You deserve to know where a candidate stands before you vote — not after. These are my positions on the issues Ward 7 residents raise most. I will update this page as issues develop, and I will say so when I do.
May 18, 2026 - HIVE Digital Technologies / BUZZ HPC announced a 320 megawatt (MW) AI gigafactory project in the "Greater Toronto Area" (GTA), acquiring a 25 acres site for $58 million. Corporate filings indicate 800+ temporary construction jobs and "hundreds" of long-term positions.
June 26, 2026 - Commercial real estate platforms confirmed the $58 Million purchase at 3480 Ninth Line, Oakville, to develop a 320 MW AI data centre targeted for completion in late 2027.
July 17, 2026 - The Town of Oakville confirmed that no formal application has been submitted to date to the Town for a data centre.
July 21, 2026 - Mayor Rob Burton directed Town staff to prepare a memorandum by August 10, 2026 on potential role of data centres in supporting AI infrastructure in Oakville .
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August 11, 2026 - Oakville council imposed a one-year freeze (Interim Control By-Law - ICBL) on data centre development, giving town staff time to review policies governing the potential impacts of these facilities, specifically studying the noise, emissions, infrastructure, and land-use impacts of the proposed data centre on Ninth Line.
September 16, 2026 - Mississauga council imposed a one-year freeze (Interim Control By-Law - ICBL) on data centre development, giving town staff time to review policies governing the potential impacts of these facilities, specifically studying the noise, emissions, infrastructure, and land-use impacts of future proposal of data centres.
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Property Details - 3480 Ninth Line contains the historic Henry and Mary Post Farmhouse, protected under By-law 2023-121.
Site Zoning - The land-use designation 3480 Ninth Line is listed as “Employment” on Realtor.ca, representing what the Town’s master plan intends for the area long-term and “FD” (Future Development) on the Oakville.ca zoning map, representing its current legal status today.
The Provincial Context - Under the Ontario Planning Act, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing can unilaterally issue a Minister’s Zoning Order (MZO) that overrides municipal zoning and substantially reduces the role of the normal municipal planning process. To date, residents of Oakville do not know whether HIVE Digital Technologies / BUZZ HPC has held formal discussions with provincial ministers to request an MZO. Council should therefore formally oppose any attempt to use an MZO .
While Oakville's upcoming staff memorandum is a good technical baseline, a memorandum alone will not stop a developer's application, or block a provincial Minister's Zoning Order (MZO).
We need proactive council action.
We must act to STOP this project before Oakville faces the same consequences of other towns suffering from the presence of AI Data centers on their land.
If you have any new facts or information, kindly share them as we are all in this together.
If that's the Ward 7 you want too, I'd be honoured to earn your vote on October 26.
ADVANCE VOTING: OCT 7–10 & OCT 13–18 / VOTING DAY: OCTOBER 26 · 10AM – 8PM.
From Glenorchy. For Ward 7.
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As your Town Councillor for Ward 7, I will advocate for an Infrastructure First approach. One that ensures roads, schools, parks, transit, utilities, and community services are planned and delivered alongside growth, not years after it.
Why I'm Writing This
Before we moved to Ward 7 in 2012, my family lived in Ward 5. That matters to how I see all of this. Ward 5 is a mature, settled part of Oakville. Established neighbourhoods, a community centre already up and running, parks that were already there, schools with room to breathe, enough spaces for parking for both residents and visitors. It's what a finished community feels like. The infrastructure came first, and the homes filled in around it.
Then we moved north, to Glenorchy, drawn by the same things that drew so many of you: new homes, green space, room for young families. Over the next fourteen years I watched something very different happen. In Ward 7 the homes came first and everything else was told to wait. We were promised a community centre and pool "in a couple of years." Our kids ended up in portables. The traffic thickened. Amenities that older wards simply had were, for us, always a few years out.
I'm not a politician. I'm a resident who has lived on both sides of that line, the finished community and the one perpetually catching up, and I've had enough of watching Ward 7 take the growth without getting the planning. That's why I'm running.
I Haven't Waited for a Title to Show Up
I didn't decide to pay attention the day I became a candidate. I've been showing up as a resident. I sat through the Neatt public meeting on Neyagawa and heard the concerns first-hand. I've followed the development applications landing in our ward, read the planning reports, and listened to neighbours who feel talked at rather than listened to. When a child stood before Council to describe life in a portable, I was there for that too.
I mention this because it's the honest basis for everything below. I'm not proposing ideas from a distance. I've watched, up close, how the current approach plays out for families, and I've done the homework on what the Town can actually do about it.
What's Actually Being Planned
The numbers are bigger than most people realize.
Across Oakville, Ontario has set a target of about 33,000 new homes by 2031, which Town Council adopted through its Housing Pledge [1]. At an illustrative two residents per home, that would represent roughly 66,000 new residents town-wide.
In Ward 7, my review of the current development applications points to roughly 14,000 proposed residential units [2, 3], more than 40 percent of all of Oakville's planned growth, concentrated in our ward. Four out of every ten new homes planned for the entire town are being asked for right here, in the community that already feels the squeeze. I've mapped where these developments are expected across Ward 7 so you can see it for yourself. (See the Ward 7 development map)
On top of the housing, two other major projects are in the pipeline. A Provincial Science Facility on the Trafalgar Road lands (a 7.5-acre plot of provincially owned land, a 229,000-square-foot complex in north Oakville, located just north of the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital) [5], and a proposed 320-megawatt AI data centre in North Oakville's employment lands (a 25-acre vacant property on the shared border of Oakville and Mississauga, at 3480 Ninth Line near Burnhamthorpe Road and William Halton Parkway, which sits in Ward 6) [4, 7, 8]. Each should be judged on its own merits, but all of it is landing in the same corner of town at the same time.
The Problem Isn't Growth. It's the Timing.
A newer resident recently asked me why our schools are so crowded when the Town keeps approving homes. I gave them the honest answer, and I'll give it to you too.
School capital planning and funding are primarily matters for the Province and the school boards, not the Town. Enrolment growth is a major driver of accommodation planning, but when the Town approves housing it doesn't order or fund a school to be built. Homes can go up quickly. A new provincially funded school takes far longer to be approved, funded, and built. That is the gap. It's why HDSB's planning data has shown Oakville schools running above capacity, roughly 101 percent at the elementary level [9] and 108 percent at the secondary level [10] in its 2022 accommodation planning, with local high schools maxed out on portables and North Oakville students being redirected while we wait for new schools to open [11, 12]. Mature wards south of the QEW, meanwhile, have stable or declining enrolment. That's not luck. It's sequencing.
I won't hide behind "education is provincial." It's true, but it becomes a cop-out when it's used to avoid the levers the Town does control.
Beyond schools, roughly 14,000 new units in our ward means:
To Be Clear: I'm Not Anti-Housing
You'll hear the pushback, so let me answer it head-on: that infrastructure-first is just code for delay, and delay means fewer homes and higher prices.
It isn't. Young families need homes, mine included when we arrived, and Ward 7 will keep growing, as it should. What I'm against is building homes faster than the things that make them worth living in.
There is also a point here for every taxpayer. Planning infrastructure alongside growth is cheaper than retrofitting it afterward. Our own community centre is the proof. We waited more than a decade, watched the budget nearly double, and still lost the parking. Reactive planning didn't get us homes any faster. It got us a more expensive, less complete community service. Doing it right the first time is the fiscally responsible choice, not the obstructionist one.
Credit Where It's Due, and the Lesson In It
I won't pretend nothing good has happened. Through this period of intense growth, the Town advanced real wins for Ward 7: two new schools for our growing families, and the long-awaited expansion of the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex with its new community centre and library. I'm genuinely glad they exist. My neighbours and I use them, and I want to build on them, not tear them down.
But how we got the community centre, and how long it took, is a cautionary tale. The building itself is a good one, and I want that on the record. The problem was the wait. When my family moved from Ward 5 to Ward 7 in 2012, the next phase of that complex was described as being a couple of years out. In reality the community centre and library didn't open until the spring of 2026, with the pool and aquatics coming online in the months after. That's well over a decade later, built onto arena pads that had opened all the way back in 2010. [13]
It also came at a steep price. The project was originally budgeted at about $73 million. Council raised it to $106 million [14], and costs ultimately climbed to roughly $130 million, nearly double the original estimate, even after a planned parking structure was cut to save money. [15]
Construction costs did spike everywhere in those years. That's fair, and I won't pretend otherwise. But the long wait wasn't inflation. It was the reactive model at work: build the homes, and let the amenities catch up whenever they can. Ward 5 didn't make families wait this long for a pool. Ward 7 shouldn't have to either.
An Honest Word About the Job Itself
You should know exactly what this seat can and can't do, because I'd rather earn your vote with the truth than with a promise I can't keep. (Read more about the Town Councillor role)
A Town Councillor is one vote of many, and some of what shapes Ward 7 sits at other tables. School funding is provincial. Water, wastewater, and our biggest roads (Dundas, Trafalgar, Neyagawa) are Halton Region [23]. And Ward 7 actually has two council voices. So no councillor can single-handedly stop a project or build a school.
That isn't a reason to shrug. It's the reason the job matters. The Town councillor's real power is to use the planning tools the Town does control, and to be the relentless coordinator who holds the Region, the school boards, and the Province to account before shovels hit the ground. That coordination is exactly what's been missing. Here's how I'd do it.
What I'd Do Differently: Plan Infrastructure First
The tools I'm proposing are grounded in the Town's existing planning, budgeting, and development-approval powers. Some require Council approval, and some require cooperation from Halton Region, the school boards, or the Province. My commitment is to use the Town's tools unwaveringly and transparently, and to coordinate with the governments that control the pieces the Town does not.1. Use holding provisions to sequence growth to infrastructure
Section 36 of Ontario's Planning Act lets the Town attach a holding symbol, an "H," to a rezoning [16]. The land gets its future zoning, but development can't proceed until specific conditions are met: servicing confirmed, road improvements secured, a school site arrangement in place, an intersection upgraded. Municipalities across Ontario use this routinely. Toronto holds development until specific facilities and servicing are in place, and London ties it to confirmed servicing capacity and signed development agreements [19]. Oakville already uses "H" symbols in North Oakville [17, 18]. The real question is whether the conditions attached to them are ambitious enough. Where legally available and supported by the Official Plan and implementing by-law, I'll push to use this tool far more assertively, so that development is tied to the infrastructure that makes a neighbourhood livable. I'll be clear about the limits, too: once a hold's statutory conditions are met, Council isn't necessarily free to refuse to lift it. The leverage is in setting ambitious conditions up front.
2. Turn community benefits into real community assets, not just cash
For qualifying high-density developments of five or more storeys with ten or more residential units, Oakville levies a Community Benefits Charge of up to 4 percent of land value [20]. (The charge is authorized under Section 37 of the Planning Act, technically Section 37.1 following the Bill 197 amendments, and set by the Town's own by-law.) [16] The law lets developers meet part of that obligation with in-kind contributions instead of cash. On a project the scale of the ones proposed here, 4 percent is not small. High-density land in this corridor trades in the millions of dollars per acre, so a multi-block, thousand-plus-unit project can carry a community-benefit obligation in the low millions, treat this as an order-of-magnitude figure, since the exact amount depends on the appraised land value at the valuation date. That is enough to help fund a daycare space, a chunk of structured parking, or a park upgrade rather than a modest cheque absorbed into a town-wide account. In-kind contributions are discretionary and must fit the Town's CBC strategy and approval process, but where that framework permits, I'll advocate to steer eligible benefits toward what Ward 7 actually needs on site or nearby, secured in an agreement and registered on title so the commitment survives a change of ownership. [21]
3. Learn from towns that have closed the gap
The current council has leaned on the traditional toolkit to manage growth's side effects: road widenings, signal-timing changes, new pedestrian crossovers, and advocacy letters to the Province for school funding. Those measures matter and should continue. But on their own they can't keep pace with 14,000 new units. They treat the symptoms after the fact. We also need the creative tools that other growing communities have used:
4. Give residents a single, clear picture of what's being built
Right now, if you visit the Town's website to understand what's coming to Ward 7, you can find individual applications and a map, but there's no consolidated view that shows how many units have been applied for versus approved versus actually under construction [2]. There's no easy way for a resident to see the whole picture at a glance, and each application is largely studied in isolation.
I'll push on both fronts: a plain-language, consolidated public view of all Ward 7 development, applied, approved, and in progress, and a cumulative infrastructure and traffic assessment that models the 14,000 units, the Science Facility, and the data centre together, against our 2025 Transportation Master Plan. You can't manage what you haven't measured, and residents deserve to see the combined picture, not separate studies that each say "manageable."
The same transparency gap applies to the holding provisions I described above. An "H" is attached to land in one set of by-laws and lifted later in another, and there's no single resident-facing reporting of the two. And the raw count isn't even the real question. When an "H" is lifted, it means conditions were met, but were the conditions ambitious enough? Did they secure schools, roads, and community space, or just the minimum water-and-wastewater servicing sign-off? That's the information residents deserve, and I'll push for it to be published plainly: what each holding condition required, and what the community actually got when it came off.
5. Get the big employment projects right, deliberately
Following growing public concern and extensive pressure from residents and residents groups across Oakville, the Town took a responsible first step by passing a one-year Interim Control By-law that pauses new data-centre approvals while it studies the land-use, noise, energy, and water impacts [6]. I support using that pause well. A 320 MW AI data centre, even sitting in Ward 6, is not a normal industrial tenant and will have an impact across Oakville [7]. I'll advocate and press for clear, enforceable standards on power, water, noise, and cost recovery before any approval, so residents aren't left subsidizing a private facility's infrastructure. Residents' health and quality of life should never be compromised in the name of so-called innovation.
6. Bring lobbying into the light with a public registry
Right now, developers and their consultants can lobby Town Council and senior staff on the very applications reshaping Ward 7, and residents have no way to see who is meeting whom, or on what. This isn't hypothetical. In early 2026, after unanimously directing staff to design one just months earlier, Council voted 9 to 6 against creating a public lobbyist registry, choosing internal policy tweaks instead [24]. Those internal enhancements are better than nothing, but they aren't public, and that's the whole point. It leaves Oakville unusual among its peers: Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Burlington, Waterloo, Niagara, Vaughan, Peel, and Collingwood all have registries [24].
A lobbyist registry doesn't restrict anyone's access to their councillor. It simply creates a searchable public record of who is lobbying, whom, and on what issue, so residents can see the same influence on development decisions that insiders already do. The Town itself named a lobbyist registry as an initiative in 2025 [25]. I support a properly scoped, cost-conscious lobbyist registry, with stronger gift and disclosure rules alongside it, and I'll vote for one. When billions of dollars of development are on the table, the people who live here deserve to know who's at the table too.
What I'll Do With My Vote
Enough about what should happen. Here is what I will personally do with the one thing I'd directly control, my vote and my voice on Council:The Bottom Line
I've lived in a finished Oakville ward and an unfinished one, and I know the difference because I've raised my family in both. Ward 7 doesn't need someone to fear growth. It needs someone who will insist growth comes with a plan, the way older wards had one.
Building homes is only part of building a community. Building the infrastructure that supports them is what makes Ward 7 a place we're proud to call home, today and for the families who come next.
LET'S STAY CONNECTED
I am always available to listen, chat, or answer your questions about the neighbourhood we share. Just reach out via Email: connect@votealihosny.ca, Facebook or Instagram or Nextdoor.If you have any new facts or information, kindly share them as we are all in this together.
If that's the Ward 7 you want too, I'd be honoured to earn your vote on October 26.
ADVANCE VOTING: OCT 7–10 & OCT 13–18 / VOTING DAY: OCTOBER 26 · 10AM – 8PM.
From Glenorchy. For Ward 7.
September 1st, 2026
Ward 7 resident since 2012 (Ward 5 from 2005), Candidate for Ward 7 Town Councillor
https://votealihosny.ca/
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1. Town of Oakville — Housing Pledge
Ontario's 33,000-home-by-2031 target and Council's adoption of the Housing Pledge.
2. Town of Oakville — Ward 7 Development & Site Plan Applications
Current Ward 7 application list; basis for the ~14,000-unit pipeline review.
3. Town of Oakville — Westerkirk (340 Burnhamthorpe Rd E & 3437 Trafalgar Rd)
A single current Ward 7 application of 6,420 units.
4. Town of Oakville — Maps & Ward Boundaries
Official ward-boundary reference confirming 3480 Ninth Line is in Ward 6.
5. Town of Oakville — Science Facility Transportation Impact Study
7.5-acre, 229,000-sq-ft provincial science complex, location and description.
6. Town of Oakville — Data-Centre Interim Control By-law
One-year ICBL pausing new data-centre approvals; study scope; no formal application received.
7. HIVE Digital Technologies — 320 MW GTA AI Infrastructure Announcement
Company announcement of the 320-MW project (design described as closed-loop cooling).
8. Town of Oakville — 3480 Ninth Line Heritage Designation
Property identification and location for the reported data-centre site (Ward 6).
9. HDSB — Oakville 2022 Long-Term Accommodation Plan (LTAP) Summary
Oakville elementary utilization data, including the ~101% figure.
10. Oakville News — North Oakville Schools / 108% Secondary
108% secondary utilization figure and North Oakville school pressures.
11. HDSB — North Oakville Secondary School Temporary Enrolment Redirection
Redirection history, portable-capacity pressure, and current status.
12. HDSB — Oakville NE #1 Secondary School Boundary Review
2026 boundary-review status and new-school planning.
13. Town of Oakville — Sixteen Mile Sports Complex
Opening status, 2010 arena pads, project timeline, and current facilities.
14. Oakville News — North Park Costs Rise by $33 Million
$73M to $106M budget increase and parking-structure decision.
15. Oakville News — North Park Project Over Budget & Behind Schedule
The ~$130M figure and revised timeline.
16. Ontario — Planning Act (ss. 36 & 37 / 37.1)
Statutory basis for holding provisions and community-benefit charges.
17. Town of Oakville — Zoning By-law Part 16: Holding Provisions
Oakville's "H" provisions and the conditions for their removal.
18. Town of Oakville — 1429 Dundas Street East H-Removal Notice
Oakville example of an "H" tied to water/wastewater servicing.
19. City of Toronto — Holding By-law Amendment
Official examples of "H" conditions used for infrastructure/servicing.
20. Town of Oakville — Community Benefits Charge
5+ storeys / 10+ units threshold; 4% of land value; valuation and in-kind framework.
21. Town of Oakville — Community Benefits Charge Procedure
Discretionary in-kind contributions; agreements, securities, and registration on title.
22. Halton Region — William Halton Parkway Now Open
Current status of William Halton Parkway.
23. Halton Region — Road Safety / Regional Roads
Regional-road jurisdiction in Oakville (Dundas, Trafalgar, Neyagawa).
24. Oakville News — Lobbyist Registry Vote
The 9-6 vote, ~$171,300 cost estimate, July 2025 direction, and municipal comparison.
25. Town of Oakville — 2025 State of the Town
Lobbyist registry identified as a 2025 initiative.
Oakville is growing fast. Our transparency standards should keep pace.
Oakville is being reshaped by new housing, major employment projects, and significant private investment, including interest in data-centre development.
Residents deserve to see who is talking to Town Hall about the decisions shaping our neighbourhoods, what's being discussed, and when.
I'm advocating for a strong, publicly searchable Lobbyist Registry for Oakville, plus clearer public disclosure of gifts and hospitality received by elected officials.
Council debated exactly this in 2025–2026 and voted NO on it. That decision deserves another look.
Lobbying can be legitimate. It should also be transparent.
What is a Lobbyist Registry?
A public record of lobbying activity involving municipal decision-makers. Depending on the rules Council sets, it can show who is lobbying, whom they're contacting, the subject of the lobbying, and when it happened. Ontario law expressly authorizes municipalities to establish these registries and make them available for public inspection, including rules for registration, disclosure, exemptions, and a lobbyist code of conduct.
Developers have legitimate reasons to engage Town Hall, planning applications, zoning, heights, density, infrastructure. But when those talks can reshape a whole neighbourhood, residents shouldn't have to guess who's advocating for what. A registry should let you see: who's lobbying, who they represent, what project, which office holders they contacted, and when.
This isn't about stopping development. It's about making it transparent.
2. Transparency around major projects
Oakville is fielding major projects proposals and new investment, including data-centre interest, projects with real implications for land use, infrastructure, utilities, the environment, and surrounding neighbourhoods. Residents shouldn't learn about key lobbying only after decisions are made.
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality
Oakville's Council Code of Conduct already recognizes that gifts can create a perception of improper influence and directs members to keep a list of gifts received, with estimated values, available for review by the Integrity Commissioner. I believe we should go further, making this information clear, consistent, and public, while keeping reasonable exemptions for ordinary protocol items and legitimate community activities.
Public decisions should be made in the public interest, not because someone provided a personal benefit to a decision-maker.
Oakville has already debated this
This isn't hypothetical:
July 7, 2025: Council voted unanimously to direct staff to develop a combined Lobbyist and Gift Registry framework, giving staff 180 days to produce a draft.
January 26, 2026: After a staff report estimated the registry at roughly $171,300 to implement and maintain, Council voted 9–6 against it, opting instead for internal policy enhancements.
Oakville keeps growing, and public confidence in municipal decision-making only matters more. That decision deserves another look.
Oakville wouldn't be inventing anything
Ontario municipalities that have adopted lobbyist-registration or related disclosure systems include Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Burlington, Waterloo, Niagara Region, Vaughan, Peel Region, and Collingwood, Burlington launched its registry in 2024. Ontario's own councillor guidance names a lobbyist registry and independent registrar as available accountability tools.
If they can give residents this transparency, so can Oakville.
That's what accountability looks like. That's the Town Hall I want to help build.
LET'S STAY CONNECTED
I am always available to listen, chat, or answer your questions about the neighbourhood we share. Just reach out via Email: connect@votealihosny.ca, Facebook or Instagram or Nextdoor.If you have any new facts or information, kindly share them as we are all in this together.
If that's the Ward 7 you want too, I'd be honoured to earn your vote on October 26.
ADVANCE VOTING: OCT 7–10 & OCT 13–18 / VOTING DAY: OCTOBER 26 · 10AM – 8PM.
From Glenorchy. For Ward 7.
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A national survey by the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program reported 57 severe cases of children and youth harmed on e-scooters and e-bikes.
Update: A Ward 7 resident asked me four questions about e-scooters. Here are my answers, and I'm happy to answer yours too.
My position in one line: I won't support opting in to the provincial e-scooter pilot until the safety framework is in place. Prevention comes first.
1. Should Oakville opt into the provincial e-scooter pilot and regulate e-scooters with its own by-law, keep the current prohibition, or take another approach? Why?
I won't support opting in to the provincial pilot until the safety framework is in place.
I believe that prevention has to come first. I'd build an Oakville e-Ride Safety Program (schools, Halton Police, local health partners, local businesses to educate and distribute clear information at the point of purchase) to be implemented before any opt-in/purchase, not after. If Council later considers the pilot, I would support it only with defined places to ride, a realistic safety enforcement plan, serious consideration of an all-ages helmet requirement, and real protection for pedestrians including seniors and people with disabilities. I won't support opting first and leaving safety for later. For me infrastructure and safety must go hand in hand as the numbers on children's injuries is deeply disturbing, hospital registries show national paediatric e-scooter admissions nearly tripled leading into 2025 and a national survey of that same year captured 57 severe cases, including 10 deaths among children and youth.
2. Do you or your family members own and/or operate e-scooters?
No one in my family owns or rides an e-scooter. Some of our friends’ and neighbours’ children do, which is part of why I take this seriously.
3. Whichever option you support, how would you make the rules actually enforceable, given that by-law officers cannot stop riders and police resources are limited?
My focus is Education first, with penalties reserved strictly for dangerous or repeat behaviour to protect our community, not to generate revenue.
You’re right that town by-law officers can’t actively pull over or stop riders under the Highway Traffic Act. However, we cannot just shrug our shoulders. If elected, I will aggressively advocate and lobby for a comprehensive municipal enforcement plan backed by dedicated resources, funding, and training. I will collaborate with Halton Regional Police to sure targeted enforcement is directed where pedestrian risks are higher, and adapt some of the approaches used elsewhere (Mississauga, Ottawa, Brampton).
4. What would you do about sidewalk safety for pedestrians, seniors, children and people with disabilities, including e-bikes and e-scooters on sidewalks and trails?
E-scooters aren't permitted on Oakville's sidewalks, trails, roads or parks today, but many people ride them there anyway. I would make the rules widely known, push for targeted enforcement where pedestrians are most at risk, and apply the same approach to e-bikes, which are permitted on roads only. If Council ever opts in, I would not support e-scooters on sidewalks, as Ottawa, Mississauga and Brampton do not allow them. Any opt-in would have to designate where riding is allowed and protect seniors, children and people with disabilities.
Some cities opted in such as: Ottawa, Mississauga, Brampton and Hamilton:
Province of Ontario (Pilot)
Ottawa
Mississauga
Brampton
Hamilton
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The problem is real, and it's landing on our children
I won't sugar-coat this. A national survey by the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program reported 57 severe cases of children and youth harmed on powered personal mobility devices (e-scooters and e-bikes) in 2025, including 10 deaths, 12 intensive-care admissions, and 26 prolonged hospitalizations. [1][2] Head injuries were the most common, at 47 per cent of all cases, and youth aged 10 to 15 made up 42 per cent of them. [2][3] The physicians who ran the survey caution that these figures likely underrepresent the true number. [1]
The survey found that most reported cases involved recreational e-scooter use, typically without a helmet or adult supervision. Pediatricians stress that these devices are not toys. [3] Locally, the trend is visible too: at SickKids in Toronto, e-scooter injury cases rose from 26 in 2023 to 46 in 2024 to 107 in 2025. [3] That's the reality we have to plan around, not the reality we wish we had.
Where Oakville stands today
Right now, e-scooters are not permitted anywhere in Oakville; not on roads, sidewalks, multi-use trails, or in parks. That prohibition exists by default under the Highway Traffic Act and the Town's own by-law framework, because Oakville has not opted into Ontario's e-scooter pilot program. [4]
The Town is now studying whether that should change, through its E-Scooter Implementation Review Project. That review is examining safety, enforcement, education, accessibility, and whether Oakville should join the provincial pilot. A public survey ran until July 20, 2026, and the review is anticipated to be completed and presented to Council at the end of 2026. [5]
E-bikes are a separate matter. Oakville permits e-bikes on public roads, subject to provincial and Town rules, but not on sidewalks, trails, or in parks. Riders must be at least 16 and must wear a helmet. [4][6] It's important not to blur the two: Oakville permits e-bikes on roads; it does not currently permit e-scooters.
Who's responsible for what, and why that matters
Getting this right means knowing which level of government controls which lever:
One point of honesty about enforcement: under the Highway Traffic Act, e-scooter violations are enforced by the Halton Regional Police Service, not by Town by-law officers, who cannot stop riders to issue tickets. [4] As a councillor, I would push for a clear municipal enforcement plan and the resources to support it, while recognizing that Highway Traffic Act enforcement is the responsibility of police.
I believe prevention and public education should come first, because a family that understands the risk protects a child better than any ticket, and because clear information reaches people before harm does.
But let me be equally clear: prevention first does not mean enforcement never. When children are being seriously hurt, education has to work alongside enforcement of the rules we already have, safe infrastructure, and proper device standards from the Province and Ottawa. My approach is a sequence, not a slogan: prevention, education, safe design, appropriate regulation, and enforcement when it is genuinely needed.
*Please watch this video created and published by Halton regional Police Service: Click here to watch
The bottom line
I'm not anti-scooter or anti-bike. Used properly, by the right riders, these can be part of how Oakville gets around. But we are being asked to make a decision that pediatricians, hospitals, accessibility advocates, and families are warning us about. Ward 7 deserves a councillor who treats it with the seriousness it demands: prevention first, honesty always, and children's safety as the line we never cross.
I am always available to listen, chat, or answer your questions about the neighbourhood we share. Just reach out via Email: connect@votealihosny.ca, Facebook or Instagram or Nextdoor.If you have any new facts or information, kindly share them as we are all in this together.
If that's the Ward 7 you want too, I'd be honoured to earn your vote on October 26.
ADVANCE VOTING: OCT 7–10 & OCT 13–18 / VOTING DAY: OCTOBER 26 · 10AM – 8PM.
From Glenorchy. For Ward 7.
September 10th, 2026
Ward 7 resident since 2012 (Ward 5 from 2004), Candidate for Ward 7 Town Councillor
https://votealihosny.ca/
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My position on housing has been consistent, and it comes down to one principle: build smart, protect our neighbourhoods, and don't let development run ahead of what our community can handle.
When I ran provincially in 2025, I said the biggest challenge was making sure housing growth happens "without a negative environmental impact," and I warned that "rapid development threatens our green spaces and community character." I pointed to Millcroft as an example. On development, I said "housing must be affordable and sustainable," and that I would "oppose urban sprawl."
That is exactly where I stand today for Ward 7. We need the right housing in the right places, where the roads, schools, and services can support it, and we need to say no when development arrives before the infrastructure to handle it.
My position then is the same as now. Build smart, protect our neighbourhoods, and don't let development run ahead of what our community can handle.
My first step is to request traffic studies for the Preserve and Glenorchy so we can pinpoint the real problem areas and secure the funding to fix them, because the more specific we are, the stronger the case.
Residents across Ward 7 have been raising the same concern, and I've heard it. In the Preserve, drivers are running stop signs. In Glenorchy, people are worried about speeding on North Park Blvd, 16 Mile Drive, and Trailside Drive, where kids play near the parkette. These aren't isolated complaints. They're a pattern, and what's been tried so far hasn't fixed it.
A question I hear a lot is whether you can get someone ticketed with your own dashcam or doorbell footage.
In Ontario, a resident's video can't trigger an automatic ticket. You can lay a private charge under the Provincial Offences Act by swearing an information at the courthouse and then testifying in court, but it takes clear footage and a court appearance. It's a real option, just a demanding one, which is why so few people go that route.
Here's the part I want to be straight with you about: this is a road-design problem as much as an enforcement problem. Police enforcement is occasional. The intersection is there every hour of every day. If we want a lasting fix, we have to change how the streets themselves behave.
The Preserve's and Glenorchy's neighbourhood streets are Town roads. That means a Town Councillor can act on them directly. Here's what I'd push for:
I want to hear from you: which intersections and stretches are the worst? Send me a note or leave a comment. Your input is what turns a known problem into a funded fix.
From Glenorchy. For Ward 7.
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I don't believe good public policy starts with assumptions, it starts by hearing directly from the people living these realities every day.
I recently heard from developmental service workers here in Oakville, asking candidates a direct question about where we stand on supporting people with disabilities and the workers who make independent, meaningful lives possible for them. It's a question worth answering honestly, so here is my stance.
Behind every statistic and every policy debate are real people who want what we all want: the chance to contribute, to be independent, to feel valued, and to belong. And behind them are the people who make that possible every day, developmental service workers, employment professionals, support staff, and caregivers. That work is often challenging, sometimes invisible, and deeply important. It helps people discover their abilities, build confidence, and achieve things that once seemed out of reach.
The realities I heard are not abstract. Organizations struggle to find and keep skilled workers. Families try to navigate complicated systems. People with disabilities face barriers to employment, housing, transportation, and everyday participation. These challenges affect our neighbours, our families, and members of our Oakville community.
Being honest about the role of a Town Councillor
I want to be upfront. Many of these challenges, funding for developmental services, ODSP, and employment support programs are primarily the responsibility of the Province of Ontario. A municipal councillor does not control those funding decisions, and I don't believe in making promises about things outside the authority of the position.
But that does not mean the Town has no role. A municipality has a responsibility to build a community where people can participate fully, and it can use its influence as an employer, a service provider, and a community leader to make a real difference.
Using Oakville's voice to advocate for change. The Town should keep working with our local MPP, provincial partners, and other municipalities to ensure the needs of people with disabilities and the organizations supporting them are heard. Local government is closest to the realities residents live, and we have a responsibility to bring those realities forward.
Championing the employment pathways we already have. Oakville is already home to Project SEARCH Halton, a school-to-work transition program hosted at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (Ward 7) that helps young adults with disabilities move toward competitive employment. Programs like this deserve a stronger municipal champion. I'd like to see the Town actively support and promote Project SEARCH, explore becoming a host employer itself, connect it with Oakville businesses, and help it grow so more young people can take part.
Making the Town lead by example. If we expect Oakville businesses to build inclusive workplaces, the Town should demonstrate that commitment itself. Other Ontario municipalities have taken up inclusive-hiring challenges to hire from the disability talent pool and encourage local employers to do the same. I'd like Oakville to build on its accessibility efforts by looking at how we measure progress, including public reporting on inclusive hiring, employment pathways, and workplace accommodations. Good intentions matter, but so does accountability.
Leadership is about listening
At the end of the day, leadership isn't about claiming to have all the answers. It's about listening, understanding what residents are experiencing, being honest about what can be done, and then doing the work within the responsibilities we have.
So this is where I want to hear from you. If you live with a disability, or you love someone who does, I want to hear directly from you, what's working, what isn't, and what would make everyday life in Ward 7 more possible. Those conversations are how good policy actually gets built, and they're the ones I intend to keep having, well past election day.
A stronger Oakville is one where every resident has the opportunity to participate, contribute, and feel that they belong.
September 18th, 2026
Ward 7 resident since 2012 (Ward 5 from 2004), Candidate for Ward 7 Town Councillor
https://votealihosny.ca/
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Why these two costs are rising, and what a Ward 7 Town Councillor can and can’t do about them?
Police and fire are both emergency services, but they are run by two completely different governments, and that matters for what a Ward 7 Town Councillor can actually do.
Who runs it?
Paid from which part of your tax bill?
Does a Ward 7 Town Councillor vote on it?
So, a Town Councillor has a real, direct vote over Fire spending. However, he/she have no vote at all over Police spending, which is decided by Halton’s Regional Council and a separate Police Services Board.
These are confirmed, published totals for every single year. (Police budgets get a lot more public scrutiny and news coverage than fire does.)
Put together: the police budget grew from $176 million to $252 million in 4 years; that’s 43% more, while your own tax bill (all three parts combined) grew about 16% over almost the same period. This means that police spending is growing roughly two-and-a-half times faster than your total tax bill.
One important note: this is the entire Halton Region police budget, covering Oakville, Burlington, Milton and Halton Hills together. It is not a per-town or per-ward number as no one publishes that breakdown.
Why has the cost kept going up?
That’s why, when Regional Council tried to set a lower target for 2026 (4.3%), the police board pushed back and said that number would mean laying off officers hired just the year before. Council ended up approving a much bigger increase (8.22%) instead, to avoid the layoffs.
So how much of that lands on Ward 7?
Nobody can tell you that number. (because it doesn’t exist or I couldn't find it)
Halton Regional Police runs as one region-wide budget. It is not broken down by ward, or even by town, anywhere that’s published. The closest anyone gets is a “cost per taxpayer” figure averaged across the whole region, not specific to Oakville, and not specific to Ward 7.
What we do know: Oakville is roughly one third of Halton Region’s total population, so it’s reasonable to assume Oakville residents are paying somewhere in that neighbourhood of the total police cost. (But that’s a townwide estimate, not a Ward 7 number).
One more point: Halton Region’s own tax-comparison page lists a “Police Services” cost of $138.83 per $100,000 of assessed value, but that exact figure is listed as identical for Oakville, Burlington, Milton, and Halton Hills. It is a flat, region-wide rate, not something calculated for Oakville specifically. So it confirms rather than fills the gap: there is still no municipality-specific police cost.
What a Town Councillor CAN do about police costs?
Also, a Town Councillor cannot vote on the police budget directly. This is the Region’s decision/role.
Fire department is different: this is one item the Town, and your Town Councillor, actually controls. Here’s the honest picture of the trend and the gaps in what’s publicly available.
The trend is clear and rising across all four years: Fire and emergency services spending grew from $43.2 million to $54.36 million, up 25.8% in four years. That is slower than Police (43%).
What’s driving Fire costs?
What a Town Councillor CAN do about fire costs?
If a Town Councillor candidate promises to control “your taxes”, ask them which part they mean? Fire, they can actually vote on. Police, they cannot.
The police budget grew 43% in four years and Fire spending grew 26%; both faster than your total tax bill (about 16%). A Ward 7 Town Councillor has a real vote only on Fire.
Ward 7 is absorbing a huge share of Oakville's growth. The question isn't whether Fire matters, it's whether it's funded to keep pace.
I am always available to listen, chat, or answer your questions about the neighbourhood we share. Just reach out via Email: connect@votealihosny.ca, Facebook or Instagram or Nextdoor.If you have any new facts or information, kindly share them as we are all in this together.
If that's the Ward 7 you want too, I'd be honoured to earn your vote on October 26.
ADVANCE VOTING: OCT 7–10 & OCT 13–18 / VOTING DAY: OCTOBER 26 · 10AM – 8PM.
From Glenorchy. For Ward 7.
September 25, 2026
Ward 7 resident since 2012 (Ward 5 from 2004), Candidate for Ward 7 Town Councillor
I recently completed a comprehensive transportation and road safety survey I received from Safe Streets Halton. In it I outlined my clear, data-driven vision for Ward 7 and the Town of Oakville.
I don't believe in vague promises. I believe in layout out exactly how I will vote, how I will advocate for you a
1. What do you use to get around?
I walk, drive my car, and during the summertime, I enjoy using my motorcycle. My wife has used transit for many years to get to work.
2. Transit ridership is increasing, and is going to play a key role in how we move around town and Halton Region. How do you envision transit expanding in the future, and what specifically would you look to improve? What will you do to improve transit rider experience and accessibility?
The number one concern I hear from Ward 7 residents is bus frequency and the lack of direct routes. Students, seniors and families tell me they need multiple transfers just to reach key destinations. One resident told me he currently needs three buses to get to the Oakville GO station to go to work every morning. With roughly 14,000 new residential units coming to Ward 7 by 2031, transit has to be built in as part of growth, not added afterward.
Oakville Transit's Five-Year Business Plan, approved in 2024, is the starting point. If elected, I will push for a Ward 7 review within that plan, built around Ward 7's actual demographics and travel patterns, and I'll ask for clear timelines and public reporting on the results. I'll also push for better coordination with Metrolinx on connections to the GO station and demand to have accessible, safe routes to bus stops so seniors and people with disabilities can use the service.
3. Vision Zero sets out to eliminate all traffic-related deaths and serious injuries.
How much progress do you believe Oakville has made towards achieving Vision Zero, and if elected, what type of action or measures would you implement to achieve it? Feel free to provide any places that have implemented things successfully.
Oakville has built a foundation, but the results aren't there yet. Council approved the Neighbourhood Traffic Safety Program in 2021 with Vision Zero as one of its components, and a Vision Zero study followed in 2022. Since then the Town has added Community Safety Zones, pedestrian crossovers, speed cushions on residential streets and traffic calming near schools. I would build on that work.
The outcomes are harder to look at. Across Halton, injury collisions rose from 764 in 2021 to 1,012 in 2025, and fatal collisions went from 6 to 13. Provincial legislation also ended Oakville's speed camera program in November 2025, so we have lost a tool and need to replace it with better design. Residents in Ward 7 still tell me about speeding, aggressive driving and stop-sign running on their streets. To me, that says progress has been too slow.
Many of our busiest corridors, including Dundas Street and Trafalgar Road, are Regional roads, which are not under the jurisdiction of a Town Councillor. For those, I will bring motions to Council asking the Region to act and work with whoever is elected as our Regional Councillor. And on Town roads, we can act directly.
I will move a motion for a ward-level safety audit using the Town's existing screening data and publish a hotspot map. I will also ask police and the Region for Oakville-specific collision data so residents can see the real numbers.
E-scooters are currently prohibited in Oakville, and staff are due to report to Council this year on whether to join the provincial pilot. If Council opts in, I will push for permit conditions that include live data sharing, designated parking and insurance. I will also ask Halton Region Public Health and our hospital for aggregated, anonymous data on e-bike and e-scooter injuries, because we cannot fix what we cannot see.
I will ask for the results of Oakville's 40 km/h default speed pilot and push to move it forward. I will work to expedite school-zone calming and extend daylighting to mid-block crossings, starting with low-cost posts and moving to permanent concrete curb extensions through the capital budget. When roads are rebuilt, I will ask staff to review lane-width and complete-streets standards, since safety features cost far less when the road is already open. For new development, I will push to phase local pedestrian crossings in with new homes through subdivision and site-plan agreements, within what Ontario law allows.
Other places show this can work. Hoboken, New Jersey has gone 9 years without a traffic death. It started with inexpensive plastic bollards at corners, about $20 each, then added curb extensions, better crosswalks and lower speeds. Edmonton cut traffic deaths by about 50% between 2015 and 2021 under a dedicated Vision Zero program, and its 40 km/h residential default later brought 25% fewer collisions and 31% fewer injuries and fatalities. Toronto recorded 39 deaths in 2025, the fewest since its Vision Zero plan began.
Oakville is a different community, but the approach carries over: start with steady, low-cost fixes, then build permanent design where it matters most.
4. Historically, we have prioritized investment on the movement of cars. If
elected, how will you vote on future transportation investments? Are you prepared to vote in favour of spending that will improve the safety of those travelling within the town?
Yes, I will vote for spending that improves the safety of everyone travelling in Oakville, whether they are driving, cycling, walking or taking transit.
I will back investments guided by data, starting with a ward-level safety audit and the necessary traffic studies. Good data is what shows us the real risks and helps us unlock and pursue any available provincial and regional funding. I will favour low-cost fixes that can be delivered quickly, such as interim daylighting and school-zone calming, as well as permanent safety features built into roads where they are already being reconstructed, when the added cost is much lower.
I will also vote in favour of a well-funded, reliable transit system, and for bike lanes where studies show they are feasible and safe. I will support public awareness campaigns so residents know their options. As the Town considers whether to allow e-scooters, I will push for conditions that protect pedestrians and give us the data needed to track safety.
5. Providing a comfortable and accessible experience for street users is
important for getting people to walk and cycle more. How will you improve the experience of those walking and cycling on our streets and trails? How will you address barriers such as provincial highways?
Streets and sidewalks are a core Town responsibility, and keeping them clear and accessible matters most for seniors, families with children and people with disabilities. The Town already clears sidewalks, with school routes first. I will ask staff to review whether those winter standards meet residents’ needs, particularly on routes to schools and transit.
I will support safer crossings through measures like curb extensions and daylighting at crosswalks, starting where the safety audit shows the greatest need. I will back bike lanes where feasibility and safety studies support them, designed to suit each neighbourhood’s layout. To protect people on sidewalks and trails, I will push for conditions on e-scooters if Council opts into the provincial pilot, and ask staff to review how e-bikes are managed on our trails.
Some of the biggest barriers are not the Town’s to build. Dundas Street, Neyagawa Boulevard and Trafalgar Road are Halton Regional roads, and the provincial highways belong to the Province. I will bring motions to Council asking the Region to improve crossings, work with whoever is elected as our Regional Councillor, and press the Ministry of Transportation to prioritize safe crossings where our routes meet provincial highways.
6. Bicycle infrastructure (e.g. protected bike lanes, slower roads, protected
intersections) has been shown to improve the safety of cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers. Do you support the expansion of this infrastructure?
Yes, I support expanding this infrastructure, including protected bike lanes where studies show they are feasible and safe, and where provincial rules allow. I also support slower speeds on residential streets and safer intersection design, such as curb extensions at crossings. Edmonton’s move to a 40 km/h residential default produced 25% fewer collisions and 31% fewer injuries and fatalities, so I would ask staff for the results of Oakville’s own 40 km/h pilot. Each project should follow a proper safety study and be designed with the neighbourhood, so it is built right and will last.
7. How do you see transportation's effect on people's health and the environment (local and global)?
Transportation shapes our health and our environment, both locally and globally. Heavy reliance on cars increases greenhouse gas emissions, worsens local air quality and, when crashes happen, causes serious injuries and deaths. Car-centred design also reduces opportunities for an active lifestyle, and when parents don’t feel safe letting their children walk or bike, children lose daily activity.
By investing in transit, safe crossings and accessible sidewalks, the Town can help reduce emissions, improve air quality and make walking and cycling an easy daily routine.
8. Historically, our land-use patterns have made it more difficult for people to get around without a car. Are there any land-use policy changes that you would make to remedy this issue?
Suburban planning was designed around the car, and that model is no longer sustainable. Ward 7 is expected to see significant growth, and I support responsible growth that builds complete, walkable and safe communities, with homes, shops, schools and parks close to transit so daily needs don't require a car. Infrastructure must keep pace with that growth: roads, transit, parks, schools and safe walking and cycling connections.
If elected, I will push for development charges that recover the cost of growth to the full extent provincial law allows. I will also push to phase local pedestrian crossings and pathways in with new homes through subdivision and site-plan agreements, subject to legal review. I will hold developers to their commitments, review each application on its merits after hearing from residents, and oppose zoning amendments and height increases that don’t deliver clear benefits to our community.
From Glenorchy. For Ward 7.
Ward 7 resident since 2012 (Ward 5 from 2004), Candidate for Ward 7 Town Councillor
Dear neighbours,
Thank you for your letter. I am a neighbour too. My family and I have lived in Glenorchy since 2012, and every point you raised is one I live with every single day. You wrote that you have been ignored for years. I am not going to argue with that. I have felt the same, and it is one of the reasons I am running. If I win, I start on Nov. 15. Here are my answers:
1. Community management and enforcement
Dogs and pet waste. I have a dog too, Kiwi, so I walk these streets every day and I see the problem myself. It makes me angry to see waste left on the ground. It is almost worse when the owner picks it up and then throws the bag on the sidewalk or the grass.
The rules already exist. Dogs must be on a leash, owners must pick up after them and put the waste in a garbage bin, and the fine for an off-leash dog starts at $300. The problem is enforcement. Animal control is done by the Humane Society under contract with the Town. Here is what I will do:
Age checks and purchase records are also set by the Province and the AGCO, so I cannot change those rules myself. What I can do is work with regional and town councillors to ask the Province for a bigger distance from schools and stronger enforcement. If Oakville ever allows stores, it cannot go back. For that reason, I commit that I will not support allowing them to open in our town.
2. Constituent communication
Starting November 15, you will have simple ways to hear from me and to reach me.
3. Infrastructure and urban development
I have watched Ward 7 grow for fourteen years. I sat through the public meeting on the Neatt development on Neyagawa, and I heard neighbours, adults and children, say the same thing I feel: homes keep coming, and the schools, roads and services do not keep up.
Ontario has set Oakville a target of 33,000 homes by 2031, approximately 40% of which will be located in Ward 7. The Town currently lists 37 active development applications in our ward, with more approved recently. They include homes, schools and other public buildings.
Once I am in office, I will:
Ask me directly. If it matters to Ward 7, I'll publish an answer here.
