SUTHERLAND, Patrick

Sutherland would adopt Helsinki's Housing First model and fund it with a local lottery.

• Would introduce the Housing First model used in Helsinki, Finland, calling it the most successful in the world, with a mandatory affordable housing component.
• Houseless people would be provided homes 'no questions asked' and dispersed across the county with supports; a share of rental units citywide would be deemed affordable.
• Would create a 'Freedom 60/40 Local Lottery' to fund housing for the homeless and supply food banks (winner gets 40%), topped up with provincial/federal assistance.
• Would donate 20% of his mayor's salary directly to housing the homeless.

Confidence:High

Sutherland proposes 'S.A.D.D.' (Seniors Against Drug Dealers) to fully eradicate drug dealers in Windsor.

• Would initiate 'S.A.D.D.' (Seniors Against Drug Dealers) for the 'full eradication of drug dealers in Windsor.'

Confidence:High

Sutherland would renounce Strong Mayor powers, wear a body camera in office, and hire an outside Auditor General.

• Would not utilize Strong Mayor powers; all council decisions would be made 'the democratic way.'
• Would wear a video camera for his term as mayor (except in-camera meetings) and make in-camera meeting reports accessible to the public.
• Would work with council to hire an independent, objective Auditor General with no connection to the city.

Confidence:High

Sutherland would upload E.C. Row to the province and roll out solar motion-sensor street lighting.

• Would upload the E.C. Row Expressway to the province and spend the savings on city roads and infrastructure.
• Would install solar-powered motion-sensor street lights on all new subdivisions and gradually across the city, projecting millions in savings over a decade.

Confidence:High

Sutherland would nearly double the arts budget, double the festival count, and make the cultural master plan update a first priority.

• Would increase the arts budget (says it should be 'close to doubled') and offer twice as many summer-to-winter festivals in city parks.
• Would market and promote all county artists globally, starting on the City website.
• Would make updating the 15-year-old Municipal Cultural Master Plan one of his first priorities, possibly via a commission to ensure artists are paid more fairly.
• Vision: dancing and singing in the streets, artists featured at the art museum, poets in parks, daily live performances on the Jackson Park Bandshell, plays in every school.

Confidence:High