All Candidates Meet & Greet

Check out our city priorities, our candidates and our ways to get involved at www.buildupottawa.ca

We are pleased to present an important opportunity to meet local candidates, network with members of the business community, discuss local priorities and contribute to the future of our city and the region. Refreshments will be served.

TOGETHER, LET’S BUILD FOR PEOPLE, FOR BUSINESS, FOR GROWTH . . .
FOR ONE OTTAWA.

This fall we all have an important role and responsibility to fulfill as we contemplate who will lead our city for the next four years. The results of the municipal election on October 24, 2022 will impact business and community success and set the direction for our collective future. To that end, the Ottawa Board of Trade, as an independent, nonpartisan and member driven organization has launched the #BuildUpOttawa initiative; setting a pro-growth agenda that will create an affordable, inclusive, and sustainable city.

The last two years of change and challenge has revealed many lessons that can be leveraged as we grow forward. Business success drives community prosperity. And vice versa. Health drives the economy. And vice versa. And we can accomplish much when we prioritize progress over perfection. We have an opportunity as individuals, as businesses and as a community to grow, learn, and plan for a better future. One that requires the highest level of collaboration, innovation, and strategic investments.

In this municipal election, we are seeking leaders who are committed to economic growth and who will create an environment that leverages the ingenuity and success of business to drive community prosperity.

A thriving world class business community = a strong and vibrant city for all.

Build Up Ottawa is designed to . . . .

• Share a growth focused platform and look for alignment with all the candidates.

• Engage candidates and the voting public in a discussion about our key priorities.

• Cultivate a spirit of collaboration and progress that we can build on.

In the end, we hope that together we will elect candidates that demonstrate they are future thinking visionaries, have a deep understanding of the city-wide priorities that will make us competitive in a global economy and are committed to radical collaboration, working with all of council, the city staff team, economic partners and every level of government.

In the last few months, we have been engaged with members, business and community leaders and stakeholders to identify five priorities that would form the basis of our build up Ottawa agenda and drive the conversations with our candidates. Learn more here: www.buildupottawa.ca

Important panel discussion with business and community leaders, moderated by Megan Cornell, Corporate Lawyer, Gowling WLG, including:

• Cameron Love, President & CEO, The Ottawa Hospital
• Mark Laroche, President & CEO, The Ottawa Airport Authority
• Michael Crockatt, President & CEO, Ottawa Tourism
• Michelle Taggart, VP, Tamarack Homes
• Kevin Ford, CEO, Calian

• Brandon Bay, Mayor
• ​Bob Chiarelli, Mayor

• Mike Maguire, Mayor

• Catherine McKenney, Mayor

• Ade Oloumide, Mayor

• Param Singh, Mayor

• Mark Sutcliffe, Mayor

• Tessa Franklin, Ward 1 Orleans-East Cumberland

• Sadaf Ebrahim, Ward 3 Barrhaven East

• David Hill, Ward 3 Barrhaven East

• Viorel Copil, Ward 4 Kanata North

• Cathy Curry, Ward 4 Kanata North

• Stephanie Maghnam, Ward 5 West Carleton-March

• Matthew Duchesne, Ward 6 Stittsville

• Robert Hill, Ward 7 Bay

• Theresa Kavanagh, Ward 7 Bay

• Vilteau Delvas, Ward 8 College

• Laine Johnson, Ward 8 College

• Pat McGarry, Ward 8 College

• Michael Wood, Ward 9 Knoxdale-Merivale

• Taylor Houstoun, Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate

• John Redins, Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate

• Tyler Cybulski, Ward 12 Rideau-Vanier

• Jwane Izzetpanah, Ward 12 Rideau-Vanier

• Alex Osorio, Ward 12 Rideau-Vanier

• Stephanie Plante, Ward 12 Rideau-Vanier

• Peter Karwacki, Ward 13 Rideau-Rockcliffe

• Rawlson King, Ward 13 Rideau-Rockcliffe

• Stuart Mackay, Ward 14 Somerset

• Brandon Russell, Ward 14 Somerset

• Ariel Troster, Ward 14 Somerset

• Oonah Fitzergald, Ward 15 Kitchissipi

• Riley Brockington, Ward 16 River

• Alex Dugal, Ward 16 River

• Rebecca Bromwich, Ward 17 Capital

• Dan Rogers, Ward 17 Capital

• Marty Carr, Ward 18 Alta Vista

• Bruce Faulkner, Ward 20 Osgoode

• Dan O’Brien, Ward 20 Osgoode

• Michael Nowak, Ward 21 Rideau-Jock

• Patty Searl, Ward 21 Rideau-Jock

• Kamaldeep Setia, Ward 21 Rideau-Jock

• Zainab Alsalihiy, Ward 22 Riverside South-Findlay Creek

• Salah Elsaadi, Ward 22 Riverside South-Findlay Creek

• Erin Coffin, Ward 23 Kanata South

• Mike Dawson, Ward 23 Kanata South

• Rouba Fattal, Ward 23 Kanata South

• Allan Hubley, Ward 23 Kanata South

• Patrick Brennan, Ward 24 Barrhaven East

• Richard Garrick, Ward 24 Barrhaven East

• Wilson Lo, Ward 24 Barrhaven East

• Atiq Qureshi, Ward 24 Barrhaven East