I will strive for more transparency from the City of Ottawa. Transparency leads to trust.
The Citizen invited candidates in the Oct. 24 municipal election to share their thoughts:
In 2019, I was volunteering at a music festival and halfway through the two-week festival, staff told me to remove my small rainbow sticker from my volunteer ID badge because it was considered “branding.” I notified all of city council in July of 2021 — but no substantive response.
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Diversity is not always visible. To make Ottawa safe, anyone volunteering/working for a city-funded event should be able to wear a small pin, button or article that displays one’s diversity. Judge one not on one’s diversity displayed but on one’s actions. Whether of one’s faith, health status, queerness, Indigenous identity, ethnicity, etc. diversity should be celebrated, not a target of hate. This is the main reason I am running for city council.
I have worked/volunteered in the arts for more than 40 years. Been a Toastmaster for 10 years, volunteered for the Ottawa Police Service for a community advisory committee for 10 years.
As your city councillor I will strive for more transparency from the City of Ottawa. Transparency leads to trust. If the city was transparent we wouldn’t have needed an LRT inquiry.
If I am going to be listened to, I have to listen to all the other council members with respect and dignity.
I as well have to listen to my constituency and be transparent to them. I cannot please everyone, yet care about the people of Ottawa.
I will not work 24/7 but need my rest to make healthy informed, methodical decisions at the council table. I don’t want to burn out.
Get out and vote
Ballots not Bullies.
— Peter Zanette, candidate in Ward 13, Rideau-Rockcliffe
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