What I've done, 2022-2026
I ran in 2022 on addressing homelessness, housing, climate, and a City Hall that works for people. Here's what that has looked like in practice.
Keeping people housed
In April 2026, I moved a motion directing City staff to develop tenant protections for Londoners living in affordably-priced private-market apartments when their landlords apply to demolish, convert or redevelop the building. Too many renters in our city have watched a sold sign go up and realized they had weeks to find somewhere else. While I am staunchly pro-infill, we need to make sure we protect affordable units wherever possible. For every one new unit of affordable housing built, we lose 19. The policy work will come back to council in 2027, and I intend to see it through.
In November 2024, I voted against a local landlord's 30-unit renovation plan that would have displaced 15 existing tenants from basement units in our ward. The motion lost. I don't win every one of these, but I do my research and make amendments where possible. I continue to support these tenants in trying to ensure they are properly housed and the developer follows through on his commitment.
In every budget I support homelessness-prevention programs like funding for hoarding support, the Housing Stability Bank, housing-provider supports, and new supportive house developments. If we keep talking about public safety and affordability, the single most effective thing we can do is keep people in their homes. Housing is the solution to homelessness.
Homelessness and winter response
In January 2025, when temperatures hit -30 with windchill, council activated the Carling Heights Optimist Community Centre as an emergency overnight warming centre. I was one of the councillors asking for a faster response. I also pushed for the City's emergency shelter threshold to be lowered so we aren't waiting for people to be at immediate risk of death before we open a door. On February 11, 2026, I brought forward a motion alongside colleagues to lower the threshold for opening warming centres to -15°C (instead of -15°C with a -20°C windchill), to allow service providers to open at -5°C and to bring back 2026-2027 winter plans by June 2026 for review and approval.
In October 2024, I co-proposed directing staff to examine "quick communities" (portable sleeping structures and tiny homes) as a faster path to getting unsheltered Londoners indoors. Eventually, the Mayor in fall 2025 proposed the micro-modular shelter system which opened early 2026 and offered 70 beds to those living in encampments. In November 2024, I joined 40 councillors across Ontario in opposing Premier Ford's plan to invoke the notwithstanding clause to evict encampments.
I know this is one of London's top issues - and I will continue to fight to bring people inside.
Transit and climate
In the 2024 budget, I voted for an London Transit funding increase that delivered roughly 18,000 additional service hours over four years, and I moved a motion in 2025 to add an additional 2,000 service hours from the LTC's reserve fund for additional hours. I've stepped in as Chair of the London Transit Commission during the governance changes to ensure a continuity of service and am constantly pushing for better investments in transit.
When I served on the Planning and Environment Committee, I pushed for Green Development Guidelines so new builds in London meet a higher climate bar - which staff are still working on. I moved an amendment to the Byron Gravel Pit Secondary Plan to protect bank swallow habitat. And I was part of the 5-member minority that voted against rezoning the west London floodplain to build a McDonald's. I'm very supportive of infill and growth - but not at the cost of the environment.
Community and Ward 11
On November 30, 2025, a week after about 30 masked men rallied on the Wortley Road bridge with a white-nationalist banner, I organized a bridge party in the same spot. More than a hundred neighbours turned up for coffee, cookies, music, chalk art and bubbles. The message was simple: Ward 11 is a place of love and people are welcome here.
I co-signed a letter with Mayor Morgan and Councillor Rahman calling for stronger accountability measures on the London Police Service's $672M multi-year budget. I pushed for a municipal lobbyist registry (we lost, for now). And in May 2023, my colleagues elected me to the national Board of Directors of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, where I served for two years of decisions on housing, transit and climate funding for cities across Canada.
Closer to home: I attended the official re-opening of the rebuilt Victoria Bridge in July 2024 — an arterial connection between Old South and downtown that finally came back. I've co-hosted community conversations across the ward. And I still reply to most of my constituent emails myself. You can often find me walking around the neighbourhood, grabbing coffee at one of our great cafes and checking out local playgrounds with my family.
I love our community and I love the people that make it great.