Ottawa

Alex Lawson

Founder and Director of Operations Capital Framers Inc.
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  • Currently works as a homebuilder at his company, Capital Framers Inc
  • Lawson previously served on the board of the Kanata-Carleton Conservative Association and on the board of West Carleton Disaster Relief
  • Lawson previously worked as a lobbyist, focusing on technology and construction at Political Intelligence

Alex Lawson’s Priority Issues

Cost of living:

Review spending, cut waste, and deliver real value per dollar

Transit:

23 transit commitments focused around the following issues: the LRT, schedules, routes, fares, safety, and accountability. More details here

Housing:

Cut development charges in half for 1 year immediately, fix shelter safety, support Ottawa’s front-line service network, bring a delivery plan to every partnership. Lawson also commits that if the housing market does not deliver, the city will step in

Core services:

Maintain roads, improve snow removal, and make sure essential services like garbage collection run reliably

Safety:

Support frontline services, address visible disorder, and take practical steps to imrpvoe safety

Source: votealex.ca

Alex’s Answers: Muslims & Islamophobia

How will you strengthen relationships and trust between police services and Muslim communities?

How will you work with mosques, Islamic schools, and Muslim organizations to improve community safety and emergency preparedness?

What steps will you take to address Islamophobia and anti-Muslim discrimination?

How will you ensure Muslim residents and community organizations have a meaningful voice in municipal decision-making?

How will you support Muslim organizations that provide community services, settlement support, youth programming, food assistance, and other essential services?

How can the city provide a more nuanced approach to zoning for religious institutions (such as mosques) given their practices, cultures and needs differ?

What do you think is the greatest problem the ward is facing, and how do you plan to address it?