In March 2026, Regional Council directed staff to retain an independent third party to review the circumstances that led to the water capacity crisis. The original motion required the report within six months, which would have put the deadline around now. Council amended that timeline to allow the review to take up to 12 months, so the final report may not come back until March 2027. While the motion requires the report to come back to Council, it does not explicitly state th

I present delegations to local councils. In June 2026, I spoke to Waterloo Regional Council about the litigation around 100 Victoria - the longstanding encampment that is a last resort for too many in our community that are unsheltered. You can find a link to the video of that delegation on the "On the Record" page, but I'm going to paraphrase it here... I asked Regional Council to take four steps. The Region should not continue appealing the ruling. This litigation consumes

The Region of Waterloo has been litigating to evict the residents from 100 Victoria St N (the encampment) for years! After two losses in court, and clear direction from the two justices, the Region is pursuing an appeal of the most recent decision. Should this fail, there is a good chance that Regional Council will ask Premier Doug Ford to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause (section 33) of the constitution to sidestep the rights-based decisions. I will resist this. If "their"

In an email, I was asked how I feel about the deployment of CCTV surveillance cameras by Waterloo Regional Police. I wrote a letter to the editor in May (find that On The Record) and added the following... "Regional Council has some influence of Waterloo Regional Police, although I haven't seen them exercise it these last few years. I strongly oppose this surveillance system. We don't build a safer community through pervasive surveillance. Equally important are the demonstrat