A Simple Platform
· Ward (Rideau-Rockcliffe) · Peter Karwacki
Evidence Base by Pillar (investigative posts)
1
Transit & Infrastructure
Fix the buses, roads, and parks people actually use every day.
Proof point: St-Laurent Station faces multi-week full LRT track closures for concrete and water-infiltration repairs (planned ~2028), while other priorities move faster.
2
Money & Accountability
Show where every tax dollar goes and make sure someone is watching.
Proof point: City paid $95 million for a landfill site assembled for roughly $8–23 million under an NDA, on a 20–5 vote, while basic asset data often requires FOI requests.
3
Public Safety Oversight
Keep communities safe with clear rules and real oversight of the people who enforce them.
Proof point: An independent police workplace investigations office created in 2022 was quietly shut down in 2023 without Police Services Board consultation; clearance-rate and complaint trends still lack routine public metrics.
4
Fixing How Decisions Get Made
Change the rules so decisions are open, fair, and harder for insiders to game.
Proof point: Ottawa uses AI in city operations with no public governance framework (inventory, disclosure, human review, or audit standards), while major decisions continue under secrecy patterns documented in the LRT inquiry and convoy reports.
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Housing (supporting plank)
More homes that working people can actually afford, without the usual delays and excuses.
Proof point: Housing targets are repeatedly missed while policies continue to concentrate ultra-affordable units in limited parts of the ward.
Summary
Evidence Base by Pillar (number of deep posts)
3
Public Safety Oversight
Keep communities safe with clear rules and real oversight of the people who enforce them.
4
Fixing How Decisions Get Made
Change the rules so decisions are open, fair, and harder for insiders to game.
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