Mission is growing, and it’s easy to understand why. This is the best city in BC — and you know it. But a growing city comes with real pressures, and meeting them takes focus, experience, and a willingness to have honest conversations. That’s what I’ve worked to bring to council, and it’s why I’m asking for your vote again on October 17.

Mission has outgrown its recreational infrastructure. We need more aquatics, better tracks, improved playing surfaces, and facilities built not just for the community we’ve become, but for the one we’re still becoming. These aren’t extras; they are essentials — and exactly the kind of investment that should make you feel proud of where your tax dollars go. I’m proud to have been part of the initiative to build the new spray, playground, and sports court park in the Emiry neighbourhood, and I’m committed to making meaningful progress on aquatics and recreation within the next four years — not as a long-range aspiration, but as a concrete goal with a plan behind it. You’ve been patient. It’s time to deliver.

However, a growing Mission deserves a province that delivers on its responsibilities — properly resourced schools, investment in our roads and overpass, a hospital equipped to serve our community, and paramedics performing the first-call medical response that is rightfully their role. I am deeply passionate about advocating for Mission at every level, and I will never stop pushing for our fair share.

Mission residents also deserve to feel safe in their neighbourhoods and business districts. Community safety isn’t just a policing issue — it requires proper resourcing of health, housing, and recovery supports that are ultimately the province’s responsibility to fund. I will advocate for Mission to have the tools and partnerships it needs to address Safety and Community Disorder in a way that works for our whole community.

Trust in local government is earned, and in challenging times it can be fragile. Growing that trust means a modern council that meets you where you are — communicating through the channels you actually use today, and engaging whether you show up in person or join a council meeting from your living room. It means a council where disagreement, when honest and respectful, is a strength not a flaw. I have always been proud to say what I think, and where I stood when the vote was called.

This term I’ve advocated for the return of ServiceBC to Mission so you don’t have to travel out of town for essential services, improvements to our parks including the covered lacrosse box, 14th Avenue corridor improvements, road safety progress including a truck bypass that protects your neighbourhood, and improved pedestrian safety through alerted sidewalks and crosswalks that make getting around Mission safer for everyone. These are the result of consistent, focused advocacy — delivering the kind of real, tangible value you deserve to see from your city.

I bring to this role years of experience working alongside my council colleagues, neighbouring municipalities, regional committees, provincial agencies, and city staff — experience that carries forward into the next council and the next chapter for this city.

It’s time to go back to basics. Focus on what matters, spend wisely, deliver real value for every dollar, and be straight with the people we serve. Mission doesn’t need reinventing — it needs a council committed to getting the fundamentals right. That’s the kind of councillor I’ve worked to be, and it’s the commitment I’m making to you now.