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Ward 15 Kitchissippi Councillor · Ottawa

4 candidates for 1 seat

Everyone is compared on the same 16 issues, in the same order. Candidates are listed alphabetically, and the order of issues is not a ranking. Each candidate's bio appears at the top, above the issues. How this works.

Bio

Brian Innes

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Joanne Chianello Elected (official result)

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Subhir Uppal

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Housing

Will I be able to afford to live here?

Brian Innes

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Joanne Chianello Elected (official result)

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Use public land for affordable housing

  • We need to use public land for affordable housing
  • Pressure from people wanting to live in Kitchissippi makes things more expensive for existing communities
Show their words & source (reported remarks)
“We need to use public land for affordable housing.”

Source: Election Ottawa 2026: Kitchissippi voters face the pressures of 'a growing city' · September 22, 2026

Confidence:High

Subhir Uppal

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At the final Kitchissippi debate, Subhir Uppal said people with dignified housing are less likely to do dangerous things in public.

  • Dignified housing and safe space
  • Less likely to do dangerous things in public
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“If people have a dignified way to live and have safe space, they’re less likely to do dangerous things out in public”

Source: CBC News: Fixing transit takes centre stage at final Kitchissippi ward debate (mirrored on europesays.com)

Confidence:High

Xavier Commerford

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Taxes & spending

What happens to my tax bill, and where does the money go?

Brian Innes

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Joanne Chianello Elected (official result)

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Subhir Uppal

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Uppal calls the new Richmond Road paid parking unfair and says he would suspend it until a fair solution is found.

  • Uppal criticised the new paid parking on Richmond Road in Kitchissippi as bad for business, with residents seeing spillover parking onto side streets
  • He told CBC he does not think the paid-parking system is fair and that he would suspend paid parking until a fair solution is found
  • His zone-based transit fare proposal from the same CBC coverage was already captured in the Oct 18 baseline and is not repeated here
Show their words & source (reported remarks)
“I don’t think it’s a fair system, and I’d want to suspend paid parking until we get a fair solution”

Source: 7 wards to watch this municipal election (CBC Ottawa, republished by NewsBeep) · October 19, 2026

Confidence:High

Xavier Commerford

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Emergency services

When I call for help, will it come fast enough?

Brian Innes

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Innes would expand proactive community policing with a constable who knows the people and areas.

  • Expand a proactive policing model built around a constable who knows the people and the areas where they live
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“Where we have a constable who knows … the people and to know the areas where we live. It's a proactive policing model that I want to see expanded.”

Source: CBC News: 'Fixing transit takes centre stage at final Kitchissippi ward debate' (via europesays republication) · October 16, 2026

Confidence:High

Joanne Chianello Elected (official result)

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Subhir Uppal

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Xavier Commerford

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Transit

Can I get where I need to go without driving?

Brian Innes

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Innes would target 90% bus-route performance within six months, pressing staff at transportation committee.

  • Priority is reliability on the ward's main bus routes
  • Progress carefully tracked: 90 per cent performance within six months, with questions to staff at transportation committee if it is missed
Show their words & source (reported remarks)
“I want to see 90 per cent performance within six months, and I'll ask questions at [the] transportation committee. I'll ask staff why we can't get to 90 per cent.”

Source: CBC News: 'Fixing transit takes centre stage at final Kitchissippi ward debate' (via europesays republication) · October 16, 2026

Confidence:High

Joanne Chianello Elected (official result)

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This candidate has spoken about this issue more than once. Each statement is shown with its own source.

Says Kitchissippi residents want convenient, affordable transit, safer streets and better ways to get around.

  • After hearing from thousands of Kitchissippi voters, says residents want convenient and affordable transit
  • Says residents want safer streets and better ways to get around
“convenient and affordable transit, safer streets and better ways to get around.”

(reported remarks)

Source: What Kitchissippi ward is looking for in a new councillor (Ottawa Citizen, Natasha Baldin) · October 5, 2026

Confidence:High

Chianello would make youth fares permanently free and keep seniors' fares affordable.

  • Transit reliability will take a while to fix, but affordability can come almost immediately
  • Youth fares permanently free; seniors' fares kept affordable
“One thing I would like to see is working on making, perhaps for example, youth fares permanently free, [making] sure that seniors' fares remain affordable.”

(reported remarks)

Source: CBC News: 'Fixing transit takes centre stage at final Kitchissippi ward debate' (via europesays republication) · October 16, 2026

Confidence:High

Think we’ve got this wrong?

Subhir Uppal

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At the final Kitchissippi debate, Subhir Uppal promoted distance-based fares: pay for how much transit you use.

  • Distance-based fares
  • Pay for how much transit we use
Show their words & source (reported remarks)
“We should pay for how much transit we use”

Source: CBC News: Fixing transit takes centre stage at final Kitchissippi ward debate (mirrored on europesays.com)

Confidence:High

Xavier Commerford

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Xavier Commerford blamed the city's ‘New Ways to Bus’ for a transit death spiral and pledged to reverse it.

  • Transit death spiral: fewer riders, less revenue, more cuts
  • Blamed 'New Ways to Bus'
  • Pledged to reverse it
Show their words & source (reported remarks)
“We’ve created this transit death spiral where fewer people take the transit, revenues suffer and cuts continue”

Source: CBC News: Fixing transit takes centre stage at final Kitchissippi ward debate (mirrored on europesays.com)

Confidence:High

Government

Will decisions be made in the open, and will anyone answer for them?

Brian Innes

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Joanne Chianello Elected (official result)

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Subhir Uppal

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This candidate has spoken about this issue more than once. Each statement is shown with its own source.

Subhir Uppal is demanding Kitchissippi's fair share for the community.

  • Demanding our fair share for our community
“Demanding our fair share for our community!”

(one sentence)

Source: Subhir Uppal 2026 campaign website — Ward 15

Confidence:High

Subhir Uppal pledges to listen to residents in every neighbourhood, be accountable, and deliver better services, value and results.

  • Listen to residents in every neighbourhood
  • Be accountable
  • Better services, better value and real results
“I’ll listen to residents in every neighbourhood, be accountable to you and focus on delivering better services, better value and real results for our community.”

(one sentence)

Source: Subhir Uppal 2026 campaign website — Ward 15

Confidence:High

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Xavier Commerford

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Roads & infrastructure

Will the things I use every day actually get fixed?

Brian Innes

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Joanne Chianello Elected (official result)

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Subhir Uppal

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Xavier Commerford

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Economy

Will our main streets and local jobs thrive?

Brian Innes

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Joanne Chianello Elected (official result)

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Subhir Uppal

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Xavier Commerford

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Xavier Commerford pledged more investment in job-creating projects, linking unemployment to crime and safety issues.

  • Increase investment in job-creating projects
  • Linked unemployment to crime and safety
Show their words & source (reported remarks)
“If we fail to do that then of course they’re going to have crime, of course we’re going to have safety issues because we haven’t provided those opportunities”

Source: CBC News: Fixing transit takes centre stage at final Kitchissippi ward debate (mirrored on europesays.com)

Confidence:High

Environment

Is the candidate protecting the nature we live in?

Brian Innes

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Joanne Chianello Elected (official result)

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Subhir Uppal

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Xavier Commerford

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Healthcare

Will there be a doctor and a hospital when we need one?

Brian Innes

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Joanne Chianello Elected (official result)

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Subhir Uppal

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Xavier Commerford

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Growth & development

How fast should we grow, and who decides what gets built where?

Brian Innes

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Development process is frustrating for residents and community leaders

  • Impact of development on the community leaves residents feeling powerless
  • Process mired in paperwork, planning jargon and endless arguments by armies of consultants
Show their words & source (reported remarks)
“We've all seen the impact of development on our community. The current process has been frustrating for residents and community leaders, leaving us feeling powerless amid reams of paperwork, deference to planning jargon and endless arguments by armies of consultants.”

Source: Election Ottawa 2026: Kitchissippi voters face the pressures of 'a growing city' · September 22, 2026

Confidence:High

Joanne Chianello Elected (official result)

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Subhir Uppal

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Xavier Commerford

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Social & community services

Who looks after the most vulnerable residents?

Brian Innes

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Joanne Chianello Elected (official result)

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Subhir Uppal

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Xavier Commerford

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Active transportation

Can I walk and bike safely around town?

Brian Innes

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Joanne Chianello Elected (official result)

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Subhir Uppal

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Xavier Commerford

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Arts & culture

Does the candidate value what makes this place feel alive?

Brian Innes

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Joanne Chianello Elected (official result)

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Subhir Uppal

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Xavier Commerford

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Data centres

Should energy-hungry data centres be welcomed here?

Brian Innes

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Joanne Chianello Elected (official result)

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Subhir Uppal

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Xavier Commerford

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Water & waste

Is our drinking water safe and our waste handled?

Brian Innes

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Joanne Chianello Elected (official result)

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Subhir Uppal

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Xavier Commerford

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Bylaw enforcement

Are the rules fair, and are they actually enforced?

Brian Innes

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Joanne Chianello Elected (official result)

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Subhir Uppal

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Xavier Commerford

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