Patrick Johnstone
MayorCommunity First New WestIncumbentCentre-left (3/10)
- Housing and affordability: Running to 'address growth, housing, and affordability'; emphasizes protecting the city's most affordable housing stock, new affordable and rental housing, renoviction protections, and leveraging senior-government funding (e.g. $11M+ federal Housing Accelerator Fund).
- Homelessness, mental health and addictions: Backs a 'Three Crises Response Pilot' (second-largest federal Emergency Treatment Fund grant of any Canadian municipality, $1.4M) to address combined crises of homelessness, untreated mental health and addictions.
- Climate action and infrastructure: Bold climate action (city passed a Climate Emergency declaration); leading region on environmental strategy, urban forest renewal, and an aggressive capital plan to replace aging infrastructure and support growth (new recreation facilities, schools, mobility routes).
Lean assessment: Endorsed by Community First New West, described by Wikipedia as 'a social democratic municipal political party'; platform centred on affordable housing, climate action, tenant protections, and public services; publicly praised federal NDP achievements.