Where the work goes.
The platform starts from a simple premise: Stratford's character is its competitive advantage. Every decision about growth, housing, and infrastructure should reinforce that, not erode it.
Downtown Heritage & Vitality
Stratford's character is its competitive advantage. I will protect what makes this city extraordinary while ensuring our downtown works for everyone who lives and works here, not just visitors.
Housing for All Seasons
The GO train changes Stratford. We need housing policy that serves our teachers, nurses, and restaurant workers—not just Festival tourists and Toronto commuters.
Thoughtful Growth
The Grand Trunk is a once-in-a-generation decision. The GO train is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. I will bring heritage expertise and planning rigour to ensure we get both right.
Why these three, and not five or seven.
These three pillars aren't independent issues—they're one integrated challenge. Heritage without housing is gentrification. Housing without growth management is sprawl. Growth without heritage is the erasure of everything that makes Stratford worth moving to.
A councillor is one of eleven votes. The platform doesn't promise outcomes only a mayor could deliver. It sets out the positions I'll hold, the files I'll prioritize, and the questions I'll ask at every council table.
Five integrated solutions.
Five ways the three pillars connect—each one requires action across heritage, housing, and growth simultaneously.
Transit-Oriented Heritage Hub
Integrate Grand Trunk rehabilitation, affordable housing, cultural space, and digital infrastructure into a single mixed-use anchor at the GO/VIA station precinct. Target: 50+ affordable and attainable units on site, the UW Stratford campus secured long-term, and a digital welcome hub at the GO station.
Workforce & Seasonal Housing Initiative
Dedicated housing stream for Festival workers, students, seniors, and manufacturing workers using city-owned land and CIP incentive tools. The market is building the wrong product—60% of stock is 3+ bedrooms, but population growth will produce 2.7 times more one-person households than family units.
Smart Infrastructure Renewal
Deploy IoT sensors across aging infrastructure and integrate smart parking and a digital welcome hub at the GO station. Target: sensors on 50km of mains, smart parking in three downtown lots, and a 20% reduction in reactive repairs over five years.
Integrated Downtown Wellness & Activation
Pair expanded outreach and warming centre hours with BIA business support, digital safety tools, and proactive street-level programming. Target: seven-day-a-week warming centre, dedicated outreach workers, and a measurable reduction in safety incidents.
Four-Season Economy Strategy
Align GO Train arrival, Festival programming, digital tourism tools, and business incentives into a coordinated shoulder-season activation plan. Leads: Destination Stratford, Festival ED Anita Gaffney, BIA, and investStratford—working from a single plan, not four separate strategies.