Why I'm running
I'm a fifth-generation "Fleeter." I work in agtech research with a focus on horticulture and local agricultural production, I have a small microfarm with hopes of one day owning a larger one, and I volunteer with the Wainfleet Agricultural Society, where I founded the Fleeter Farm Kids programme. I'm running for Council because I want to bring my rural-focus and practical approach to help shape how our township grows - during this critical time of Provincially-mandated changes.
Platform
01
Champion Wainfleet Farming
Making it easier for next-generation and aspiring farmers to get started — through protecting agricultural use on prime farm land and stronger support for farm succession and land-linking, so working land stays in production.
02
Smart Growth
Meeting provincial housing targets through thoughtful, village-style expansion of our hamlets, raising rural lot minimums to favour genuine agricultural use, and protecting prime farmland from estate severance.
03
Responsible Government
Keeping taxes in check, right-sizing township staffing, building common sense in bylaw enforcement & mediation, and making sure Council's decisions are accountable to the people of Wainfleet.
A note on scope
Council has real, but limited, powers. Where my platform touches on housing, farming, or land use, I'm speaking to what a Township Councillor can actually influence — planning decisions, bylaws, budgets, and advocacy to other levels of government — rather than promising outcomes outside municipal jurisdiction.
Questions & answers
Have a question about where I stand on something? Email me and I'll post answers to common questions here.
What do you mean by "common sense by-law enforcement and mediation?"
"Common sense bylaw enforcement and mediation" means putting people before paperwork. Right now, a bylaw complaint can go straight to enforcement, full stop — even when the underlying issue is really just two neighbours who haven't had a conversation yet. I want to change that. My plan is to build a mediation step into our bylaw process. Before enforcement staff move to the strictest possible application of a bylaw, they'd be required to ask the complainant a simple question: would you be open to a compromise that solves the problem without escalating it? In a lot of cases, the answer is yes — people don't actually want to see their neighbour fined or dragged into a dispute, they just want the issue resolved. A fence line, a noise concern, an overgrown hedge — these are usually solvable with a conversation and a bit of flexibility, not a rulebook applied to the letter. Bylaws exist so we can get along with the people next door — not to create winners and losers out of every disagreement. Building mediation into how we enforce them means our staff spend less time playing referee and more time actually solving problems, and it means Wainfleet stays the kind of place where neighbours work things out together.