Lindsay Manary

Please describe one concrete policy, program, or decision you would support to address both encampments and permanent housing.candidate's own words

I would support a Housing First & Supportive Operations policy that redirects funds from encampment enforcement into long‑term operating support for supportive housing. We know that supportive housing is the most affordable option and it is a solution that works. Living on the street in a tent is not a dignified way to live, spending money on litigation when an affordable option of supportive housing exists and works does not make sense to me. I am specifically thinking of the Working Centre's "Making Home" project right across from the encampment on Victoria Street that sat empty because it had no operating funds available. The Region spent and continues to spend money on litigation. I feel that money would have been better directed to operational funds and would have started to solve the encampment issue.

• Reallocate space on selected streets (e.g. road diets, transit lanes, protected bike lanes)
• Prioritize active transportation improvements during routine resurfacing
• Focus improvements around schools, transit corridors, and commercial areas

1. Use transit to shape land use
2. Prioritize maximizing operational efficiency
3. Invest in rapid transit to anchor growth
4. Prioritize expanding coverage area
5. Prioritize lower-cost or incremental transit improvements

Yes, sidewalks should be cleared alongside roads as part of regular winter maintenance

Improve existing subsidies and discounts, but maintain fares for most riders

Would you like to provide any additional context for your views on transportation?candidate's own words

Ideally free or low cost transit for riders, but the service needs to earn some profit in order to offer subsides for groups. I support the pilot for free transit one day a week for seniors

Please describe one criterion or principle that should not be compromised when making transit investment decisions.candidate's own words

Evaluating social, environmental, and economic impacts before cutting service/funds

Please name one specific street, corridor, or project where you would prioritize these changes.candidate's own words

Erb street, Bridgeport road - high traffic areas and unsafe for cycling due to speed and traffic volume

Describe one concrete policy, incentive, or decision you would prioritize to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Where possible, explain how it balances environmental goals with fiscal responsibility.candidate's own words

I would prioritize a Deep Energy Retrofit Incentive that helps residents and small businesses upgrade older buildings with heat pumps, insulation, and efficiency improvements. This reduces emissions significantly while keeping costs low through partnerships and external funding and will balance environmental responsibility with fiscal responsibility.

1. Promote and support low-barrier spaces for local producers to distribute and sell food
2. Encourage and support local landowners to rent to newcomer farmers
3. Develop a local food strategy, including research on how land-use change affects the food system
4. Partner with other levels of government to develop local food hubs that reduce costs and barriers for small businesses
5. Leave local food livelihoods to the private market

Please describe one concrete policy, program, or decision you would support to strengthen the local food system.candidate's own words

I would support a Community Food Infrastructure Fund that invests in neighbourhood food hubs, community kitchens, local growers, and urban agriculture.

1. Require detailed cost and risk analysis before approving
2. Limit outward growth unless full lifecycle infrastructure
3. Use development phasing tied to infrastructure capacity
4. Prioritize infill and intensification where infrastructure
5. Proceed with outward growth to address housing supply

Describe one concrete zoning, planning, or development decision you would support (or oppose) that reflects how you would balance these priorities.candidate's own words

I would support transit‑oriented density around ION stations and major transit corridors, while opposing large‑scale intensification in neighbourhoods that lack infrastructure capacity. This balances provincial mandates, neighbourhood concerns, fiscal responsibility and ensures growth happens where it benefits the whole community.

Please describe one concrete example of a growth or infrastructure decision you would support or oppose using this approach.candidate's own words

I would oppose a mid‑rise development on a narrow residential street with limited water, wastewater, and road capacity and support the same density at a nearby transit node where infrastructure can handle it. This balances provincial mandates with neighbourhood safety, road/traffic infrastructure and responsible planning.

What can the municipality/region do, if anything, about land which sits vacant for years because it is being used as an investment (land banking)?candidate's own words

Municipalities cannot force private owners to build, however we can discourage long‑term land banking through vacant land taxes, holding provisions, infrastructure‑linked zoning, development timelines, targeted incentives, and strategic public acquisition. This will ensure the land is used for community benefit and housing.

It should be more transparent and accessible

Please describe one concrete example of a trade-off you would support (or oppose) when costs rise faster than revenues.candidate's own words

I would protect essential services like transit reliability, winter maintenance etc. by delaying non‑essential capital projects. This balances rising costs with service levels and long‑term financial sustainability in a responsible, transparent way.

If you chose "It should be more transparent and accessible", please describe how.candidate's own words

I believe the budget process should be more transparent, more accessible, and more understandable so residents can clearly see how their tax dollars are being used and how decisions connect to community priorities. Clear and precise messaging, community feedback opportunities and updates on discussions and decisions at council should be widely promoted and displayed in various formats so that residents can understand what decisions are being discussed, and how/why decisions were or are made, what impacts they have on the community and have ample opportunity to provide discussion. Decisions should be reflective of the communities needs.

1. Prioritize immediate investment in water conservation programs and demand management
2. Accelerate exploration of alternative water sources (wells, treated wastewater reuse, inter-municipal supply)
3. Commission an independent technical review of all options before committing to major new infrastructure
4. Pursue a Lake Erie pipeline connection with provincial and federal cost-sharing
5. Approve developments now and resolve water supply constraints in the future

Describe your position on how the Region should resolve this issue and what timeline is realistic.candidate's own words

Fast-track funding for repairs on aging infrastructure, look at rehabilitating wells that have gone dry, water conservation strategies and promotion, development applications should not proceed without verified water capacity,