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Supports affordable-housing CIPs and expanded supportive housing, and wants a new Ward 5 community centre, library and social services.

• Asked what changes she would support to increase housing supply and affordability, Rahman said she has supported affordable-housing CIPs citywide and fully supports expanding supportive housing, noting 50,000 units were approved this term.
• Says Ward 5 deserves a new community centre, library and social services close to home, arguing current city spaces are oversubscribed, undersized and outdated.

Confidence:High

Karikkassery: increase affordable housing to grow housing supply and affordability.

• Increase affordable housing

Confidence:High

Raza: willing to delay or reduce lower-priority spending — Council can't fund everything, prioritize safety, housing, essential services.

• Willing to delay or reduce lower-priority spending
• Council can't fund everything at once
• Prioritize safety, housing, and essential services where people see real results

Confidence:High

Values keeping property taxes low and is open to new ways to fund large projects for chronic transportation gaps.

• Asked how London should pay for growth, Rahman said she values keeping property taxes low and is open to exploring new ways to fund larger-scale projects if it advances the city.
• Cites chronic transportation and infrastructure challenges and says emergency services and community facilities cannot keep being deferred.

Confidence:High

Backs BRT under construction, higher-performance rail, transit expansion into employment areas, and London's regional-hub role.

• Asked how she would improve transit and connections, Rahman said she has supported transit investment including the BRT legs now under construction and strongly believes in positioning London as a regional hub.
• As a London Transit Commissioner, supports alternative service delivery and transit expansion into employment areas; welcomes Porter Airlines' investments at the airport.

Confidence:High

Karikkassery: improve public transport and reduce wait times for public transport.

• Improve public transport
• Reduce wait time for public transport

Confidence:High

Raza: a balanced approach — supportive housing, health services, outreach and prevention, plus reasonable enforcement when there's violence.

• Balanced approach to community safety and homelessness
• Supportive housing, health services, outreach, and prevention
• Reasonable enforcement when there is violence, theft, or genuine danger

Confidence:High

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Wants builders and business owners to contribute financially to public infrastructure development.

• Asked what changes he would make to approvals, regulation and procurement, Karikkassery said builders and business owners should make financial contributions to public infrastructure development.

Confidence:High

Rahman opposes short-term on-street subsidized parking and suggests a pilot shuttle on busy nights using vacant municipal lots.

• Open to a parking strategy addressing high costs and 'predatory practices of privately owned lots'
• Doesn't think short-term on-street-only subsidized parking is the answer
• Pilot shuttle program on busy nights using vacant municipal lots outside the core

Confidence:High

Blake Rose: 'parking is transportation infrastructure' — build some, but better use downtown space and help more people get there.

• 'Ultimately, parking is transportation infrastructure'
• Need some parking, but make better use of valuable downtown space
• Build transportation infrastructure that helps more Londoners get downtown

Confidence:High

Names transit as the priority for infrastructure investment decisions.

• Asked how London should determine which infrastructure investments proceed first, Karikkassery answered: 'Transit.'

Confidence:High

Rahman backs office-to-residential conversions and cutting City Hall red tape blocking new businesses from opening.

• Supportive of office-to-residential conversions spurring longer-term economic activity
• Process improvements at City Hall 'to make it easier to open a business'
• Must address public safety, public health and open drug use to attract employers

Confidence:High

Blake Rose supports incentives and partnerships for office-to-residential conversion where appropriate, plus arts and culture draws.

• Support incentives and partnerships leading to office-to-residential conversion 'where it's appropriate'
• Arts, culture, and entertainment are significant draws for downtown visitors
• Infrastructure, built form, and urban design key to drawing people downtown

Confidence:High

Names affordable housing, AI, faster construction and waste management as the economy's priorities.

• Asked what Council should do to support business growth, Karikkassery answered: 'Affordable housing, Going up with AI, Faster constructions and waste management.'

Confidence:High

Says London will miss its 2030 climate target and wants the next plan scaled down to what works, plus tree canopy and electrification.

• Asked about the Climate Emergency Action Plan, Rahman said the plan relies on other governments too, and at this point London will not reach its 2030 emissions target.
• Wants the next iteration scaled down from 150 actions to what works, and for the next term to invest in strengthening the tree canopy and supporting electrification.

Confidence:High

Raza: by 2030 a safer London — fewer people chronically on streets, more connected to supportive housing and mental health services.

• Safer London by 2030: neighbourhoods, parks, business areas
• Fewer people living chronically on the streets
• More people connected to supportive housing, mental health and addiction services; public spaces where families and businesses feel safe

Confidence:High

Rahman adopts the BIA's stance: mental health, addiction and homelessness need coordinated, compassionate responses.

• Uses the BIA values statement as a guidepost for decisions
• Coordinated, compassionate responses on mental health, addiction, homelessness
• Also ensure a safe and welcoming downtown

Confidence:High

Rose: climate and environmental nonprofits deliver what for-profits can't.

• Pillar Nonprofit Network 2026 candidate survey — Q11: The nonprofit sector's role & what success looks like.

Confidence:High

Karikkassery: improve policing and add shelters in response to the health and homelessness crisis.

• Improve policing
• Adding shelters

Confidence:High

Blake Rose wants a well-connected active transportation network and frequent transit so more Londoners can get downtown.

• Well-connected active transportation network alongside frequent transit service
• Vibrant community of people living downtown
• Move beyond surface parking lots in the downtown core

Confidence:High

Says London is not reflecting its UNESCO City of Music status in its investments and wants a stronger, aligned arts sector.

• Asked what role arts and culture should play, Rahman said culture is a key component of economic and community development and the City should lean into its UNESCO City of Music designation.
• Says London is a music education and production hub and questions whether that is reflected in City investments; wants the arts sector more closely aligned and better connected to City Hall.

Confidence:High

Wants parks made safer and more beautiful.

• Asked which cultural infrastructure should be prioritised, Karikkassery answered: 'Make parks safer and beautiful.'

Confidence:High