Lawrence-Zachary Howe

Howe on housing: as long as land speculation is legal, investors will buy properties and control supply and prices.

• Land speculation lets investors control supply and prices
• Supports expanding Property Standards Officers' role to document bad-faith evictions

Confidence:High

Howe: raising taxes above inflation would not be an option; alternative revenue like a Trimodal Port would anchor businesses and ease taxes.

• Raising taxes above inflation would not be an option
• Pursue Trimodal Port to create alternative revenue stream and anchor businesses
• Alternative revenue streams reduce tax burden on citizens

Confidence:High

Local transit's priority must be on-time service; refuses more funding for an institution not meeting expectations.

• Asked about improving local transit and connections to employment areas, Howe said the priority is having transit that moves on time.
• Refuses to increase transit funding for an institution not meeting expectations, arguing wasted money is guaranteed and you can't outspend incompetence.

Confidence:High

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Would build a second and third service core to lower service costs and give uniform coverage across London.

• Asked how to prioritize growth infrastructure and pay for it fairly, Howe said he would build a second service core, then a third, to lower service costs and give uniform coverage across London.
• Says raising taxes above inflation would not be an option; viable alternative revenue streams could later drop annual increases below inflation.

Confidence:High

Proposes a 'Trimodal Port' logistics hub to anchor businesses and revitalize London's business sector.

• Asked how to support business growth, Howe said London's focus must be revitalizing the business sector, proposing his 'Trimodal Port' as the solution.
• Argues the port would give businesses a fiduciary duty to set up in London and anchor existing ones, turning the city's geography in the congested Southwestern Ontario logistics corridor into its greatest economic asset.

Confidence:High

Howe opposes an AI data centre unless investors show it integrates into the community in a way that is additive, not subtractive.

• Not ideologically against a data center
• Would not support one without investors showing it integrates additively, not subtractively

Confidence:High

Howe: other municipalities should offer similar safety nets; the province should pay London for services beyond food banks and shelters.

• London attracts vulnerable people because other municipalities refuse to offer services beyond shelters and food banks
• Demand other municipalities offer similar safety nets
• Province should pay London for those services; stop extra services except food banks and shelters

Confidence:High

Says the City can't prioritize arts until the crisis passes; should remove policy barriers, leave curating to others.

• Asked about the role of arts and culture, Howe said London should enable artistic expression but lacks the funds and time to prioritize arts until the current crisis passes.
• Would promptly address city policies or neglect blocking cultural expression, but otherwise prioritize prosperity and leave curating to others more qualified.

Confidence:High