Courage Halifax — 2020 Municipal Election Endorsements
The newly formed Halifac chapter of Courage would like to announce our endorsements and honourable mentions for the Halifax Municipal elections.
The following set of Questions were sent to all candidates in all districts:
1. Given our vulnerability as a coastal community, what are your ideas for combating climate change within our municipality?
2. Do you support the incremental defunding of police in HRM?
3.If you do support the incremental defunding of Halifax Police, how would you move forward with it?
4. What are some strategies you would implement to create more equitable access to services across rural, urban, and suburban HRM, such as transit, water, etc?
5. Do you see a conflict of interest with campaigns taking donations from developers why or why not??
6. Do you feel we have a poverty problem within the HRM?
7. How do you think we got here and how do we get out of it?
8. What does diversity and inclusion mean to you?
9. What additional programs/projects would you like to see funded in the community?
10. Do you feel the municipality has a role in solving a healthcare/mental health care crisis?
11. If you do feel the municipality has a role in solving a healthcare/mental health-care crisis, what are your plans/strategies to address it?
34 municipal candidates answered our questionnaire. We did not consider candidates who did not complete the questionnaire for endorsement. The respondents were:
District 1
Art Wamback
Stephan Kamperman
District 11
Patty Cuttell
Jim Hoskins
Ambroise Matwawana
Stephen Chafe
Lisa Mullin
Hannah Munday
Pete Rose
Kristen Hollery
District 12
Eric Jury
Iona Stoddard
District 13
Lain Taylor
Pam Lovelace
District 15
Jay Aaron Roy
District 2
David Boyd
David Hendsbee
District 4
Jerome Lagmay
Kevin Foran
Ryan Burris
Caroline Williston
Daryl Johnson
District 6
Douglas Day
Ibrahim Manna
District 7
Waye Mason
Craig Roy
Jen Powley
District 8
Dylan Kennedy
Virginia Hinch
District 9
Shaun Clark
Bill Carr
District 12
Eric D Jury
Mayoral Election
Mike Savage
Endorsements:
From these respondents, Courage Halifax would like to endorse Caroline Williston (District 4), Jay Aaron Roy (District 15), Hannah Munday (District 11), and Pam Lovelace (District 13).
Courage Halifax while not endorsing the following candidates would like to add that these candidates should seriously be considered:
Waye Mason (District 7), Jen Powley (District 7), and Iona Stoddard (District 12).
