Tanya Saari
Running for Mayor of Barrie
Keep growing, but make growth affordable, properly serviced and more community-focused.
Background
Business owner, realtor and affordable-housing/community-development professional; previously ran for council and federally as a Liberal.
Where they stand
Each position pairs what they say with what they did.
Housing
Growth needs to pay for itself
What they did:
Affordability + smart growth: more housing, but growth must be matched with infrastructure and services. She argues Barrie's growth needs to be better matched with infrastructure and services, and supports more affordable housing.
Policing
Community-focused, not enforcement-first
What they did:
Community-focused: partnerships, supportive housing and evidence-based solutions rather than one solution for everyone.
Public funds
Taxes up 16% in four years
“Our taxes are up 16% over four years. That's the biggest increase.”
What they did:
Campaign platform criticizes property-tax growth and calls for "transparent, full-picture budgets" instead of hidden cost increases.
Transit
Infrastructure must keep pace
What they did:
Infrastructure must keep pace: roads, parks and services should grow alongside development.
Transparency
Major campaign emphasis
What they did:
She also emphasizes transparency and public engagement, as part of a "practical" alternative: affordability, transparency, safer communities, smart growth and better everyday services.
What they are promising
Their own platform, in their own words. Not checked against their record.
Affordability + smart growth: more housing, but growth must be matched with infrastructure and services.
Infrastructure must keep pace: roads, parks and services should grow alongside development.
Supportive approach: partnerships, supportive housing and evidence-based solutions rather than one solution for everyone.
"Practical" alternative: affordability, transparency, safer communities, smart growth and better everyday services.
