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In Their Own Words:
The Candidates for Mayor & Deputy Mayor

The BMRA, together with Climate Action Now Network (CANN) and the L.E. Shore Library in Thornbury hosted a series of “Meet the Candidate” sessions.

In our last email, we shared links to the Councillor candidate videos, together with the candidate’s website.

In this email, we cover the candidates for Mayor and Deputy Mayor.

For each candidate we’ve included:

• link to the video of the session (begining with their 3-minute summary).
  We believe that hearing the candidate in their own words adds meaningful context to their written positions

• link to the candidate’s website.
  We encourage you to view their websites to get a better understanding of the candidate and their position.
  

• A summary we prepared of each candidate’s position, which we compiled from multiple publicly available sources.

At the end of this email, we’ve also linked to articles from the two candidates for English Public School board Trustees.

We hope you find this helpful.

The Candidates for Mayor

Moreau groups her priorities around managing growth, protecting vital services and building a collaborative Town Hall. She proposes measurable timelines and oversight for capital projects, greater financial transparency and less duplication in staff reports and consulting work.

Her platform supports farmland protection, infrastructure planning that preserves community character, housing for workers, seniors and families, and expanded access to primary and long-term care. She also supports continuing the bike-lane network through future road improvements and improving relationships among council, staff and residents.

The Candidates for Deputy Mayor

Ardiel emphasizes municipal experience, agricultural interests and cooperation with Grey County and service providers. She supports growth aligned with the Official Plan, infrastructure capacity, farmland protection and established neighbourhoods. Her priorities include balancing resort-area needs with rural and environmental protection.

She also proposes practical support for isolated residents, including community outreach, improved transportation options and better access to mental-health, addiction and social services through partnerships with the County and local organizations.

Gilliland emphasizes long-term financial planning, reserve management, fiscal discipline and clear accountability. She supports prioritizing core infrastructure and coordinating growth, so existing residents do not bear an unfair share of future costs. Her platform also supports farmland and local food systems, a diverse housing mix aligned with infrastructure capacity, and protection of trails, waterfront access and natural areas.

She presents rural representation and preserving the character of neighbourhoods as integral to planning a sustainable, year-round community.

Welling emphasizes fiscal responsibility, stronger project oversight and a clearer distinction between council’s policy role and staff’s operational responsibilities. He proposes working with council on a five-year direction, prioritizing infrastructure upgrades proactively and preparing projects to seek external funding. His campaign

also stresses a stronger voice at Grey County and constructive relationships with municipal staff.

He presents clearer goals and disciplined execution as central to delivering projects and services.

English Public School Trustee Candidates

Online voting starts tomorrow, Oct 16th

What do you think?