Ottawa

Jeff Leiper

City Councillor- Ward 15
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  • First elected to represent Kitchissippi Ward as a councillor in 2014
  • Served as Chair of the Information Technology Sub-Committee and the Vice-Chair of the Transportation Committee
  • Was also a member of the Planning and Environment Committees as well as the Transit Commission
  • Previously served as president of the Hintonburg Community Association
  • His background spans journalism, public policy, and leadership roles in the technology sector
  • Leiper also served as a manager and executive at Canada’s broadcasting and telecommunications regulator

Jeff Leiper’s Priority Issues

Transit that works:

Restore the citizen seat on the Transit Commission, introduce a Transit Service Guarantee, restore cuts, deliver dedicated bus lanes city-wide

Housing that works:

1500 new non-profit homes, protect existing affordable housing, enforce housing standards

City Hall that works in the open:

Respecting Council decision making by not using strong mayor powers, publish a weekly mayoral schedule and disclose meetings with lobbyists, improve decision transparency, replace the City Budget Process, refuse all donations from developers

Safety that works:

Expand crisis response, strengthen by-law enforcement, stop downloading federal responsibilities onto the city, focus police resources

A city that works for people:

Fix what Ottawa already has, expand access to community spaces, open libraries on Sundays, create Ottawa Neighborhood Improvement Fund, review city fees

Source: leiper2026.ca