Practical leadership.
Real local results.

Over 15 years.

Yes, I do.

Cambridge has been my home for more than 15 years. My wife and I are raising our four children here, and I want this city to remain affordable and full of opportunity for the next generation.

I’m running because I believe we can manage the City better, particularly when it comes to property taxes, spending, growth and the basic issues residents deal with every day.

I have more than 14 years of experience in engineering, industrial operations and management, and today I work as a manager with a Fortune 500 company. My work has taught me to manage budgets carefully, solve problems, listen to people and be accountable for results.

One of my main commitments is to bring down Cambridge’s portion of the property-tax burden. I want us to control spending, grow our tax base through responsible development and business investment, and look for new revenue rather than treating annual tax increases as inevitable.

I bring both management experience and a long-standing connection to Cambridge.

I’ve lived here for more than 15 years and I’m raising my four children here. I’ve volunteered at our local community centre, supported it financially over the years and helped install a security system when one was needed.

Professionally, I’ve spent more than 14 years working in engineering and management. Managing people and complex operations teaches you that problems aren’t solved by talking about them indefinitely. You listen to the people affected, understand the facts, work through the options and make a decision.

I’m also a good listener. I don’t expect everyone to agree with me, but residents should expect their council members to listen to them, do the homework and give them an honest answer.

My approach is practical: manage taxpayers’ money carefully, support responsible growth, focus on basic services and make decisions based on results.

And on property taxes, my commitment is clear: I want Cambridge’s portion to come down, not simply increase more slowly.

First is affordability and property taxes. Cambridge’s 2026 total residential tax rate is 1.51%, compared with 1.41% in Kitchener and 1.43% in Waterloo. The Regional and education portions are identical in all three cities, so the entire gap is the City of Cambridge’s own portion: 0.52% here against 0.41% in Kitchener. That is roughly $106 more per $100,000 of assessed value every year, decided at Cambridge City Hall.

I want Cambridge studying what lower-cost neighbouring municipalities are doing differently and setting a goal of reducing our own tax burden.

Second is housing and responsible growth. I support more housing and more investment, particularly denser development in Galt and Preston. We should grow within our existing urban areas instead of relying on continued outward sprawl.

The third is infrastructure, neighbourhood safety and making sure growth does not get ahead of the services people depend on.

Residents notice these issues every day. They see congestion on roads like George Street North. They worry about pedestrian safety, the condition of roads and intersections, and whether water, wastewater and other infrastructure can handle continued growth.

Homelessness is also part of this conversation. We need better coordination with the Region to help people move toward housing and services, while also making sure parks, trails and neighbourhoods remain safe and usable.

And as Cambridge attracts larger developments, we have to understand their impact before problems arise. Cambridge is already home to the Ascent TOR1 data centre on Vondrau Drive, reported at 54 megawatts after its expansion and one of six data centres in Waterloo Region.

I support technology investment and the economic opportunities it can bring. But development of this scale also raises legitimate questions about electricity demand, water capacity, environmental impacts, infrastructure costs and the number of permanent jobs and other benefits created for the community. I think residents deserve to know what infrastructure will be required, what the community gains from the project and who will ultimately pay for those costs.

For me, these issues all come back to the same thing: plan ahead, fix the infrastructure we already rely on, and make sure new growth contributes to the cost of supporting it.

I want to change the assumption that property taxes simply have to increase every year. My commitment is to work to bring down Cambridge’s portion of the property tax burden.

The comparison with our neighbours matters. Kitchener approved a 2.2 per cent municipal increase for 2026 and branded it an affordability budget. Cambridge approved 2.44 per cent, and our underlying residential City tax rate is still about 26 per cent higher than Kitchener’s. Slowing the increase is not the same as closing that gap.

I want us benchmarking departments and services against neighbouring cities, reviewing discretionary spending, finding efficiencies and expanding our tax base through housing and commercial development.

But cutting costs is only part of the solution. We also need to grow the revenue side by attracting businesses and allowing responsible housing development that expands our assessment base.

The Region approved a 5.1 per cent tax increase for 2026, and regional services make up more than half of the municipal property-tax burden for residents, so I would push beyond Cambridge City Hall. I would encourage Cambridge Council to speak with a stronger, united voice through our Mayor and Regional representatives and push the Region for the same spending discipline we expect locally.

I don’t want Cambridge to lose the character and sense of community that make people want to live here.

We have the Grand River, our historic downtowns in Galt, Preston and Hespeler, established neighbourhoods, parks, trails, local businesses and a strong community identity.

I don’t believe preserving that character means stopping growth. We can protect important heritage buildings and streetscapes while allowing new housing and investment around them. In fact, bringing more people into our downtown areas can help support the restaurants, shops and small businesses that make those areas vibrant.

I want Cambridge to grow without becoming unrecognizable. For me, the goal is preservation and progress together: keep what makes Cambridge special while making room for the people and businesses that will be part of its future.

I think Cambridge can grow more, but smarter. My concern isn’t simply the rate of growth, it’s the pattern of growth.

Continuing to expand outward creates urban sprawl and requires taxpayers to support more roads, pipes and other infrastructure over increasingly large areas.

I would rather see more housing built within Cambridge’s existing urban areas, particularly Downtown Galt and Preston, with greater density and taller buildings where appropriate.

That doesn’t mean approving every proposal exactly as submitted. Heritage, traffic, road capacity, water, wastewater and existing neighbourhoods all have to be considered. But I want City Hall’s approach to be: how do we make good development work?

Cambridge currently has proposals such as a 40-storey, 475-unit mixed-use development in Preston. Staff recommended capping it at 16 storeys and Council voted that recommendation down in July, so the file is still open. Projects of that scale deserve careful review, but they also represent housing, investment, jobs and new assessment.

I support denser growth that preserves important heritage, improves infrastructure and addresses traffic rather than simply pushing growth farther outward.

For me, this is personal. I’ve lived in Cambridge for more than 15 years and I’m raising my four children here.

Cambridge gives us something special: the Grand River, trails and parks, historic neighbourhoods, strong local businesses and three distinct communities in Galt, Preston and Hespeler.

But what I value most is the sense of community. I’ve experienced that through volunteering and supporting our local community centre. People here care about their neighbourhoods and are willing to step forward when their community needs something.

Our challenge is making sure future generations can afford to build their lives here too. That means keeping property taxes under control, creating more housing without unnecessary urban sprawl, attracting businesses and jobs, maintaining our infrastructure and protecting the heritage and community character that make Cambridge unique.

I want my children, and other families’ children, to see Cambridge as a place where they can build their future too.