Three priorities emerging from the listening tour
Before putting anything on paper, I walked Ward 2. Knocked on doors and sat with families. These three issues came up at nearly every door. This page is updated weekly as the tour continues and every conversation will shape what I'll fight for.
I listened before I decided.
For the last four weeks I have been listening, and for the next four weeks, right up to Canada Day, I'll be walking Ward 2: knocking doors, sitting with families, joining conversations already happening at events, gatherings and community meet ups across the ward. Then I'll spend the ten days before our July 12 launch consolidating everything I heard into these priorities.
I want to hear what is working, what is broken and what you actually need from your councillor. These three priorities are what I heard.
Affordability
This came up at nearly every door.
Ward 2 families are feeling the squeeze. The property costs, development charges, recreation fees and housing supply that hasn't kept pace with growth. Milton already has among the lowest property taxes in Ontario. The work is making sure those tax dollars actually produce what Ward 2 needs.
That means I'll vote against unreasonable tax increases and push for efficiency and value for money before new revenue is ever sought. I'll advocate for more housing variety such as townhouses, stacked townhouses and secondary suites that give families and young people more affordable entry points into Ward 2. I'll fight for infrastructure funding, working with regional and provincial partners so Milton's growth costs don't fall entirely on local taxpayers. This means I'll push for recreation fee relief, because no family in Ward 2 should be priced out of their own community's programs and facilities.
Safety
Car thefts, street racing, and unsafe school zones are things Ward 2 residents raised consistently.
Safety in Ward 2 is not just a policing question, it's a roads question, a planning question and a council accountability question. Families shouldn't have to worry about their kids walking to school or their car being gone in the morning.
I'll move motions for traffic calming like speed humps, road narrowing, and roundabouts on the Ward 2 streets where complaints are highest, and improve school zone protections with reduced speed limits, crossing guards, and physical infrastructure near Robert Baldwin PS, Bruce Trail PS, and Bishop Reding. I'll push for better signals on arterials like synchronized traffic lights on Derry Road and Louis St. Laurent for less speeding and better flow and advocate for home security camera rebates, a practical municipal tool to address car theft without waiting on policing alone.
Amenities
Milton keeps building houses. The parks, programs, and community spaces haven't kept up.
Ward 2 families are living in neighbourhoods that grew faster than the infrastructure that makes them liveable. Kids need somewhere to go after school. Families need community options that don't require driving to Oakville. This is a budget fight and I will show up for it.
I'll fight for Ward 2's share in every budget — capital spending on parks and recreation, argued for at the budget table before decisions are locked in. I'll expand after-school and weekend programming and build the community amenities Milton hasn't kept pace with, so families don't have to drive to Oakville to find them. I'll push for youth spaces in new facilities because every new community building planned for Ward 2 should have dedicated space for young people. I will also work to open school facilities to the community, partnering with school boards to use gyms and spaces in off-hours. Finally, I'll audit what Ward 2 is actually getting, requesting a staff comparison of amenity investment across wards so that if Ward 2 is behind, it goes on the record.
Tell me what I'm missing.
Every week I'll add what Ward 2 is telling me from our conversations. The real issues as well as the real commitments! If something is affecting your street, your family, or your neighbourhood and it isn't on this page yet, I want to hear it before July 12.
Every message gets a personal reply.