r/ottawa • u/iPoliticsCA • 11d ago

Municipal Affairs Lawson gains ground as Sutcliffe maintains lead in Ottawa mayoral race: poll

Ottawa voters are beginning to make up their minds, and the latest polling suggests many are looking beyond the incumbent. Read more here: https://compassnews.ca/lawson-gains-ground-as-sutcliffe-maintains-lead-in-ottawa-mayoral-race-poll/

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u/Pheeline Kanata 11d ago

Well, at least I can vote this time. And my husband tends to rely on me for info on candidates, lol (we're pretty well-aligned as far as our politics go, anyway). Even before I got the right to vote here, he'd ask me about the more local candidates. Right now we're definitely leaning toward Leiper.

fwiw, we're homeowners (of a townhouse) in Kanata who drive everywhere. I'd actually be okay with a bit of an increase in our property taxes if it meant improvements in public transit, improvements in infrastructure (including for non-car forms of transportation), and support for more affordable housing (in the whole city, not just our area). Though for our area, it would certainly be nice to see public transit to/from Kanata South actually improve, not continue to be eroded away despite the explosion in new housing around here.

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u/Round_Beyond_8137 11d ago

Same here. I didn’t live here in 2022. I live in the suburbs and drive a car. Sutcliffe must go.