Stephanie Goertz

Goertz would use public land for affordable housing via non-profit partnerships and keep township ownership through long-term leases.

• Support using Regionally and municipally owned land for affordable housing where it makes sense, in partnership with non-profits, co-operatives and other housing providers.
• Inventory Township-owned properties for housing suitability; where appropriate keep Township ownership of the land and lease it long-term to a non-profit, co-op or affordable-housing provider.
• Build a housing mix — smaller homes, townhomes, apartments, secondary units and seniors' housing — with communities involved in deciding what fits their needs.
• Create a faster, clearer process for secondary units: one place for help, step-by-step guides, checklists and pre-reviewed plans or templates so homeowners can add rental, multigenerational or aging-parent housing.

Confidence:High

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Goertz would push for evening and weekend transit in Wilmot, better connecting residents to jobs, health care and services.

• Wilmot's Route 77 is weekday-only and ends in the early evening, limiting options for seniors, young people, lower-income residents and anyone who cannot drive or afford a vehicle.
• Advocate for evening and weekend transit and better connections to jobs, health care and services.

Confidence:High

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Goertz lists reliable services and infrastructure — roads, fire services, water/wastewater, parks — as a campaign priority.

• Priority: 'Reliable Services & Infrastructure' — how Wilmot repairs and builds the community.
• Covers roads, community centres, recreation, fire services, water/wastewater, infrastructure and parks.

Confidence:High

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Goertz would work with health organizations and partners to identify gaps in rural care and recruit and retain health-care providers.

• Rural residents often travel farther for care and may have limited transportation.
• Work with health organizations, not-for-profits, seniors' groups and residents to identify what is missing in local care.
• Review zoning to ensure suitable locations are available for health-care providers and work with partners to help recruit and retain them.

Confidence:High

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Goertz would expand affordable licensed child care, adding licensed spaces in underserved rural communities and engaging home providers.

• Support expanding affordable licensed child care while recognizing rural realities where licensed centres are scarce or unavailable.
• Advocate for more licensed spaces in underserved rural communities and bring unlicensed home providers into the conversation on viability, barriers and paths into the licensed system.
• Work with the Wilmot & Wellesley Resource Centre and the Region on a local, opt-in child-care directory matching families with independent home providers (Township would not endorse or inspect).

Confidence:High

Goertz supports keeping water and wastewater publicly owned and operated and would oppose any move to private ownership or operation.

• Support keeping water and wastewater systems publicly owned and publicly operated; speak up against efforts to move services, assets or decision-making into private hands or structures that reduce public accountability.
• Oppose any future move toward private ownership or operation; contracting out should not be the default way of delivering these services.
• Water capacity should be considered before major growth and development decisions; protect recharge areas and assess the cumulative impact of development, water taking, drainage and landscape changes.

Confidence:High