An Affordable City

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To create an affordable Saskatoon we need to focus on 3 things:

  • Smart Growth
  • Modern Transportation
  • Innovative Funding

Saskatoon is Canada’s fastest-growing city by population and economic growth. We are now a city of more than 300,000 people, and on track to add more than 40 thousand people from 2022-2024.  That kind of accelerated growth is putting a lot of pressure on our city, for housing, public transportation, and basic infrastructure and services.

Municipalities are shouldering a disproportionate burden of inflation, making it increasingly difficult to manage budgets and maintain services without passing costs onto taxpayers. For example, a fire engine in 2020 cost $800,000 dollars. Today, it costs $1.8 million.  

In the face of dramatic cost challenges, we need to plan well, budget carefully and advocate for new tools to fund cities.

As a Councillor, I have helped advance several initiatives  to help Saskatoon become more affordable, efficient and sustainable: 

  • Infill housing projects where infrastructure and services already exist
  • Secured $41 million in federal funding for affordable housing.
  • Less restrictive zoning for attainable housing 
  • The LINK, a modern public transit system, like a subway on wheels.
  • A new City Centre plan, to encourage more density at the core
  • Green infrastructure to mitigate flooding costs

These decisions will help Saskatoon become a more affordable city, that is also more liveable, walkable and sustainable. But we need to do more to alleviate pressure on property tax.

As mayor, I will:

  • Move LINK forward, and create mixed-use development incentives along its routes
  • Develop new incentives to repair affordable rental units
  • With municipalities across the country, call for a national strategy and new tools to fund cities
  • Support projects in the City Centre plan, that accelerate more residential and commercial development in the downtown

Creating a city that is affordable is foundational to a growing, thriving community and a rich social fabric. As mayor, I will find a new way forward to ensure Saskatoon is a city where everyone has a chance for a good quality of life.

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As I run for mayor, I want to recognize that we are on Treaty 6 Territory, the traditional land of the Cree, Saulteaux, Dene, Dakota, Lakota, Nakota, and the Métis Nation.

Living and working here is a privilege, and I acknowledge the deep history and contributions of the Indigenous peoples who have cared for this land long before it became Saskatoon.

In my campaign and beyond, I’m committed to respecting our shared history and working together to build a city where everyone’s voice matters.