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Municipal Tax TrajectoryBurlington property taxes have compounded by over 26% over four years, far outpacing inflation. Meanwhile, neighboring Oakville kept its 2026 overall tax increase under 2%. Burlington over-relies on residential property owners and continuously stacks expensive “service enhancements” onto base budgets.
We must cap discretionary base-budget additions, perform line-item contract audits to eliminate administrative waste, expand our commercial business tax base, and explore utility modernizations (like Oakville’s stormwater model) to cut base tax levies.
My professional legal background in contract oversight allows me to audit municipal procurement agreements, identify financial waste, and structure legal frameworks that protect homeowners.
Waterfront & DevelopmentDowntown Burlington faces persistent pressure from high-rise mega-towers. Outdated municipal bylaws contain legal ambiguities that deep-pocketed developers exploit. When Council votes to refuse an over-dense application, developers take the city to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) and win.
We must shift growth away from the downtown waterfront and direct high-density development exclusively to designated GO Station transit hubs where infrastructure exists. We must complete our New Zoning By-law to replace flexible guidelines with legally binding height and setback caps.
As a practicing real estate lawyer, I understand land-use law and contract drafting. I will audit local bylaws to make them legally airtight, closing the loopholes developers use at the OLT and saving taxpayers millions in legal fees.
Traffic And Active TransportationWard 2 is experiencing severe traffic congestion on major corridors like Lakeshore Road and Brant Street. City Hall’s current mobility plans push to remove vehicular lanes for dedicated cycle paths—even though Burlington is a suburban, car-dependent city with severe winter weather and a high senior population. This forces commuter traffic onto quiet residential side streets.
We need a balanced transportation network. I will advocate to protect primary roadway capacity, shift cycling paths to safe, off-road multi-use trails, install smart traffic signal technology, and expand specialized transit (Handi-Van) for seniors.
My administrative legal experience equips me to review traffic bylaws, challenge flawed environmental assessments, and negotiate inter-jurisdictional road improvements directly with Halton Region and the MTO.
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