Municipal Elections Handbook

CAPITAL WARD Vote 10am-8pm OUR QUESTIONS With the U‐Pass up for renegotiation next year, what would your vision of the future of the U‐Pass be? Increasing rents and declining quality of housing for students is a serious issue that impacts the health and safety of students across Ontario. How would you address this issue? In 2012, the City of Ottawa made it so that graduate student parents would be pushed to the bottom of the wait list for child care subsidies, making it near impossible for students working on a Masters or PhD to have access to affordable child care. Do you support this policy/ how would you improve child care in Ottawa? Municipalities make important decisions about public facilities like libraries and community centres including when they’re open, what programs they can offer and the cost of user fees (if there are any). How do you see services in Ottawa over the next 4 years? Election Day is While the minimum wage in Ontario was increased to $11 on June 1, many October 27. workers – including student workers ‐ who work full‐time will continue to live below the poverty line. What is your policy on the minimum wage in Carleton Graduate Students’ Association Ontario and Ottawa? A Campaign of the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario and the Canadian Federation of Students - Ontario www.generationvote.ca ON THE UPASS “I have always been in favour of the U-Pass and will support renewing the agreement…. It is good for students, good for the City, and good for residents. It has my full support.” – Katherine Hobbs “My platform is based on ghting the overall austerity agenda which (in the case of the U-Pass) calls for a gradual reduction of the cost of the U-Pass. Within a period of time the U-Pass should be included at no extra charge for all students. Worst case scenario would be to hold the cost unchanged for the next three years.” – Larry Wasslen ON AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY HOUSING I have been an outspoken advocate for the rights of students to housing. When a number of associations advocated for a moratorium on all new housing for students, I publicly opposed such a measure and stood up for the constitutional rights of students and all people to housing...All people should be treated equally when it comes to housing. – Katherine Hobbs “The city must get back into the housing business by taking the prot out of housing. This is not something the city can do in its own because of the very limited taxing abilities of the city. Thus, pressure must be placed on the provincial and federal governments to get involved with public housing. Severely restricting land speculators by strengthening city by-laws to block rezoning requests of "Rambo" developers which have facilitated massive conversion of low cost housing into overpriced condos will be a priority for me.” – Larry Wasslen Candidates ON CHILDCARE Scott Blurton * David Chernushenko * “I believe in free child care, the spaces shud meet the needs.” – Espoir Espoir Manirambona * Manirambona *candidates from which we received responses. I will work to ensure that there is no policy that would eectively place students at whatever level at the bottom of the list. - David Chernushenko ON THE UPASS “My vision for the U-Pass is that it should be continued…I am particular ON THE MIN. WAGE excited about the O-Train extension that will connect University Students to downtown and then in Phase 2, the outlying suburbs.” – Scott Blurton “I do support the phased-in introduction of a living wage.” - David Cher- nushenko “I believe in free transit, at a minimum all fares should be signicantly lower.” – Espoir Manirambona “Jurisdiction regarding the Minimum Wage laws is with the Province of Ontario.” – Scott Blurton “I’m part of the movement for $14, although I’m calling for much more ON AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY HOUSING then that.” – Espoir Manirambona “In terms of municipal responsibility, I believe we haveCAPITAL to accelerate the construction of aordable housing across the City by helping to broker ON PUBLIC FACILITIES cross-sector partnerships and by passing a stronger city aordable housing policy.” - David Chernushenko “I will always promote adequate funding for public facilities and believe that, in general, user fees represent a barrier to participation and access “We should build free environmentally friendly homes for everyone in need for many members of the community. In terms of the next four years, I from local resources as was done historically on this land for thousands of will promote an increase in funding for public facilities and I believe we years by indigenous peoples. I believe in immediate housing demandsWARD like will continue to see an improvement in this aspect of the City’s responsi- rent control, more social/coop housing.” – Espoir Manirambona bilities.” - David Chernushenko “In my Smart Development platform, I have committed to focusing on “For us to expand services we will need to grow the economy. Please student housing by supporting the licensing of buildings that house renters check out my Youth Employment Platform (due out next week) for more to ensure that the city has a full understanding of the rental market in on how I plan to grow the economy and get young Canadians to work.” – Ottawa while ensuring that rental units are safe for students. I also support Scott Blurton promotion eorts to ensure that student renters understand their rights under Ontario civil law so that they are treated fairly by their landlords.” – Scott Blurton.

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