Ward

Candidate

1.  Why are you interested in becoming a candidate for city council?

At large

Anya Trites

I have a lot to offer. In the North End it is hard to open a business. There are a lot of restrictions. Old bylaws need to be changed.

At large

Kathryn Barnes

I am interested and concerned about the community, and you have to be involved if you want change.

At large

Pierre Boudreau

I was brought up in a family atmosphere that attached importance to making a contribution. (My father was the first Harvard graduate in Canadian Studies.) He worked for fishermen and unions. My mother worked to help the needy with Father Barriault. I’ve often volunteered with the poor. Father Anselme was my uncle.

Ward 1

Graham Walker

I am a community activist and am a currently member of the following organizations: the East End Boys and Girls Club, the boxing commission, the Lions Club, the Metro Moncton slow pitch league. Formerly, I was also a member of the Multicultural Association of the Greater Moncton Area (MAGMA).

Ward 1

Paulette Thériault

I’m already working as lead on a number of projects (e.g. the Art Park at Aberdeen) and I’m involved in my neighbourhood (e.g. in Sunny Brae, a standing committee with a mission and a set of objectives). I would like to see five or six committees responsible for the city’s infrastructures and resources getting together and consulting citizens, and publishing municipal information.

Ward 1

Steven Boyce

After 10 years, I want to continue the work that I have already begun with and for the community.

Ward 2

Jean Marc Dugas

I’ve been active in Moncton for a number of years. My motivation is that I feel City Council should become more youthful. New ideas must be introduced. We have to speak with young people. I’m interested in urbanization. Young people need us to make room for them. For example, it should be possible to walk and bicycle everywhere.

Ward 2

Vernon Lillies

I see many groups that are neglected in the community, for example, the disabled, like my mother, and young people. I want to give everyone in the community more presence at city hall.

Ward 3

Brian Hicks

I have been involved in the community for over 8 years now, including time spent working in Harrison-Trimble and the school district. I want to keep serving my community.

Ward 3

Daniel Bourgeois

I have always been involved in volunteer and public work since I became student president when I was 17. I have also been a school board member and continue to volunteer. Becoming a councillor would just be a continuation of this volunteer work, in this case serving the population of Moncton. I have positive ideas and a vision that I want to deliver on.

Ward 3

Earl Garland

I have been interested and involved in municipal election campaigns since the early 60s, but it was only after I retired from CN Rail last January that I felt I had the time to serve as a councillor. When I watch the council meetings on Monday night TV, the decisions seem to have already been made. I want to find out what’s going on.

Ward 3

Sue Murray

I have been part of Moncton all my life. I raised my children here. I have worked with the schools, the theatre, the hospitals, and Headstart.

Ward 4

Dave Hackett

If you want political change, you have to get involved. Commonly held values like social justice will never be a part of municipal politics until enough people get off the sidelines and drive for change.

Ward 4

Louisa Barton Duguay

I have been there before, like it, and realize what can be done. I got started with the water privatization issue.

Ward 4

Paul Pellerin

City Council has lost its initiative and concern for citizens, especially in Ward 4. Parks have gone without attention for 30 years; sidewalks are not being cleared.

Ward

Candidate

2. Can you tell us your top five priorities for this election?

At large

Anya Trites

1. More green spaces and Mapleton needs to be better taken care of.

2. More government services oriented towards the outskirts of the city.

3. Public access to where the money is going (transparency).

4. Environment. We need to make better eco-choices for our kids.

5. Parks, kids, and pets.

At large

Kathryn Barnes

1. Accountability and fiscal responsibility.

2. Environment. I have been on the environment committee for the past 10 years, and have been working to reduce pesticide use.

3. Support for downtown businesses and the riverfront.

4. Implement recreation master plans covering parks, playgrounds, and transportation.

5. Support for heritage and cultural projects.

At large

Pierre Boudreau

1. Increase public participation; we need to be transparent. This is an issue even at the international level. It can be done using modern technology such as Facebook and websites. The primary means of communication might very well become the web.    

2. Emphasize infrastructure maintenance (underground, Coliseum, buildings).         

3. Achieve a healthy management of fiscal, environmental and human resources.    

4. Increased partnering between the city and the provincial and federal governments.

5. Maintaining a climate that allows us to preserve our quality of life.

Ward 1

Graham Walker

1. We need to block uranium mining both around Moncton and in NB.

2. Parkland protection.

3. Street improvements.

4. Police. We are paying for services that we aren’t getting. Sometimes police officers are borrowed to go to other communities, but we still continue to pay for them.

5. Handicap access.

Ward 1

Paulette Thériault

1. Reviewing the areas around schools: there’s a nude bar next to one high school, and an industrial site near another.   

2. Public transit

3. Taxes: Lobbying the provincial government for a reduction in taxes for people on fixed incomes.

Ward 1

Steven Boyce

1. Giving power to the citizens. More citizen participation

2. Balancing environmental and social aspects with economic development

3. Communication with the citizens

4. More fiscal transparency

5. Protection of our watershed against mining

Ward 2

Jean Marc Dugas

1. Young people – make a place for them 

2. The Petitcodiac River

3. Urbanization

4. Development of St. George St. (Downtown needs to develop)

Ward 2

Vernon Lillies

1. Infrastructure, transit, roads.

2. Reviving community and encouraging participation

3. Social welfare, a living wage for everyone

4. Environment

5. Making our voices heard at all levels of government

Ward 3

Brian Hicks

1. Spending is out of control in the city

2. Reducing the tax rate (we should be able to reduce taxes because we have more revenue from a growing population)

3. Sidewalk plowing and street maintenance

4. Open and transparent government

5. Expanding Codiac Transit

Ward 3

Daniel Bourgeois

1. Limiting property tax increases to the inflation rate. This might mean finding alternative sources of revenue such as a hotel tax.

2. More democracy at city hall, including a bylaw that required public meetings not only on zonings but on most decisions.

3. Eight wards instead of four so that everyone makes all their votes count.

4. Improved community services. For example, there is no community centre in the Northwest.

5. Transportation is also a priority.

Ward 3

Earl Garland

1. Policing, including the number of police officers and the sharing of costs with Dieppe and Riverview. (Why do we pay 75% of the cost?)

2. Watershed protection. We can’t have prospecting crews drilling for uranium in our watershed.

3. Services to outlying areas. For example, areas around George Road have no water and sewage connection.

4. Accessibility to councillors.

5. Property taxes. McKenna is right. Something must be done about taxes. We need to stop raising rates.

Ward 3

Sue Murray

1. Property tax issues

2. More openness and professionalism in the way we do business

3. The impact of fast growth on our green spaces and transit system

4. Resolution of the downtown story (casino, convention centre, etc.)

5. How we spend our money

Ward 4

Dave Hackett

1. Poverty and housing

2. Upgrades to water treatment

3. Environment-friendly policies

4. Parkland protection

5. More accountability for choices made at City Hall

Ward 4

Louisa Barton Duguay

1. A more sustainable environment

2. More trees

3. More walkways through subdivisions

4. More transparency

5. Lobby for changes to the Municipalities Act

Ward 4

Paul Pellerin

1. Accountability.