Four priorities. One community.

I want Oak Bluff’s character to remain intact – large lots, single-family detached homes and plentiful green space. Our current model of bungalow-style townhouses for Seniors, which include landscape services, are a great addition to our community allowing Seniors to age-in-place.

Future developments in Oak Bluff West and the surrounding areas must adhere to these principles. I will oppose any new high density apartment building, new rental homes and proposals where minimum lot sizes have been decreased.

While the municipality expects its water treatment expansion to be completed in the summer of 2027, residents want to know – how are the restrictions we face today impacted by the growth our community is seeing? How is this sustainable? Will we ever be restriction-free?

Every home needs reliable water and wastewater services. We need to be clear with the public what and how this project will improve, if it is on schedule, and what limitations may remain when completed.

Our children deserve top quality recreational facilities and age-appropriate infrastructure. Our community is home to Olympic Athletes – both current and perhaps, future – that deserve a place to train and compete. I would ask Council to examine improvements for the Oak Bluff Community Centre. Niverville’s centre offers one example of combining an arena, indoor playground, fieldhouse and multipurpose rooms that serve their community. For Oak Bluff, I would examine which facilities and services are needed gathered from public consultation.

I would demand from new developers a minimum playground requirement to be accessible for all youth ages. I would want to explore how the municipality can support the current school playground project, alongside the school division and community organizers.

Our community deserves better and safer connectivity between key pedestrian corridors. In February 2020, Council supported a PTH3 crossing concept that was referred to the Province. In 2025, the Province indicated an Active Transport corridor is under local jurisdiction. Nothing has been completed to date. We owe it to the safety of our community to have an appropriate crossing to access our community centre, restaurant, and gas station. Our children should not be crossing an uncontrolled highway and walking on the side of the highway.

We need to evaluate our municipal roads that connect to highways and assess where additional lighting and signage is required. We have multiple high volume pathways which have insufficient signage and are a safety concern.