower fees or development charges.”
Guelph Politico

Case by case“I want to see a substantial increase in the number of approved homes moving into construction.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“I would want the replacement funding identified and secured before supporting an agreement.”
Guelph Chamber

Case by case“We are currently growing at approximately 0.9 per cent annually, so no, Guelph is not currently growing too fast.”
GuelphToday

City helps stuck projects“My focus would be on getting more of the housing that has already been approved moving to construction, while making sure growth is financially sustainable.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“We can do better on the things we can control such as making approvals more predictable, reducing unnecessary delays and coordinating infrastructure and approvals more effectively.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“Yes, I support publishing clear timelines for different types of applications and reporting publicly on them.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“I would encourage and work with the new Mayor to talk directly with both private and non profit housing providers about barriers they encounter and what the City can do differently.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“I would identify the specific infrastructure project, the number of homes it would enable and the funding gap.”
Guelph Chamber

City helps stuck projects“We need to understand what is preventing approved or shovel-ready projects from moving forward.”
Guelph Politico

City does its part“The City’s job is to fund that share predictably, manage public spaces and bylaws with compassion, and advocate hard for the health and addictions supports only the Province can provide.”
Guelph Chamber

City does its part“I’d go further: faster approvals should be the norm for every kind of housing we need, and supportive and transitional housing should never wait longer than anything else.”
Guelph Chamber

Limited City role“Property taxes are not a panacea for every social problem we want to solve.”
Guelph Politico

City does its part“Guelph should support effective local programs, improve coordination and accountability.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“I would support affordable housing, reliable transit, income-sensitive municipal fees and subsidies, benefit-navigation and tax-filing services, and partnerships with food-security organizations.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“Wellington County administers homelessness services for Guelph, so the City should work closely with the County and community agencies to expand pathways to shelter and permanent housing, while keeping public spaces safe and accessible.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“The City should work with Wellington County on services it administers and seek greater transparency about the outcomes achieved with Guelph's contribution.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“The City should support shelter, outreach, affordable and supportive housing, while continuing rental-support programs as an important short-term prevention measure.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“I believe the City's role should be to make sure we are doing what is within our mandate—planning for appropriate housing, providing municipal infrastructure and services, supporting community agencies where appropriate, maintaining safe public spaces”
Guelph Chamber

City does its part“That means addressing graffiti, improving traffic flow, supporting effective community policing, and ensuring those facing challenges can access appropriate support services.”
GuelphToday

Bigger City role“I would accept an appropriate supportive or transitional housing project in Ward 5, just as I would expect every ward to participate in addressing a city-wide need.”
Guelph Chamber

City does its part“Keep the City's daytime drop-in money and its cold-weather emergency grant funded.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“Services and enforcement get funded together.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“The City's own job is narrower. Land, zoning and permits, so supportive housing can actually get built.”
Guelph Chamber

City does its part“Expedited approvals, yes. The permit process should treat a group home as a home.”
Guelph Chamber

Bigger City role“Back The SEED's sliding-scale groceries, rescue surplus food, and open City land for gardens.”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“The City builds non-market housing itself, on City land, and non-profits run it with supports attached.”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“Make supportive housing easy to build: City land, fee waivers, and a permit process that treats a group home as a home.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“I would support partnerships with community organizations, local food providers and other levels of government to strengthen existing meal programs, identify gaps and ensure vulnerable people can access nutritious food indoors with dignity.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“We need to help people who are struggling today with assistance that include food banks along with other food insecurity programs while also focusing on longer term food resiliency initiatives such as community gardens”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“I support continued funding, along with partners, to provide consistent outreach, build trust, connect people to housing, health and other services.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“The City’s role is the use the tools we have, land, planning, infrastructure, services and advocacy and work closely with the County, Province, health partners, police and community organizations.”
Guelph Chamber

City does its part“Yes, I support supportive and transitional housing when it is appropriately designed, properly designed, properly funded and accompanied by the supports people need.”
Guelph Chamber

Bigger City role“We need to support a range of housing options and continue to identify opportunities like the affordable housing project on city land on Edinburgh Road and the purchase of the Library for affordable housing.”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“This why the City increased its funding for rent supplements in the 2026 Budget.”
Get Involved Guelph

Limited City role“I would work with other like minded councilors and reach out to community leaders as to what supports would help achieve this goal.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“I would support local food programs, expand affordable housing and most importantly encourage the city to work with all levels of government to tackle this issue.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“There is a middle ground that respects human dignity between criminalizing encampments and allowing encampments anywhere and everywhere.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“we need to advocate different levels of government for stronger income supports and practical solutions that help prevent people from becoming unhoused”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“Council will need to look at eviction prevention and housing retention options and more affordable and below market housing and connecting those in need to the supports that exist.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“The City should help coordinate locations, transportation, health and safety requirements and sustainable funding rather than leaving individual organizations to solve the problem alone.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“I would support partnerships that expand affordable food access, like The SEED’s sliding-scale online grocery program, community meals & neighbourhood food programs.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“Repeatedly clearing encampments without somewhere for people to go only moves the crisis.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“Guelph should also work with Wellington County and senior governments for sustained housing and income-support funding rather than relying mainly on local property taxes.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“We can do more with less money when we collaborate and use proven solutions.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“The City’s job is to use its land, planning powers, facilities and local relationships to help create housing and workable community responses, while addressing the public spaces and neighbourhood concerns within its responsibility.”
Guelph Chamber

City does its part“We need practical and compassionate responses that address the underlying challenges people face and better coordinated housing, healthcare, mental-health, addiction and community support.”
GuelphToday

Bigger City role“I support supportive and transitional housing in every ward, including Ward 5, where a suitable site and the right services can be provided.”
Guelph Chamber

City does its part“We need clear communication between City hall and each organization to ensure funds and resources are distributed strategically”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“establishing comprehensive surplus food policy that redirects food to the plates of those in need, and building community centers that can house community meal initiatives”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“I would love to see a tiny home community, and I plan to heavily push for incentives that will allow such a program to happen”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“My goals are to deeply incentivize Cooperative builds and non-profit housing builds”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“The major project I am championing for Guelph is the development of active community centers in every ward. Community centers are essential hubs for outreach and support”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“Meanwhile, our poverty relief funding is reactionary, not preventative.”
GuelphToday

Bigger City role“We need a poverty reduction plan that takes stock of all of our programs, identifies our preventative gaps, and allocates funding and development with a strategic and efficient plan in mind.”
GuelphToday

City does its part“Our efforts must be placed on supporting people before they reach this point rather than arguing over the legality of what happens if they do.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“The City’s job is to use its own powers and resources to support this work: enable housing through zoning and approvals, make suitable municipal land available for non-profit development, contribute funding to County-led services”
Guelph Chamber

Bigger City role“I will advocate to restore 7-day daytime service hours for the Royal City Mission who ensure that underhoused folks downtown have daily access to at least one meal indoors each day.”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“I would offer property tax relief to homeowners who create affordable basement apartments or garden suites, so reassessment does not discourage these types of community-based solutions.”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“With Stepping Stone, Guelph’s only adult shelter at capacity, the City must invest in safe places with protection from winter weather, running water and sanitary facilities.”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“Yes. Absolutely.”
Guelph Chamber

Bigger City role“I want Guelph to be at the forefront of that work.”
Guelph Politico

City leads and funds“building on The SEED’s work to introduce a City-run grocery store”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“Guelph should work through Wellington County and community agencies, while pressing provincial and federal governments to fund housing, healthcare and income supports at the scale required.”
Get Involved Guelph

City does its part“The City contributes funding and controls important local tools, including land use, housing, and municipal services, but it should be more active in coordinating the response.”
Guelph Chamber

Bigger City role“I would support neighbourhood dining programs, shared use of community facilities and targeted emergency funding”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“I would strengthen proven programs such as The SEED, expand neighbourhood dining and surplus-food recovery”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“I would work with Wellington County and community partners on transitional villages offering small cabins, washrooms, food, health and outreach services, security and clear behaviour expectations.”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“municipal action should include eviction prevention, rent-bank partnerships, transit access and services that reduce household costs”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“A City housing corporation could help build and manage subsidized housing, and there is room for these projects in every ward, including Ward 5.”
Guelph Chamber

City does its part“I want to advocate for services to alleviate poverty, prevent desperation and improve the safety and well-being of all”
GuelphToday

Bigger City role“increase financial support for homelessness prevention and poverty alleviation programs in coordination with GW Poverty & other local experts”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“3) Financial support for poverty alleviation programs including advocating for increased social assistance (OW etc.), 4) Financial support for food security local expert non-profit organizations, 5) Enhanced support for emergency food & shelter services.”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“Invest in homelessness prevention and poverty alleviation (gwpoverty.ca), invest in deeply affordable and supportive housing.”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“In order to end homelessness in Guelph, I believe we need guaranteed income - and increase social assistance - for the most vulnerable, deeply affordable and supportive housing and enhanced poverty alleviation & homelessness prevent programs.”
Get Involved Guelph

Bigger City role“Absolutely yes. And yes, in Ward 5 (my own) as well as any others.”
Guelph Chamber

City leads and funds“Advocate for UBI: develop a program to provide universal basic income to Guelph's most vulnerable citizens.”
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City leads and funds“3) use novel revenue streams (as described above: property wealth tax, ending all Enbridge subsidies) to increase development of deeply affordable and supportive housing, and promote a community hub (asked for by food & housing security grassroots organizations)”
Guelph Chamber

Keep current course“Protecting our green space isn't just a nice-to-have”
GuelphToday

Keep current course“Climate initiatives should be evaluated for results, affordability and unintended consequences, with funding focused on measures that provide meaningful environmental benefits.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“Climate policies should also consider affordability avoiding placing disproportionate costs on lower-income residents or discouraging construction of needed housing.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“Any water-intensive development should proceed only when infrastructure and long-term water capacity have been properly assessed.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“I support protecting important existing green spaces while ensuring new development includes appropriate parks and natural areas.”
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Push harder, fund it“I support stronger tree preservation and appropriate design standards for development and infill.”
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Push harder, fund it“Priority is protecting its natural, cultural and heritage features while working with the Province, federal government, Indigenous partners and community toward a National Urban Park.”
Get Involved Guelph

Push harder, fund it“We can’t approve growth first and hope the infrastructure catches up later.”
Guelph Politico

Go slower on targets“I'm for net zero by 2050. The 2030 target, a 63 percent cut per person, is actually impossible.”
Get Involved Guelph

Go slower on targets“I’m for net zero by 2050. That one is costed, and the plan behind it says it pays for itself. A 2030 promise nobody can keep is not a climate plan.”
Guelph Politico

Keep current course“What Guelph can do: fund the cheapest tonnes first, commercial building tune-ups, push the province for retrofit money, publish results.”
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Keep current course“Conservation works, so keep funding it. Build the Clythe treatment plant, $29.2m, and the Guelph South well, $4m.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“Count the whole canopy, then do the planting; the 40 per cent target already slid from 2031 to 2070.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“Keep the water conservation programs funded too.”
Guelph Politico

Push harder, fund it“Hanlon Creek, the Speed River corridor and the Arboretum edge need dedicated capital funding, not just mowing budgets.”
Get Involved Guelph

Push harder, fund it“Public land, kept public, as a national urban park.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“I would support continuing to reduce emissions from City buildings, vehicles and operations.”
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Keep current course“The City should use planning, transportation, and infrastructure policies to encourage lower emission choices.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“I would support careful monitoring of water supply and demand, continued investment in conservation and infrastructure, and ensuring growth is matched to our available capacity.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“We should continue to invest in parks, trees and natural areas, support vibrant neighbourhoods and create opportunities for residents to connect with one another and to support the wellbeing of everyone.”
GuelphToday

Push harder, fund it“I would protect and connect natural areas, support biodiversity in planning, and fund tree protection, planting and maintenance.”
Get Involved Guelph

Push harder, fund it“We, also, need to appropriately fund our new tree protection bylaw.”
Get Involved Guelph

Push harder, fund it“Growth approvals must be tied to water capacity from the start, with infrastructure planning, conservation, new supply and development timing working together.”
Guelph Politico

Go slower on targets“I think we need to look at our climate targets and focus what we can realistically hit and not creating more financial strain on hard working low and middle income families.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“The City should pursue emissions targets through innovation, incentives and cost-effective investments not by simply shifting additional costs.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“I would support maintaining that discipline, investing in planned water infrastructure, reducing system losses and encouraging conservation.”
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Keep current course“I will continue to support the proposed Urban National Park and practical partnerships that strengthen Guelph’s natural environment.”
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Keep current course“Any additional funding should be targeted, measurable and balanced against other core-service priorities and affordability.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“My highest priority for the Yorklands would be advancing the proposed National Urban Park while protecting the site’s natural and cultural heritage.”
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Keep current course“I support continuing to protect our groundwater, investing in our water system and finding new capacity where it can be done responsibly.”
Guelph Politico

Keep current course“I will resolve to compile a full report on the City's emissions and ways to improve our emissions”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“We will need to re-evaluate our current water protection plans and metrics to update our Regional Growth Strategy and Official Community Plan.”
Get Involved Guelph

Push harder, fund it“levying fines against commercial and industrial entities that do not adhere to our targets and commitments”
Get Involved Guelph

Push harder, fund it“I would like to put forth an incentive for homeowners and landlords to take action on the invasive species on their property.”
Get Involved Guelph

Push harder, fund it“develop plans and incentives that go beyond the free tree program offered each year”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“For construction, commercial and industrial emissions, I would support clear targets and explore incentives for energy efficiency and renewable power, including rooftop solar.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“I would continue funding the City’s tree planting and work with Trees for Guelph and GUFF to identify where additional support would have the greatest impact.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“As a councillor, my job would be to listen to the experts, ask the right questions, and make sure that the pace of Guelph’s growth never comes at the expense of the water supply that growth depends on.”
Guelph Politico

Push harder, fund it“Environment is a key pillar of this campaign interwoven throughout, and one that Guelph must reinvest in.”
Get Involved Guelph

Push harder, fund it“Above all, I will make decisions with the limits of Guelph’s local supply, rather than developer interests, front of mind.”
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Push harder, fund it“I would also strengthen Guelph’s rain garden rebate and Healthy Landscapes assessments, which help residents replace lawns with more diverse, healthy landscapes.”
Get Involved Guelph

Push harder, fund it“Protecting these lands from development will be crucial in ensuring we have adequate greenspace to accommodate a growing population in Guelph.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“I would set sector-specific milestones, report progress, and build partnerships with businesses, researchers and utilities to test practical solutions, then scale those that reduce emissions without undermining affordability or competitiveness.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“I would protect natural areas, expand native plantings and pollinator habitat, and design parks for ecological and human needs.”
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Keep current course“The highest priority is protecting Yorklands’ ecological and cultural heritage while keeping meaningful portions accessible to the public.”
Get Involved Guelph

Push harder, fund it“I would restore climate investment where projects show clear results”
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Push harder, fund it“Guelph must treat groundwater as a hard limit on growth.”
Get Involved Guelph

Push harder, fund it“Funding must cover watering, maintenance and replacement, not simply planting.”
Get Involved Guelph

Push harder, fund it“I would like Guelph to incentivize greater use of rainwater harvesting and water reuse technologies in new residential, commercial and institutional developments.”
Guelph Politico

Keep current course“I would review why approved climate funds were reduced, restore effective investments where responsible and prioritize projects that lower both emissions and long-term operating costs.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“The City should work with employers, builders and other governments because municipal taxpayers cannot fund the entire transition alone.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“Guelph has to grow within its infrastructure capacity and invest ahead of problems where the evidence tells us that additional capacity will be required.”
Guelph Politico

Push harder, fund it“Water capacity must be treated as a condition of growth, not an afterthought.”
Get Involved Guelph

Push harder, fund it“I would protect significant natural areas, expand native planting on municipal land, reduce unnecessary mowing and pesticide use, connect habitat corridors and ensure new developments include meaningful green space.”
Get Involved Guelph

Push harder, fund it“I would protect mature trees, fund strategic planting where canopy is lowest, improve tree survival through maintenance, and require appropriate replacement when trees are removed.”
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Push harder, fund it“The highest priority should be protecting the Yorklands’ natural, cultural and heritage value while establishing a clear public vision for appropriate future use.”
Get Involved Guelph

Keep current course“I want to focus on strategies to protect Guelph residents from these risks and costs.”
GuelphToday

Push harder, fund it“The city must enhance its funding for climate change mitigations and fossil fuel reduction for city operations and for corporations that operate here.”
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Push harder, fund it“I believe there should be regulations, which ensure a sustainable development standard is met prior to the approval of new developments (e.g. based on LEED, carbon-footprint assessment, biodiversity enhancement etc.).”
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Push harder, fund it“1) Major investments into water-saving measures within city operations; 2) Ice River Springs should pay a substantially higher fee ($500 per million L is not sufficient) to sell our aquifer”
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Push harder, fund it“2) city bylaws & incentives should encourage naturalized landscapes and discourage large lawns”
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Push harder, fund it“1) National Urban Park reforestation & restoration, 2) Expansion of naturalized & reforested city lands”
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Push harder, fund it“These lands should be restored to provide biodiverse and productive green space for all to enjoy.”
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Push harder, fund it“Existing natural areas (i.e. National Urban Park, Kortright Waterfowl Park) and additional city green spaces/spaces should be provided.”
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Push harder, fund it“Long-term protections of public spaces for all, including a national urban park, libraries, and public spaces embedded into sustainable low-impact future developments.”
GuelphToday

Roads first“I support safe cycling infrastructure, but I do not support removing or reducing existing vehicle lanes simply to create dedicated bike lanes when there are better alternatives.”
Caught in Guelph

Balanced“Transportation decisions should be based on safety, demonstrated usage, accessibility, community needs and value for taxpayers.”
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Balanced“Investment should follow demonstrated improvements and combine tax revenue, fares and available senior-government funding.”
Get Involved Guelph

Shift to walking, bikes, transit“I support expanding dedicated cycling and multi-use paths and, importantly, connecting existing routes so residents can safely travel throughout Guelph rather than having isolated or compromised sections of infrastructure.”
GCAT

Roads first“I do not support removing vehicle lanes to create dedicated bike lanes in Guelph.”
Caught in Guelph

Balanced“If elected, I would push to revisit this intersection with cyclists, school communities and other road users at the table.”
GCAT

Balanced“While I do not want Guelph to eliminate bike lanes, I do think we need to evaluate how they're being implemented.”
GuelphToday

Shift to walking, bikes, transit“Painted lanes could offer temporary connections while we build better routes for all ages and abilities, moving towards our goal of increased mode share.”
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Shift to walking, bikes, transit“If elected, I will advance TAAG’s evidence-based recommendations: prioritize service every 15 minutes on major routes”
Get Involved Guelph

Roads first“In particular, I would move to reconsider curbs and barriers where they are creating traffic, safety, snow-clearing and maintenance problems.”
Caught in Guelph

Balanced“I support traffic calming where there is demonstrated risk, particularly around schools and other high-risk areas, but the tool should fit the street.”
Caught in Guelph

Balanced“Where space allows, I think we should consider locating bike paths on boulevards beside sidewalks.”
GCAT

Balanced“I support safe, connected walking and cycling routes, especially links to schools, transit, services and major destinations.”
Get Involved Guelph

Balanced“I support TAAG’s emphasis on frequent, reliable priority routes.”
Get Involved Guelph

Roads first“I generally support bike lanes, but I do not support removing vehicle lanes or installing protected bike lanes as an automatic policy.”
Caught in Guelph

Balanced“In general, I support physical traffic calming more than red-light cameras.”
Caught in Guelph

Balanced“Progress toward mode-share goals should be measured regularly, while balancing safety, traffic flow, actual usage and cost.”
Get Involved Guelph

Shift to walking, bikes, transit“I would move transit toward a higher-frequency network, with more 15-minute service on the busiest routes while preserving coverage where it is needed.”
Get Involved Guelph

Balanced“Where appropriate, I would consider widening sidewalks to add a bike lane that is safer, more cost efficient, and easier to maintain.”
GCAT

Balanced“I support a safe, connected network for walking, cycling, rolling, transit and driving.”
Get Involved Guelph

Shift to walking, bikes, transit“I would prioritize frequency, reliability, useful evening and weekend service, better connections and clear performance reporting.”
Get Involved Guelph

Shift to walking, bikes, transit“I’d prioritize closing gaps and fixing the most dangerous intersections, coordinated with road reconstruction so we build once instead of twice.”
GCAT

Shift to walking, bikes, transit“First step is improving the quality of our public transportation.”
Get Involved Guelph

Shift to walking, bikes, transit“Transit Action Alliance Guelph has a well put together plan to handle transit improvements while keeping costs down”
Get Involved Guelph

Shift to walking, bikes, transit“To put it bluntly, our transit sucks.”
GuelphToday

Roads first“Not as a default, and not again until the homework is finished.”
Caught in Guelph

Balanced“Build active transportation on the boulevard, off the road, and build it once.”
GCAT

Shift to walking, bikes, transit“Fund the projects in the Cycling Master Plan and publish counts every year against the 2051 targets.”
Get Involved Guelph

Shift to walking, bikes, transit“Frequency and reliability on Gordon, Stone and College have to keep pace with 7,000 student beds.”
Get Involved Guelph

Shift to walking, bikes, transit“That registry needs to produce work, not sit in a drawer.”
Caught in Guelph

Balanced“I would leave it up to the engineers and neighbourhood input to determine which is best in each situation.”
Caught in Guelph

Shift to walking, bikes, transit“Continue connecting active transportation routes as identified in the Active Transportation Network Study and Transportation Master Plan.”
GCAT

Shift to walking, bikes, transit“I support completing the network gaps and continuing with the goals of the Transportation Master Plan.”
Get Involved Guelph

Shift to walking, bikes, transit“I would continue to support the updated Transit Master Plan for more frequent, convenient and reliable service.”
Get Involved Guelph

Shift to walking, bikes, transit“If there is a street where vehicle lanes can be reduced to create space for cyclists or sidewalks, I would support considering that approach.”
Caught in Guelph

Shift to walking, bikes, transit“I believe car road users (myself included) should fund transit”
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Shift hard, fund the plans“1) Signal priority adjustments at all controlled intersections (pedestrians & cyclists, public transit THEN cars), 2) significant investment in cycling lanes & right-of-ways, 3) weekly periods of pedestrian-only usage for core downtown areas”
Get Involved Guelph

Targeted help for key sectors“I’d push for a fast-track approval lane for manufacturers and agri-food businesses that need to expand, retool or reorganize, so a permit delay never costs Guelph a job.”
Guelph Chamber

Targeted help for key sectors“Keep job land for jobs. Give a company one set of rules and one answer from the City.”
Get Involved Guelph

Targeted help for key sectors“Give tariff-hit employers a fast lane for permits, whether that's retooling a line, adding space or expanding to serve new customers.”
Guelph Chamber

Targeted help for key sectors“I would re-establish the Guelph Innovation Network, simplify permits, strengthen City partnerships with business organizations, the University of Guelph and Conestoga”
Get Involved Guelph

Targeted help for key sectors“We should promote trade within Canada, strengthen local supply chains, and advocate for Guelph’s manufacturers and agri-food employers.”
Guelph Chamber

Balanced“Guelph needs to support local businesses, attract investment, and prepare for the economic opportunities and challenges ahead.”
GuelphToday

Balanced“Guelph needs to uplift small business developments, community lead economic growth, and focus on our local economy and job development.”
Get Involved Guelph

Conditions on City deals“We need to protect our natural resources, resist privatization, and choose our developments carefully.”
GuelphToday

Targeted help for key sectors“As a councillor, I would focus on things within the City's control, including making approvals predictable, reducing unnecessary administrative delays and ensuring businesses have a clear path through City Hall.”
Guelph Chamber

Balanced“Support responsible investment, local businesses and development matched to infrastructure and environmental capacity.”
Get Involved Guelph

Balanced“We should strengthen partnerships with the University of Guelph, Conestoga College, local businesses, and entrepreneurs to create technology incubators, innovation hubs, and opportunities that attract investment and high-quality jobs.”
GuelphToday

Balanced“I see Guelph as being a key player in the rollout of Canada's National Food Security Strategy.”
Get Involved Guelph

Balanced“One specific action I would take to support Guelph’s manufacturing and agri-food base is to bring local manufacturers, agri-food employers and buyers together to identify opportunities for local purchasing and distribution as access to the U.S. market becomes more difficult.”
Guelph Chamber

Balanced“I would support a strategy to attract businesses that complement our community, create good jobs and broaden our tax base, while supporting existing businesses.”
Get Involved Guelph

Balanced“I would work with the Mayor to create a Tariff and Trade Task Force modelled on Kitchener’s, bringing together local businesses, economic development staff, and other key partners.”
Guelph Chamber

Balanced“Guelph needs a stronger focus on attracting new businesses and investment so that good jobs accompany residential growth.”
GuelphToday

Balanced“Economic growth should benefit both employers and workers equally, without making Guelph less affordable or less competitive.”
Get Involved Guelph

Balanced“I would improve approval timelines, protect employment land, strengthen partnerships with the University and Conestoga, support downtown & neighbourhood businesses, and ensure reliable infrastructure.”
Get Involved Guelph

Balanced“The City should also examine its own permit and service timelines so it does not add avoidable delays when a business needs to adapt.”
Guelph Chamber

Balanced“We need a Guelph delegation to Ottawa to promote our industrial and agri-sector value as well as the ongoing costs and future risks of tariffs to our City.”
Guelph Chamber

Conditions on City deals“Income from these sources and other funding sources (i.e. federal etc.) should be used to promote our most sustainable and equitable local businesses.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“Arts and culture are what make a neighbourhood feel like a community rather than just a place to live.”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“Guelph also doesn’t have enough flexible, affordable venues for smaller or independent artists to show and sell their work.”
Guelph Arts Council

More money“prioritize arts funding as part of the city’s cultural infrastructure, not the first line cut in a tight budget”
Guelph Arts Council

Hold current funding“While I can’t commit to splitting the Community Fund and doubling the funding budget, I am committing to the expansion of public community centers”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“the reformatory property must be dedicated as a heritage site for education, understanding, healing, and reclamation”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“our beloved historic downtown skyline should be considered a protected aspect of our heritage”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“I fully support the autonomy of Libraries to develop programing that is beneficial to the many communities that make up Guelph.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“These spaces provide additional venue for workshops, galleries, vendor events, concerts, and recitals.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“We can’t actually survive without the arts, as it’s our form of of expression, built into what makes us alive.”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“We just don’t put enough stock in pillars of community like the arts.”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“We care deeply about our natural resources, the arts, our history, small business, and having our own little pocket of local culture.”
GuelphToday

Hold current funding“There are opportunities to make better use of existing municipal resources, improve access to City spaces and reduce unnecessary administrative barriers without necessarily requiring significant new spending.”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“Priority is protecting its natural, cultural and heritage features while working with the Province, federal government, Indigenous partners and community toward a National Urban Park.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“I support protecting buildings, landscapes and places where cultural or historical value is significant, while allowing reasonable renovations and adaptive use where appropriate.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“Support library independence.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“Support partnerships that strengthen sector while ensuring municipal spending is sustainable producing community benefits.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“I believe we should be ambitious about the potential of Guelph’s arts and culture sector while also being responsible with public dollars.”
Guelph Arts Council

More money“While I support increased and sustained investment in the arts, I cannot commit to automatically doubling the Community Fund or to an unconditional five-year funding commitment without first considering affordability, accountability, measurable outcomes and the City’s overall financial position.”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“I support a balanced approach.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“I fully respect their ability to continue selecting materials independently.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“Art is vital to community, and to some, it is as important as the air they breathe.”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“As artists themselves identified through Culture Plan 2030, affordability is one of the greatest challenges facing the sector.”
Guelph Arts Council

More money“I would also support stable, multi-year investment in Culture Plan 2030”
Get Involved Guelph

More money“I would also support stable, multi-year investment in Culture Plan 2030”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“Build the park, bus stop and library space with the homes, not years later.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“Libraries choose their own books and programs. The library board decides that, not council and not the loudest room.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“The arts are also the cheapest civic glue a city can buy.”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“And a plan the City adopted but has not funded.”
Guelph Arts Council

More money“Fund a property tax rebate for owners who designate their heritage homes, so saying yes pays.”
Get Involved Guelph

More money“Then multi-year funding for Culture Plan 2030, which the 2026 budget stretched from seven years to fifteen.”
Get Involved Guelph

More money“I will protect that base and that indexing through every budget I sit on.”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“combined with careful adaptive reuse of heritage buildings”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“I support maintaining a strong heritage register, protecting and reimagining significant buildings and landscapes, encouraging adaptive reuse”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“I strongly support intellectual freedom and the independence of the Guelph Public Library.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“Supporting artists, arts organizations and the people who make creative activity possible is not an optional extra.”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“It should be a facilitator for artists and arts organizations, not another barrier.”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“I also support exploring two streams within the Community Fund: one for social and community projects and another for arts and culture.”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“residents want to protect the neighbourhood character, natural spaces, cultural assets, recreational opportunities, and sense of community that make our city special”
GuelphToday

Supportive, no money stance“we must protect the neighbourhood character, natural spaces, local businesses, cultural vibrancy, and community spirit that make this city special”
GuelphToday

More money“I support investment in local artists and organizations, implementing Culture Plan 2030, expanding affordable creative and performance space”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“My highest priority for Yorklands is pursuing its designation as a National Urban Park.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“I have brought forward and supported motions for heritage districts and heritage designations.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“I support the independence of the GPL in selecting materials, developing programs and managing resources.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“I would continue to support local artists and cultural spaces.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“Supporting a strong arts and culture community is an investment in both the quality of life of our residents and the vitality of our city.”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“Affordable studio, rehearsal, exhibition and performance space is difficult to find, and that affects artists across many disciplines.”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“I would also continue looking for ways they can help address the challenges such as affordable space and opportunities for artists to create, perform and exhibit their work.”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“I support preserving its green space, trails, waterways and historic features”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“I would use population, neighborhoods need and service gaps to guide investments in parks, recreation, libraries and transit.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“Decisions should be based on clear heritage value, community input and practical costs”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“Council should provide responsible oversight and funding without political interference in individual books, resources or programs.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“Arts and culture strengthen our economy and quality of life, but funding decisions should still be transparent, measurable and balanced with other City priorities.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“The highest priority should be protecting the Yorklands’ natural, cultural and heritage value while establishing a clear public vision for appropriate future use.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“I would support clear heritage inventories, timely designation decisions, adaptive reuse and incentives or guidance that help owners maintain significant buildings.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“Council should fund the library responsibly and protect it from political interference.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“I would support fair access to City spaces, practical grant and partnership programs, clearer processes and opportunities for emerging artists.”
Get Involved Guelph

Supportive, no money stance“Supporting artists isn’t only about grants.”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“I want to work directly with artists and arts organizations to understand where the City can make the greatest difference — whether that’s funding, access to spaces, municipal fees and processes, or simply bringing organizations and potential partners together.”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“That can mean supporting arts and culture, creating opportunities for young people, strengthening neighbourhood volunteer networks, and simply finding better ways for neighbours to help neighbours.”
Guelph Politico

More money“I believe a growing city needs to invest not only in the infrastructure that allows us to grow, but also in the people and organizations that make us feel connected to where we live.”
Guelph Arts Council

Supportive, no money stance“The Guelph Public Library's ability to select materials and programming to serve the needs of our residents should be protected.”
Get Involved Guelph

More money“Protectors of our cultural heritage such as Guelph Black Heritage Society, Civic Museum, Historical Society, Arts Council, Jazz Festival, Heritage Guelph and more should be provided with funding to continue and expand their mandates.”
Get Involved Guelph

More money“Funding for our cultural organizations working to promote and produce art, music, literature, dance etc. should be maintained and enhanced.”
Get Involved Guelph