Jamie HARI

Hari would create a rent registry with landlord licensing, mandate 25–50% of new units be affordable, and build a city housing corporation.

• Mandatory rent registry and landlord licensing bylaw: landlords publicly disclose global rental holdings and monthly rents, pay an annual registration fee scaling with total units owned.
• Bylaw mandating 25% of all new-built units be 'affordable for singles' (under 30% of average individual income, approx $1,500/mo) and 50% 'affordable for families' (under 30% of average household income, approx $2,350/mo).
• Create a city-owned municipal housing corporation to build and operate non-market housing, targeting 10% of the city's entire housing stock within 20 years.

Confidence:High

Hari proposes a scaling property tax making the first $250,000 of owned residential property tax-free, shifting the burden to higher-valued homes.

• Create a scaling residential property tax scheme where the first $250,000 of owned residential property is tax-free.
• Total residential property tax collected in 2027 exactly 2% higher than 2026, then growing with CPI.
• Homes worth significantly more than the average (approx $700,000) would see significant tax increases; below-average homes may see decreases.

Confidence:High

Hari would cut Waterloo's funding to the regional police, ban license-plate and facial-recognition cameras, and transition toward a community security service.

• Significantly cut the City of Waterloo's contribution to the Waterloo Regional Police Service annual budget.
• Ban Automatic License Plate Recognition and facial recognition cameras in the City of Waterloo.
• Long-term: transition from a 'militarized regional police service' to a community security service.

Confidence:High

Hari would advocate for ranked-choice municipal elections and free tuition at Waterloo's post-secondary institutions for Waterluvians.

• Advocate for Elections Ontario to replace First Past the Post with a ranked choice (or similar) electoral system.
• Advocate for the city's post-secondary institutions to fully subsidize (free) tuition for Waterluvians.

Confidence:High

Hari would make Grand River Transit free, starting with seniors and students, and create a publicly funded city-wide snow removal service.

• Fully subsidize (free) Grand River Transit passes for seniors and students first, then for every Waterluvian.
• Introduce a new city-wide snow removal service: publicly funded, unionized Region employees, electric snow removal equipment where practicable.

Confidence:High

Hari would create a mandatory polluter registry with an environmental resilience fund, ban water privatization, and set strict water availability standards.

• Mandatory polluter registry and licensing bylaw: businesses publicly disclose local pollution emissions and pay annually into a local environmental resilience fund for emissions above standards.
• Bylaw irrevocably prohibiting the privatization of water within the City of Waterloo.
• Water service standard: 99.9% availability with a 24-hour restore time objective; automatic state of emergency if not met; landlord licenses revoked for failures.

Confidence:High

Hari would fully fund food banks, launch a city-owned union-operated grocery store, and incentivize community food gardens and cooperatives.

• Supplement food banks with enough resources to entirely meet all Waterluvians' current needs.
• Launch at least one city-owned not-for-profit, fully union-operated grocery store.
• Bylaws holding corporate grocers accountable for using real estate contracts to eliminate small business competition; programs to incentivize community food gardens and co-ops.

Confidence:High