AODA Alliance
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance
United for a Barrier-Free Society for All People with Disabilities
Web: www.aodaalliance.org
Email: aodafeedback@gmail.com
Twitter: @aodaalliance
Facebook: www.facebook.com/aodaalliance/
Press Candidates for Ottawa, Mississauga and Hamilton City Council to Agree Not to Allow Electric Scooters in Public Places. They Endanger Safety and Accessibility for People with Disabilities, Seniors and Others
October 18, 2022
SUMMARY
In advance of the October 24, 2022 municipal elections in Ontario, please press candidates for mayor or City Council in Ottawa, Mississauga and Hamilton to commit not to allow electric scooters in public places in their communities. E-scooters endanger safety and accessibility for people with disabilities, seniors, children and others.
Despite these dangers, Ottawa has held three years of pilots allowing e-scooters (including privately owned e-scooters and rented e-scooters). This has proven that the dangers we predicted are real.
Mississauga allows privately-owned e-scooters to be ridden in public. It is considering allowing a pilot program with rental e-scooters.
The e-scooter rental companies’ corporate lobbyists have gotten the City staff in both Ottawa and Mississauga to parrot their claims. Meanwhile, the City staff in both cities keep minimizing and marginalizing the dangers to people with disabilities.
Hamilton City Council looks like it has been heading in the same wrong-headed direction. This is so even though its Accessibility Advisory Committee advised to the contrary.
Below we set out for you, where our volunteer efforts could find this, the names, email addresses and Twitter handles for:
- Candidates for Ottawa mayor, and
- Candidates for Ottawa City Council.
- Candidates for Mississauga mayor, and
- Candidates for Mississauga City Council.
- Candidates for Hamilton mayor, and
- Candidates for Hamilton City Council.
The AODA Alliance has already written and tweeted to all the Ottawa and Mississauga candidates we could reach. We’re also blitzing candidates for Toronto City Council. Others in the disability community are taking action. Please help this effort! Email us at aodafeedback@gmail.com to let us know what you can do, and what you’ve heard back from candidates! Let’s show how volunteer grassroots action can meet the challenge to safety for people with disabilities that the well-funded e-scooter corporate lobbyists create.
For more background, check out:
- The AODA Alliance’s March 1, 2022 brief to the City of Ottawa.
- The AODA Alliance’s June 13, 2022 brief to the City of Mississauga.
- Open January 22, 2020 letter from major disability organizations to Ontario municipalities and the Ontario Government opposing e-scooters.
- The AODA Alliance’s Website’s e-scooters page.
MORE DETAILS
Ottawa Mayoral Candidates:
Brandon Bay
@BrandonBay
Bob Chiarelli
@Bob_Chiarelli
Bernard Couchman
[no Twitter]
Graham MacDonald
@macdonald4mayor
Catherine McKenney
@cmckenney
Ade Olumide
endottawaelectiongambling@outlook.com
[no Twitter]
Param Singh
@VoteParam2022
Mark Sutcliffe
@_marksutcliffe
Mike Maguire
@mike4ottawa
Celine Debassige
[no apparent Twitter]
Gregory Jreg Guevara
@mc_swm
Nour Kadri
@nourkadri
Zed Chebib
[no apparent Twitter]
Jacob Solomon
[no apparent Twitter]
Ottawa City Council Candidates:
Orléans East-Cumberland
Matthew Luloff
[no apparent Twitter]
Orléans East-Cumberland
Rosemee Cantave
[No Twitter]
Orléans East-Cumberland
Tessa Franklin
@tessanfranklin
Orléans West-Innes
Laura Dudas
[no Twitter, but website contact form]
Orléans West-Innes
Lori Stinson
@loriastinson
Orléans West-Innes
Chris Fraser
[no Twitter, but a website contact form at https://votechris.ca/contact/]
Barrhaven West
Taayo Simmonds
@TaayoSimmonds
Barrhaven West
David Hill
@DavidHillWard3
Barrhaven West
Sadaf Ebrahim
[no Twitter]
Barrhaven West
Jay Chadha
@BarrhavenJay
Kanata North
Cathy Curry
@cathycurry_88
Kanata North
Christine Moulaison
christine.moulaison.kn@gmail.com
[no Twitter]
Kanata North
Viorel Copil
[no Twitter, website contact form at https://www.votecopil.ca/contact]
West Carleton-March
Clarke Kelly
[no Twitter, website contact form at https://clarkekelly.ca/#contact]
West Carleton-March
Nagmani Sharma
[no Twitter, website contact form at https://nagmanisharma.ca/contact/]
West Carleton-March
Greg Patacairk
[no Twitter, but website contact form at https://gregpatacairk.ca/contact, open office hours 9-5 at 613-979-8393]
West Carleton-March
Stephanie Maghnam
@S_Maghnam
West Carleton-March
Colin Driscoll
[no email]
[no Twitter]
West Carleton-March
Sasha Duguay
@SashaDuguay
West Carleton-March
Ian Madill
[no Twitter, but a website contact form at www.ianmadill.com]
Stittsville
Glen Gower
@voteglen
Stittsville
Tanya Hein
@TanyaHein
Stittsville
Mathew Duchesne
@mat4stittsville
Stittsville
Kevin Hua
@Hua4Stittsville
Bay
Theresa Kavanagh
@tm_kavanagh
Bay
Robert Hill
[no apparent Twitter]
Bay
Othman Alhusain
@VoteAlhusein
College
Laine Johnson
lainejohnson4college@gmail.com
@laine_johnson1
College
Granda Kopytko
[no Twitter]
College
Wendy Davidson
[no apparent Twitter]
College
Pat McGarry
@PatMcGarryOtt
College
Vilteau Delvas
[no apparent Twitter]
Knoxdale-Merivale
Sean Devine
@DevineSean
Knoxdale-Merivale
James Dean
@VoteJamesDean
Knoxdale-Merivale
Peter Anthony Weber
[no email]
[no Twitter]
Knoxdale-Merivale
Myles Egli
[no apparent Twitter]
Knoxdale-Merivale
Joseph Ben-Ami
@josephbenami
Knoxdale-Merivale
Peter Westaway
@PeterWestaway
Knoxdale-Merivale
Michael Wood
@mikewoodottawa
Gloucester-Southgate
Aria Alavi
[no Twitter, but website contact form at https://www.ariaalavi.ca/contact ]
Gloucester-Southgate
John Redins
@JohnRforWard10
Gloucester-Southgate
Hussein Mahmoud
@votehussein
Gloucester-Southgate
Jessica Bradley
@Jessica_Ottawa
Gloucester-Southgate
Taylor Houstoun
[no Twitter, but website contact form at https://www.taylorh.ca/]
Gloucester-Southgate
Ron Keays
@keays_ron
Beacon Hill-Cyrville
Tim Tierney
@TimTierney
Beacon Hill-Cyrville
Miranda Gray
[no apparent Twitter]
Beacon Hill-Cyrville
Nicolas Castro
nicolascastroforoffice@gmail.com
[no apparent Twitter]
Rideau-Vanier
Laura Shantz
@laura_shantz
Rideau-Vanier
Alex Osorio
@voteosorio
Rideau-Vanier
Tyler Cybulski
@tyler_cybulski
Rideau-Vanier
Julie Fiala
[no Twitter]
Rideau-Vanier
Patrick Auguste
[no Twitter, but website contact form at https://patrickauguste.ca/nous-rejoindre/]
Rideau-Vanier
Jwane Izzetpanah
@jwaneizzetpanah
Rideau-Vanier
Burthomley Douzable
burthomleyd@burthomleydouzable.ca
@DDouzable
Rideau-Vanier
Stéphanie Plante
@votesteph613
Rideau-Vanier
Hicham Boutaleb
[no Twitter]
Rideau-Vanier
Kim Leclerc
@kimleclerc
Rideau-Rockcliffe
Rawlson King
[no Twitter]
Rideau-Rockcliffe
Clayton Fitzsimmons
[no email]
[no Twitter]
Rideau-Rockcliffe
Peter Jan Karwacki
peterkarwacki.overbrook@gmail.com
[no apparent Twitter]
Rideau-Rockcliffe
Peter Zanette
zanetterideaurockcliffe@gmail.com
[no Twitter]
Somerset
Brandon Russell
@_brandonrussell
Somerset
Stuart MacKay
@Mackay_Stuart
Somerset
Ariel Troster
@arieltroster
Kitchissippi
Jeff Leiper
[no Twitter]
Kitchissippi
Dan Stringer
[no Twitter]
Kitchissippi
Oonagh Fitzgerald
[no Twitter]
River
Riley Brockington
@RiverWardRiley
River
Ethan Sabourin
info@ethansabourin
@EthanSabourin
River
Alex Dugal
[no Twitter]
Capital
Rebecca Bromwich
electrebeccabromwich@gmail.com
[no Twitter]
Capital
Shawn Menard
@ShawnMenard1
Capital
Daniel Rogers
@danrogerscapitalward
Alta Vista
Marty Carr
[no Twitter, website contact form at https://martycarr.ca/contact-us]
Alta Vista
Carolyn Kropp
@carolynkroppAV
Alta Vista
Bob Perkins
[no Twitter, but website contact form at https://www.bobperkins.ca/]
Alta Vista
Angelo Gino Scaffidi
[no Twitter]
Orléans South-Navan
Catherine Kitts
@catherinekitts
Orléans South-Navan
Yvette Ashiri
[no Twitter, but website contact form at https://www.yvetteashiri.ca/]
Orléans South-Navan
Shamsa Sheikh Ahmed
[no email]
[no Twitter]
Osgoode
George Darouze
[no Twitter, but website contact form at https://www.reelectgeorgedarouze.ca/contact]
Osgoode
Doug Thompson
[no Twitter]
Osgoode
Dan O’Brien
[no Twitter]
Osgoode
Bob Masaro
[no Twitter, but website contact form at https://bobmasaro.ca/contact-bob/]
Osgoode
Bruce Anthony Faulkner
[no Twitter]
Rideau-Jock
Leigh-Andrea Brunet
electleighandreabrunet@gmail.com
@LeighAndrea_B
Rideau-Jock
Patty Searl
[no Twitter]
Rideau-Jock
David Brown
@VoteDavidBrown
Rideau-Jock
Kevin Setia
@electkevsetia
Rideau-Jock
Michael J Nowak
[no Twitter]
Riverside South-Findlay Creek
Em McLellan
[no Twitter]
Riverside South-Findlay Creek
Steve Desroches
[no Twitter, but website contact form at https://stevedesroches.com/home/contactme/]
Riverside South-Findlay Creek
Salah Elsaadi
[no Twitter]
Riverside South-Findlay Creek
Zainab Alsalihiy
[no Twitter, but website contact form at https://www.zainabalsalihiy.ca/]
Kanata South
Bina Shah
binashah2022election@gmail.com
@binashahkanata
Kanata South
Rouba Fattal
@DrRoubaFattal
Kanata South
Erin Coffin
@ErinBCoffin
Kanata South
Allan Hubley
[no Twitter, website contact form at https://www.re-electallanhubley.com/contact]
Kanata South
Mike Dawson
@KanataSouth2022
Barrhaven East
Dominik Janelle
@DominikJanelle
Barrhaven East
Kathleen Caught
[no apparent Twitter]
Barrhaven East
Wilson Lo
@WilsonLo24
Barrhaven East
Patrick Brennan
votepatbrennanbarhaven@gmail.com
[no Twitter, website contact form at https://votepatbrennan.com/contact-us]
Barrhaven East
Richard Garrick
@GarrickWard24
Barrhaven East
Guy Boone
@GuyBoone
Barrhaven East
Atiq Qureshi
@A_HAWK_Q
Mississauga Mayoral Candidates:
Bonnie Crombie
@BonnieCrombie
Mohsin Khan
[no apparent Twitter]
Melodie J. Petty
[no email]
[no Twitter]
Derek Ramkissoon
[no Twitter, but website contact form at https://www.derek4mayor.ca/photos]
David Shaw
@DavidShaw4Mayor
Bobie Taffe
[no Twitter]
George Tavares
George.Tavares@TavaresforMayor.ca
@GTavares905
Jayesh Trivedi
[no apparent Twitter]
Mississauga City Council Candidates
Ward 01
Stephen Dasko
@StephenDasko
Ward 01
Andrew Gassmann
@votegassmann
Ward 01
Deborah Goss
@electdgossward1
Ward 02
Gulraiz Bajwa
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 02
Chris Cunningham
@chris4ward2
Ward 02
Silvia Gualtieri
@VoteSilvia
Ward 02
Syed Jaffery
[no Twitter, website contact form at https://syedjaffery.co/]
Ward 02
Reead Rahamut
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 02
Sue Shanly
[no Twitter, website contact form at https://sueshanly.ca/index.php/contact-sue/]
Ward 02
Ayushe Sharman
@AyushaSharman
Ward 02
Alvin Tedjo
@alvintedjo
Ward 03
Chris Fonseca
[no Twitter, but website contact form at https://electfonseca.ca/]
Ward 03
Winston Harding
winstonharding.councillor@gmail.com
[no Twitter, website contact form at https://winstonhardingvote2022.wordpress.com/contact/]
Ward 03
Robert Kielek
[no Twitter]
Ward 03
Sarah Szymanski
[no Twitter]
Ward 03
Athina Tagidou
[no Twitter, but website contact form at https://www.voteathina.com/contact-5]
Ward 03
Robina Yasmeen
[no Twitter]
Ward 04
Michelle Bilek
[no Twitter, but website contact form at https://www.michellebilek.me/contact-me]
Ward 04
John Kovac
[no Twitter, but website contact form at https://johnkovac.ca/contact-us]
Ward 04
Joan Pace Jakobsen
@pacejakobsen
Ward 05
Hamid Akbar
[no Twitter]
Ward 05
Bradley Macdonald
[no Twitter]
Ward 05
Carolyn Parrish
[no Twitter, but website contact form at https://www.carolynparrish.ca/contact/]
Ward 05
Domenica Laura Simone
dlsmaltonmississauga@gmail.com
[no Twitter, website contact form at https://www.domenicalaurasimone.com/contact]
Ward 06
Joe Horneck
@JoeHorneck
Ward 06
Muhammad Kamil
[no Twitter]
Ward 06
Ron Starr
[no email]
[no Twitter]
Ward 07
Amir Ali
[no Twitter, website contact form at https://amirali.ca/contact-us/]
Ward 07
Ranjit Chahal
[no Twitter]
Ward 07
Dipika Damerla
[no Twitter, website contact form at https://www.votedamerla.ca/contact]
Ward 07
Mark Freeland
[no Twitter]
Ward 07
Iain McCallum
[no Twitter]
Ward 07
Maisa Salhia
@maisasalhia
Ward 07
Leslie Zurek Silvestri
Lesliezureksilvestriward7@gmail.com
[no Twitter, website contact form at https://lesliezureksilvestri.com/contact/]
Ward 08
Irfan Farooq
[no Twitter]
Ward 08
Matt Mahoney
[no Twitter, website contact form at https://votemattmahoney.ca/contact-us]
Ward 08
Rahul Mehta
@betterward8
Ward 09
Chacko Athanasius
[no Twitter]
Ward 09
Isaiah Bryant
@Isaiah4Ward9
Ward 09
Scott E.W. Chapman
[no Twitter]
Ward 09
Nokha Dakroub
@NokhaDakroub
Ward 09
Bob Delaney
[no Twitter]
Ward 09
Frank Fang
[no Twitter, website contact form at https://votefrankfang.ca/]
Ward 09
Len Little
[no email, but website contact form at https://electlenlittleward9.ca/contact-us]
@The_LenLittle
Ward 09
Peter McCallion
[no Twitter]
Ward 09
Nicholas Rabba
@NicholasRabba
Ward 09
Martin Reid
@Reid4Ward9
Ward 09
Mohammad Shabbeer
[no Twitter]
Ward 10
Hamza Bajwa
[no Twitter]
Ward 10
Brennan Bempong
[no Twitter]
Ward 10
Khalid Mahmood
[no Twitter]
Ward 10
Sue McFadden
@sue_ward10
Ward 11
Brad Butt
@bradwbutt
Ward 11
Annurag Chawla
@AnnuragChawla
Ward 11
Kulbir Gill
[no Twitter]
Ward 11
Imran Hasan
@ImranHassanYYZ
Ward 11
Brian Rylance
[no Twitter]
Ward 11
Kushagr Dutt Sharma
@kushagr_sharma1
Hamilton Mayoral Candidates:
Bob Bratina
@BobBratina
Ejaz Butt
@ejazbuttotwu
Jim Davis
[no apparent Twitter]
Paul Fromm
@FrommPaul
Andrea Horwath
@AndreaHorwath
Solomon Ikhuiwu
[no apparent Twitter]
Hermiz Ishaya
@Hermiz_Ishaya
Keanin Loomis
@keaninloomis
Michael Pattison
[no apparent email]
[no apparent Twitter]
Hamilton City Council Candidates:
Ward 1
Ian MacPherson
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 1
John Vail
@JohnMVail
Ward 1
Maureen Wilson
Ward 2
Shahan Aaron
@ShahanAaron
Ward 2
Jason Farr
@jasonfarrhamont
Ward 2
Cameron Kroetsch
@CameronKroetsch
Ward 2
Robin McKee
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 2
Raquel Rakovac
@RaquelRakovac
Ward 3
Michael Falletta
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 3
Laura Farr
@lauraeafarr
Ward 3
Walter Furlan
@WalterForWard3
Ward 3
Stan Kruchka
@Stanimal77
Ward 3
Nrinder Nann
@NrinderWard3
Ward 4
Maxwell Francis
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 4
Angelica Hasbon
@angelicahasbon
Ward 4
Tammy Hwang
@tammyhwang
Ward 4
Alex Johnstone
@Alex_Johnstone
Ward 4
Cindy Kennedy
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 4
Pascale Marchand
@PascaleWard4
Ward 4
Adam Oldfield
@adam_oldfields
Ward 4
Robert Paris
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 4
Laura Taylor
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 4
Eric Tuck
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 4
Mary Williams
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 5
Sebastian Aldea
[no apparent email]
@Sebi_Aldea
Ward 5
Krysta Boyer
@KrystaBoyer
Ward 5
Matt Francis
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 5
Kevin Geenen
kevin.hamilton.council@gmail.com
@ontjournalist
Ward 5
Stan Habza
@HabzaStan
Ward 5
Bob Hurst
@BobHurstWard5
Ward 5
Ryan Ladner
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 5
Lynda Lukasik
@lyndalukasik
Ward 5
Gordon Noble
gordon4councillorward5@gmail.com
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 5
Angela Pugliese
angela.puglieseward5@hotmail.com
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 5
George Rusich
@GeorgeRusich
Ward 6
Tom Jackson
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 6
Dan Preston
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 6
Donna Puddu
@PudduDonna
Ward 6
Stefan Spolnik
@stefanforward6
Ward 6
Chris Slye
slyeforhamiltoncouncil@gmail.com
@Slye4Hamilton
Ward 7
Scott Duvall
@sduvall07
Ward 7
Esther Pauls
@PaulsEsther
Ward 8
Sonia Brown
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 8
Joshua Czerniga
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 8
John-Paul Danko
@JohnPaulDanko
Ward 8
Anthony Frisina
@anthony_frisina
Ward 8
Daniel Veltri
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 9
Brad Clark
@BCouncillor
Ward 9
Walt Juchniewicz
[no apparent email]
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 9
Peter Lanza
Ward 9
Muhammad Naeem
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 10
Jeff Beattie
@jeffbeattie2014
Ward 10
Louie Milojevic
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 10
Marie Pearson
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 11
Nick Lauwers
@NickLauwersON
Ward 11
Terri Moffett
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 11
Nick Pellegrino
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 11
Mark Tadeson
@MarkTadeson
Ward 12
Chuck Alkerton
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 12
Robert Baboth
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 12
Craig Cassar
@CraigCassar
Ward 12
Richard Deverson
[no apparent email]
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 12
Karl Hanley
@hanleyks
Ward 12
William Robert Hume
[no apparent email]
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 12
Cindy Kaye
@cindy4city
Ward 12
Megg Markettos
@MeggMarkettos
Ward 12
Bob Maton
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 12
Pamela Mitchell
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 13
Arlene VanderBeek
@arlenevandrbeek
Ward 13
Alex Wilson
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 14
Kojo Damptey
@KojoForWard14
Ward 14
Brian Lewis
@brianlewis3282
Ward 14
Christopher Poole
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 14
Don Ross
@DonaldCRoss
Ward 14
Mike Spadafora
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 14
Christine Seketa
@cseketa
Ward 14
Colleen Wicken
@WickenColleen
Ward 15
Zobia Jawed
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 15
Robert Kunysz
[no apparent Twitter]
Ward 15
Ted McMeekin
@TedMcMeekin
Ward 15
Chris Pera
Ward 15
Sumaira Waqar
@SumairaWaqar11