Bringing Transparency, Accountability and common sense back to city hall

Barrhaven West is a rapidly growing community. With people of all ages calling this great neighborhood home, I strive to ensure your voice is heard around the council table. Your issues are what matters to me. We are at a very crucial stage as a City. We have over $3B dollar in debt and its climbing day by day. Last year alone, we paid over $240M in debt payments. Money that we can use to better serve our community. We need to be very strategic in our decision making and fund the projects that really make sense and we need now. We are overspending on many projects that we can hold off but not spending on the projects that are way overdue in our ward. Greenbank road and Barnsdale exit projects are overdue and we need them to fund these projects as soon as possible. We need to start treating tax payer’s hard earned dollars as our own and not use taxpayer’s as a blank cheque.

I am fully committed to serve you as a councillor. I am currently on an unpaid leave of absence from City of Ottawa. I have worked at OC Transpo for nearly 20 years and have intimate knowledge about the operations of OC Transpo. I started out as a bus driver and now serve as a Program Manager for rail operations, Employee Management (I am currently on a leave of absence to run for city council). I’ve seen the inner workings and how things are run. I’ve seen what works and what doesn’t. I’ve never been in a position to fix the system myself, but as city councillor, I’d work with other councillors, city staff, and OC Transpo management to make it more reliable and affordable for all. With my background, experience and knowledge I will be your strong voice at the City hall. I will ensure that we bring accountability, transparency, and much needed common sense at City Hall. We need to ensure that we find innovating ways to better serve our community and build Barrhaven for our next generation.

I have served on many Non- profit organizations including serving as President of Barrhaven East Community Association, Volunteer director at Barrhaven Food Cupboard and was recently appointed to Ontario Trillium Foundation as Grant Review Committee Member. I have earned many awards for my work in the community including:

Governor General’s Sovereign Medal for Volunteer

City Builder Award- City of Ottawa

United Way Community Builder Award-United Way

Nepean150 inspiration Award

Nepean 150 Volunteer Medal

I am the ONLY candidate running that has 19 years of experience working at the city, therefore understand the inner working and know the efficiencies that we need. Also I am the ONLY candidate that has proven leadership and community work experience with local Barrhaven grass root organizations for last 20 years.