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No increase on property tax or utility bills for residents

• Work with other councillors to make sure there is no increase on property tax
• No increase on utility bills for residents

Confidence:High

Jules Ruhinda supports responsible spending and practical decisions to help residents manage the cost of living.

• Responsible spending
• Practical decisions
• Help with the cost of living

Confidence:High

Revive the effort to eliminate the Vacant Unit Tax

• Plans to revive the effort to eliminate the Vacant Unit Tax
• Positions the tax as a failed policy

Confidence:High

City treats property tax hikes on hardworking residents as the default budget solution

• City treats property tax hikes on hardworking residents as the default solution for budget deficits and project cost overruns
• Opposes that approach

Confidence:High

Jules Ruhinda would work with residents and community partners to keep Barrhaven East safe, welcoming and connected.

• Work with residents and community partners
• Keep Barrhaven East safe, welcoming and connected

Confidence:High

Bring the train to Barrhaven ASAP, add bus routes, fix Hunt Club and Prince of Wales congestion

• Bring the train to Barrhaven ASAP; add more bus routes to ease congestion
• Fix traffic on Hunt Club and Prince of Wales by building an overpass

Confidence:High

Fix systemic issues at OC Transpo: governance, corporate and revenue model changes

• Address the systemic, structural issues at OC Transpo
• All transit decisions are currently political; move for major changes to corporate, governance, and revenue models

Confidence:High

Buses don't show up, routes got shuffled; residents giving up on OC Transpo

• Transit is the top door-knock issue
• Buses that don't show up, routes shuffled so people walk too far, residents giving up on OC Transpo because they can't trust it

Confidence:High

Fix transit reliability and champion a $1-a-day transit pass

• Work to fix public transit reliability
• Champion an innovative $1-a-day transit pass

Confidence:High

Jules Ruhinda would make City Hall easier to reach, easier to understand and more accountable.

• Easier to reach
• Easier to understand
• More accountable

Confidence:High

Start 'Your Councillor Reporting': regular public plain-language updates on what's moving

• Start a regular, public, plain-language update on exactly what's moving and what isn't in Barrhaven East
• Residents shouldn't be left guessing what happened to their request

Confidence:High

Move Prince of Wales Drive widening from policy into the practical execution phase next term

• Completed the policy aspect of widening Prince of Wales Drive last year
• Will move it into the practical/execution phase next term, i.e. start the project

Confidence:High

Growth must be matched with roads, traffic management, transit and community services

• Rapid population growth without the necessary municipal infrastructure to support it
• Growth cannot just mean higher housing density; it must be matched with adequate roads, traffic management, public transit, and community services

Confidence:High