Which of the following comes closest to your view of the most important function of a councillor?
Taproot Survey
Where do you stand on issues raised by voters in the 2025 municipal election?
Context:
A city councillor must balance interests that can be at odds. Beyond public interests, a councillor's relationship with administration is also central to their work. Council oversees administration through the two employees it can hire and fire — the City Manager and the City Auditor. Residents with frustrations with administration often take these concerns to councillors. How willing those councillors are to hold administration accountable can affect their relationship with their constituents.
Candidate responses
A total of 74 candidates have responded to the survey. Here's how they answered this question:
a) Prudent fiscal manager.
Candidates that selected this response:
Fidel Ammar Councillor
Candidate in
tastawiyiniwak
Tony Caterina Mayor
Candidate in
City Wide
Danny Heikkinen Councillor
Candidate in
sipiwiyiniwak
Mark Hillman Councillor
Candidate in
papastew
Roger Kotch Councillor
Candidate in
sipiwiyiniwak
Utha Nadauk Mayor
Candidate in
City Wide
Aaron Paquette Councillor
Candidate in
Dene
Norm Paradis Councillor
Candidate in
Métis
b) Visionary leader.
Candidates that selected this response:
Vanessa Denman Mayor
Candidate in
City Wide
James Gosse Councillor
Candidate in
Métis
Stephen Hammerschmidt Councillor
Candidate in
O-day'min
Terrie Holgerson Councillor
Candidate in
papastew
James Miller Councillor
Candidate in
O-day'min
Fahad Mughal Councillor
Candidate in
Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi
Funke Olokude Councillor
Candidate in
Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi
Thu Parmar Councillor
Candidate in
sipiwiyiniwak
Jennifer Porritt Councillor
Candidate in
tastawiyiniwak
Anne Stevenson Councillor
Candidate in
O-day'min
Ashok Sui Councillor
Candidate in
Sspomitapi
c) Community representative.
Candidates that selected this response:
Ali Al Kassab Councillor
Candidate in
Anirniq
Sara Awatta Councillor
Candidate in
pihêsiwin
Paul Bakhmut Mayor
Candidate in
City Wide
Jason Bale Councillor
Candidate in
Karhiio
Imran Bashir Councillor
Candidate in
Sspomitapi
Ronald Stewart Billingsley, Jr Mayor
Candidate in
City Wide
Nurmaiya Brady Councillor
Candidate in
Anirniq
Joti Buttar Councillor
Candidate in
Karhiio
Tim Cartmell Mayor
Candidate in
City Wide
Farhan Chak Councillor
Candidate in
tastawiyiniwak
Annie Chua - Frith Councillor
Candidate in
Sspomitapi
Abdul Malik Chukwudi Mayor
Candidate in
City Wide
Reed Clarke Councillor
Candidate in
Nakota Isga
Abdulhakim Dalel Councillor
Candidate in
Métis
Ramey Demian Councillor
Candidate in
Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi
Josh Doyle Councillor
Candidate in
papastew
Michael Elliott Councillor
Candidate in
pihêsiwin
Rob Fediuk Councillor
Candidate in
Anirniq
Giselle Quezon General Councillor
Candidate in
sipiwiyiniwak
Andy Andrzej Gudanowski Mayor
Candidate in
City Wide
Jimmy Clement Idi Councillor
Candidate in
tastawiyiniwak
Rozalia Janiszewska Councillor
Candidate in
papastew
Michael Janz Councillor
Candidate in
papastew
Harman Singh Kandola Councillor
Candidate in
Sspomitapi
Andrew Knack Mayor
Candidate in
City Wide
Larry Langley Councillor
Candidate in
pihêsiwin
Jackie Liu Councillor
Candidate in
pihêsiwin
Rajah Maggay Councillor
Candidate in
Nakota Isga
Caroline Matthews Councillor
Candidate in
Métis
Albert Mazzocca Councillor
Candidate in
Dene
Omar Mohammad Mayor
Candidate in
City Wide
Jon Morgan Councillor
Candidate in
Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi
Joseph Mugodo Councillor
Candidate in
Nakota Isga
Lana Palmer Councillor
Candidate in
Dene
Rupesh Patel Councillor
Candidate in
pihêsiwin
Atiq Rehman Councillor
Candidate in
Karhiio
Nicholas Rheubottom Councillor
Candidate in
Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi
Erin Rutherford Councillor
Candidate in
Anirniq
Ashley Salvador Councillor
Candidate in
Métis
Banisha Sandhu Councillor
Candidate in
Dene
Sandeep Singh Councillor
Candidate in
Sspomitapi
Diana Steele Councillor
Candidate in
Nakota Isga
Patrick Stewart Councillor
Candidate in
O-day'min
Keren Tang Councillor
Candidate in
Karhiio
Justin Thomas Councillor
Candidate in
Métis
Olney Tugwell Mayor
Candidate in
City Wide
Steve van Diest Councillor
Candidate in
Sspomitapi
Aggripa Wajo Councillor
Candidate in
Anirniq
Michael Walters Mayor
Candidate in
City Wide
Jesse Watson Councillor
Candidate in
Anirniq
Jordon Woodruff Councillor
Candidate in
Nakota Isga
Jo-Anne Wright Councillor
Candidate in
Sspomitapi
d) I don't have a position on this issue
Candidates that selected this response:
Rahim Jaffer Mayor
Candidate in
City Wide
Voter responses
Based on more than 27,000 responses as of Nov. 10, 2025, here's how voters answered this question:
Overall
By ward
Note: Taproot excluded surveys with fewer than two answers from these results. It was possible for voters to fill out the survey multiple times, but unlikely at a large scale given the structure of the survey. Voters were not able to select "I don't have a position on this issue".
Taproot Survey
Where do you stand on issues raised by voters in the 2025 municipal election?