Niagara
Region Anti-Racism Association 2026 Municipal Election Survey
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Last update: September 13
Please check back for the answers we
receive and special notes on candidates. We will be publishing answers on a
rolling basis.
Survey question topic codes:
“white supremacists”: Condemning white supremacist groups active locally
“Hitler debacle”: autographed Mein Kampf scandal
“Anti-Indigenous comments”: Anti-Indigenous comments at Niagara Falls Council
“Palestine”: Support for Palestine vs Support for Israel, Ukraine
“Niagara Police”: systemic racism in Niagara Regional Police Service
“suspension rates”: special question for trustees: publishing suspension rates by race
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As Thorold Councillor voted against making the cemetery burial
policy more inclusive to the requests of the Muslim community and repeated this
view in the YourTV Niagara debate.
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To his credit in the YourTV Niagara debate he was against Thorold Council decision to not make the cemetery burial policy more friendly to the requests of the Muslim community.
Voted against Palestine support motions as a Niagara
Regional Councillor
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White supremacist groups like the Dominion Society are postering across Niagara promoting mass deportations (rebranded as “remigration” even though they want to deport non-migrants i.e. citizens as well). Until recently some municipalities like St. Catharines deliberately avoided publicly addressing this out of concern it would incentivize these groups to increase their activity. Other cities like Hamilton have publicly condemned hate groups like the Dominion Society, and last week were joined by West Lincoln, Grimsby, Lincoln, and the mayor of St. Catharines.
Do you:
a. Believe it’s better not to give attention to these groups by condemning them
b. Commit to publicly condemning these groups, now as a candidate, and as an elected official, and to advocating that the government body you are elected to condemn these groups publicly
c. Believe these are not white supremacist groups or there is nothing wrong with their postering
d. Support the idea of “remigration” promoted by these groups
e. Other:
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Henry D'Angela (special note) |
Response not received yet |
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Tim Whalen (special note) |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Council Chair Bob Gale resigned mere hours after he was exposed for buying, owning, and authenticating Nazi memorabilia. The mayors of Niagara Falls and Pelham said he did nothing wrong and is just a collector, while the mayor of St. Catharines said this was a distraction from “really important” things. Very few elected officials condemned Bob Gale.
Do you:
a. Condemn Bob Gale for owning Nazi memorabilia
b. Believe Bob Gale did nothing wrong
c. Other:
d.
|
Henry
D'Angela (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Tim Whalen (special note) |
Response not received yet |
Do you also:
a. Believe this scandal is a distraction from “really important” issues
b. Believe top officials collecting autographed hate propaganda like Mein Kampf is a “really important” issue and racism, not a distraction
c. Other:
d.
|
Henry
D'Angela (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Tim Whalen (special note) |
Response not received yet |
At a press conference on April 2nd Minister Flack was asked how another “Hitler debacle” could be avoided. Can you confirm you do not have, nor have you ever had, nor will you ever have, Nazi memorabilia?
a. Yes
b. No
c. It’s your personal business or doesn’t matter
d. Other:
e.
|
Henry
D'Angela (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Tim Whalen (special note) |
Response not received yet |
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The Niagara Falls mayor said it was “out of context,” “misconstrued,” and a “split hair” to condemn comments by the ex-CAO at a City Council meeting saying Indigenous evacuees out in public would be seen as “homeless” by residents.
Statements by the Kashechewan, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Chiefs of Ontario, and Niagara Regional Native Centre condemned the ex-CAO’s comments for reinforcing stereotypes and ignoring that all Indigenous peoples have every right to be on their own land.
Do you:
a. Believe the ex-CAO’s comments were taken “out of context,” “misconstrued,” or a “split hair”
b. Agree with the Kashechewan, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Chiefs of Ontario, and Niagara Regional Native Centre in condemning the ex-CAO’s comments for amplifying racism.
c. Other:
d.
|
Henry
D'Angela (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Tim Whalen (special note) |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Council and several municipalities like St. Catharines, Welland, Grimsby, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Thorold and Lincoln have passed motions supporting Ukraine, and some motions supported military escalation.
Niagara Regional Councillors also unanimously “sanctioned” themselves from Russia, which is not how sanctions against individuals work.
Niagara Regional Council also lit their “Everyone Welcome” sign in Israel’s colours and the City of St. Catharines officially sided with Israel (“rally for Israel”) in a statement by a city councillor on behalf of the mayor.
Yet many elected officials said expressing similar support for Palestinians is out of their jurisdiction, would be divisive, or would be traumatizing.
Do you:
a. Believe Palestine is not a municipal issue and so should not be addressed, though Ukraine and Israel are
b. Believe governments should express support for Palestinians, they did for Ukrainians and Israelis
c. Other:
d.
|
Henry
D'Angela (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Tim Whalen (special note) |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Police have had the second worst disproportional use of force against Black people (% of use of force incidents vs % of population) in the province since publishing this data was required by the Ontario Anti-Racism Act. It has been up to almost 10x disproportional: in 2025, 26% of the use of force was against Black people who were less than 3% of the population in the 2021 census. This is the same as Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered, which the US Department of Justice called “discriminatory.”
Neighbouring police forces such as Hamilton, Peel and Toronto, who are less disproportional than Niagara, have apologized for their own systemic racism in their disproportional use of force.
Yet the Police Chief, when he was Deputy Chief, said the data shows there is no systemic racism in the Niagara Police. One Police Board member who is running for mayor of Wainfleet had said in 2020 as a Niagara Regional Councillor that systemic racism is a “shadowy term…bandied about.”
To our knowledge none of the Police Board members have mentioned disproportional use of force against Black people, including the Board Chair who used to be co-chair of the Police Chief’s Community Inclusion Council, and one Board member who is a Regional Councillor and chairs the Niagara Regional Council’s Diversity Equity Inclusion Advisory Committee.
Do you:
a. Condemn systemic racism in the Niagara Regional Police based on their own use of force by race data and call for an apology and addressing the disproportional use of force by race against Black people
b. Believe data does not show systemic racism in the Niagara Regional Police
c. Believe “systemic racism” is a “shadowy term…bandied about”
d. Both b and c
e. Other:
f.
|
Henry
D'Angela (special note) |
Response not received yet |
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Tim Whalen (special note) |
Response not received yet |
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To his credit as Thorold
Councillor voted for making the cemetery burial policy more inclusive to the
requests of the Muslim community.
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Nella Dekker (D'Epiro)
To her credit as Thorold
Councillor voted for making the cemetery burial policy more inclusive to the
requests of the Muslim community.
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Carmen DeRose
As Thorold Councillor voted against making the cemetery burial
policy more inclusive to the requests of the Muslim community.
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As Thorold Councillor led the effort against making the cemetery burial policy more inclusive to the requests of the Muslim community.
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To his credit Imam who led the campaign to try to make the cemetery burial more inclusive of the requests of the Muslim community.
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Supported the Ontario NDP’s expulsion of Sarah Jama. While her tweets have been scrubbed the responses from others are still online.
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To his credit as Thorold Councillor led the effort to
try to make the cemetery burial policy more inclusive to the requests of the
Muslim community.
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To his credit as Thorold Councillor voted for making
the cemetery burial policy more inclusive to the requests of the Muslim
community.
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White supremacist groups like the Dominion Society are postering across Niagara promoting mass deportations (rebranded as “remigration” even though they want to deport non-migrants i.e. citizens as well). Until recently some municipalities like St. Catharines deliberately avoided publicly addressing this out of concern it would incentivize these groups to increase their activity. Other cities like Hamilton have publicly condemned hate groups like the Dominion Society, and last week were joined by West Lincoln, Grimsby, Lincoln, and the mayor of St. Catharines.
Do you:
a. Believe it’s better not to give attention to these groups by condemning them
b. Commit to publicly condemning these groups, now as a candidate, and as an elected official, and to advocating that the government body you are elected to condemn these groups publicly
c. Believe these are not white supremacist groups or there is nothing wrong with their postering
d. Support the idea of “remigration” promoted by these groups
e. Other:
|
Stephany Brennan |
Response not received yet |
|
Kieran Daniels |
Response not received yet |
|
Mike De Divitiis (special note) |
Response not received yet |
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Nella Dekker (D'Epiro) (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Carmen DeRose (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Kamal Fodil |
Response not received yet |
|
David Jim Handley (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Ashraf Hindi |
Response not received yet |
|
Gurinder Kaur |
b. I commit to publicly condemning white
supremacy, racism, hate, and discrimination in all forms. Silence should
never make people spreading hate feel accepted or normalized in our
communities. As a candidate for Thorold City
Council, I believe leadership means making it clear that everyone belongs in
our community regardless of their race, ethnicity, background, religion, or
where they were born. I came to Canada as an international
student and built my life here through education, work, family and community involvement.
During this campaign, I have personally experienced comments that focus on my
skin colour, name and where I came from rather than my ideas or what I can
contribute to Thorold. I refuse to let that discourage me. I keep my head
high and continue encouraging people to look beyond the colour of someone's
skin and judge them by their character, work and contribution to the
community. |
|
Asad Mahmood (special note) |
Response not received yet |
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Chantal McCollum (special note) |
Response not received yet |
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Brandon Mckenney-Somerville |
Response not received yet |
|
Tim O'Hare (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Titi Oyeleye |
Response not received yet |
|
Clayton Pye |
Response not received yet |
|
Chris Richards |
Response not received yet |
|
Mal Romanin |
Response not received yet |
|
Ken Sentance (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Sarika Sherfudeen |
Response not received yet |
|
Ken Steeve |
Response not received yet |
|
James Symons |
Response not received yet |
|
Rae Whitty |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Council Chair Bob Gale resigned mere hours after he was exposed for buying, owning, and authenticating Nazi memorabilia. The mayors of Niagara Falls and Pelham said he did nothing wrong and is just a collector, while the mayor of St. Catharines said this was a distraction from “really important” things. Very few elected officials condemned Bob Gale.
Do you:
a. Condemn Bob Gale for owning Nazi memorabilia
b. Believe Bob Gale did nothing wrong
c. Other:
|
Stephany Brennan |
Response not received yet |
|
Kieran Daniels |
Response not received yet |
|
Mike De Divitiis (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Nella Dekker (D'Epiro) (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Carmen DeRose (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Kamal Fodil |
Response not received yet |
|
David Jim Handley (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Ashraf Hindi |
Response not received yet |
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Gurinder Kaur |
a. I condemn the glorification or
normalization of Nazi ideology, antisemitism and hate. Public officials have a
particular responsibility to understand the message their actions can send to
communities that have historically been targeted by hatred. |
|
Asad Mahmood (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Chantal McCollum (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Brandon Mckenney-Somerville |
Response not received yet |
|
Tim O'Hare (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Titi Oyeleye |
Response not received yet |
|
Clayton Pye |
Response not received yet |
|
Chris Richards |
Response not received yet |
|
Mal Romanin |
Response not received yet |
|
Ken Sentance (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Sarika Sherfudeen |
Response not received yet |
|
Ken Steeve |
Response not received yet |
|
James Symons |
Response not received yet |
|
Rae Whitty |
Response not received yet |
Do you also:
a. Believe this scandal is a distraction from “really important” issues
b. Believe top officials collecting autographed hate propaganda like Mein Kampf is a “really important” issue and racism, not a distraction
c. Other:
|
Stephany Brennan |
Response not received yet |
|
Kieran Daniels |
Response not received yet |
|
Mike De Divitiis (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Nella Dekker (D'Epiro) (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Carmen DeRose (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Kamal Fodil |
Response not received yet |
|
David Jim Handley (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Ashraf Hindi |
Response not received yet |
|
Gurinder Kaur |
b. Racism and hate should never be
dismissed as a distraction. Economic development, infrastructure,
affordability and public services are important, but so is ensuring that
every resident feels respected and safe in their community. We should be
capable of addressing both. |
|
Asad Mahmood (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Chantal McCollum (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Brandon Mckenney-Somerville |
Response not received yet |
|
Tim O'Hare (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Titi Oyeleye |
Response not received yet |
|
Clayton Pye |
Response not received yet |
|
Chris Richards |
Response not received yet |
|
Mal Romanin |
Response not received yet |
|
Ken Sentance (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Sarika Sherfudeen |
Response not received yet |
|
Ken Steeve |
Response not received yet |
|
James Symons |
Response not received yet |
|
Rae Whitty |
Response not received yet |
At a press conference on April 2nd Minister Flack was asked how another “Hitler debacle” could be avoided. Can you confirm you do not have, nor have you ever had, nor will you ever have, Nazi memorabilia?
a. Yes
b. No
c. It’s your personal business or doesn’t matter
d. Other:
|
Stephany Brennan |
Response not received yet |
|
Kieran Daniels |
Response not received yet |
|
Mike De Divitiis (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Nella Dekker (D'Epiro) (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Carmen DeRose (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Kamal Fodil |
Response not received yet |
|
David Jim Handley (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Ashraf Hindi |
Response not received yet |
|
Gurinder Kaur |
a.
Yes.
I confirm that I do not have, have never had, and will not have Nazi
memorabilia. |
|
Asad Mahmood (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Chantal McCollum (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Brandon Mckenney-Somerville |
Response not received yet |
|
Tim O'Hare (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Titi Oyeleye |
Response not received yet |
|
Clayton Pye |
Response not received yet |
|
Chris Richards |
Response not received yet |
|
Mal Romanin |
Response not received yet |
|
Ken Sentance (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Sarika Sherfudeen |
Response not received yet |
|
Ken Steeve |
Response not received yet |
|
James Symons |
Response not received yet |
|
Rae Whitty |
Response not received yet |
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The Niagara Falls mayor said it was “out of context,” “misconstrued,” and a “split hair” to condemn comments by the ex-CAO at a City Council meeting saying Indigenous evacuees out in public would be seen as “homeless” by residents.
Statements by the Kashechewan, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Chiefs of Ontario, and Niagara Regional Native Centre condemned the ex-CAO’s comments for reinforcing stereotypes and ignoring that all Indigenous peoples have every right to be on their own land.
Do you:
a. Believe the ex-CAO’s comments were taken “out of context,” “misconstrued,” or a “split hair”
b. Agree with the Kashechewan, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Chiefs of Ontario, and Niagara Regional Native Centre in condemning the ex-CAO’s comments for amplifying racism.
c. Other:
|
Stephany Brennan |
Response not received yet |
|
Kieran Daniels |
Response not received yet |
|
Mike De Divitiis (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Nella Dekker (D'Epiro) (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Carmen DeRose (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Kamal Fodil |
Response not received yet |
|
David Jim Handley (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Ashraf Hindi |
Response not received yet |
|
Gurinder Kaur |
b.
I
support condemning language that reinforces harmful stereotypes about
Indigenous people. Indigenous people deserve the same dignity and respect as
every other person, and elected officials and senior public servants must be thoughtful
about how their words can reinforce prejudice. As an educator, I also believe
education is one of our strongest tools against racism. We need to listen,
learn and teach the next generation to respect Indigenous peoples, their
history, rights and contributions. |
|
Asad Mahmood (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Chantal McCollum (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Brandon Mckenney-Somerville |
Response not received yet |
|
Tim O'Hare (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Titi Oyeleye |
Response not received yet |
|
Clayton Pye |
Response not received yet |
|
Chris Richards |
Response not received yet |
|
Mal Romanin |
Response not received yet |
|
Ken Sentance (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Sarika Sherfudeen |
Response not received yet |
|
Ken Steeve |
Response not received yet |
|
James Symons |
Response not received yet |
|
Rae Whitty |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Council and several municipalities like St. Catharines, Welland, Grimsby, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Thorold and Lincoln have passed motions supporting Ukraine, and some motions supported military escalation.
Niagara Regional Councillors also unanimously “sanctioned” themselves from Russia, which is not how sanctions against individuals work.
Niagara Regional Council also lit their “Everyone Welcome” sign in Israel’s colours and the City of St. Catharines officially sided with Israel (“rally for Israel”) in a statement by a city councillor on behalf of the mayor.
Yet many elected officials said expressing similar support for Palestinians is out of their jurisdiction, would be divisive, or would be traumatizing.
Do you:
a. Believe Palestine is not a municipal issue and so should not be addressed, though Ukraine and Israel are
b. Believe governments should express support for Palestinians, they did for Ukrainians and Israelis
c. Other:
|
Stephany Brennan |
Response not received yet |
|
Kieran Daniels |
Response not received yet |
|
Mike De Divitiis (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Nella Dekker (D'Epiro) (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Carmen DeRose (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Kamal Fodil |
Response not received yet |
|
David Jim Handley (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Ashraf Hindi |
Response not received yet |
|
Gurinder Kaur |
c.
My
position is that governments must be consistent in how they recognize human
suffering. If a municipality chooses to express solidarity with people
affected by international conflicts, that compassion should not depend on
their nationality, ethnicity or religion. Palestinian, Israeli, Ukrainian and
all civilian lives have equal human value. I support peace, human rights and
the protection of innocent civilians. At the municipal level, my primary
responsibility would remain serving Thorold residents, while ensuring that
our community is a place where people of every background are treated with
dignity. |
|
Asad Mahmood (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Chantal McCollum (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Brandon Mckenney-Somerville |
Response not received yet |
|
Tim O'Hare (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Titi Oyeleye |
Response not received yet |
|
Clayton Pye |
Response not received yet |
|
Chris Richards |
Response not received yet |
|
Mal Romanin |
Response not received yet |
|
Ken Sentance (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Sarika Sherfudeen |
Response not received yet |
|
Ken Steeve |
Response not received yet |
|
James Symons |
Response not received yet |
|
Rae Whitty |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Police have had the second worst disproportional use of force against Black people (% of use of force incidents vs % of population) in the province since publishing this data was required by the Ontario Anti-Racism Act. It has been up to almost 10x disproportional: in 2025, 26% of the use of force was against Black people who were less than 3% of the population in the 2021 census. This is the same as Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered, which the US Department of Justice called “discriminatory.”
Neighbouring police forces such as Hamilton, Peel and Toronto, who are less disproportional than Niagara, have apologized for their own systemic racism in their disproportional use of force.
Yet the Police Chief, when he was Deputy Chief, said the data shows there is no systemic racism in the Niagara Police. One Police Board member who is running for mayor of Wainfleet had said in 2020 as a Niagara Regional Councillor that systemic racism is a “shadowy term…bandied about.”
To our knowledge none of the Police Board members have mentioned disproportional use of force against Black people, including the Board Chair who used to be co-chair of the Police Chief’s Community Inclusion Council, and one Board member who is a Regional Councillor and chairs the Niagara Regional Council’s Diversity Equity Inclusion Advisory Committee.
Do you:
a. Condemn systemic racism in the Niagara Regional Police based on their own use of force by race data and call for an apology and addressing the disproportional use of force by race against Black people
b. Believe data does not show systemic racism in the Niagara Regional Police
c. Believe “systemic racism” is a “shadowy term…bandied about”
d. Both b and c
e. Other:
|
Stephany Brennan |
Response not received yet |
|
Kieran Daniels |
Response not received yet |
|
Mike De Divitiis (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Nella Dekker (D'Epiro) (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Carmen DeRose (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Kamal Fodil |
Response not received yet |
|
David Jim Handley (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Ashraf Hindi |
Response not received yet |
|
Gurinder Kaur |
a.
Racial
disparities in use-of-force data should be taken seriously, investigated transparently
and addressed rather than dismissed. I support accountability, transparency,
appropriate training, community engagement and evidence-based measures to
understand and reduce racial disparities in policing. Supporting our police officers and
demanding accountability are not opposing ideas. Good policing depends on
public trust, and that trust grows when concerns from Black, Indigenous and
racialized communities are heard and addressed. |
|
Asad Mahmood (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Chantal McCollum (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Brandon Mckenney-Somerville |
Response not received yet |
|
Tim O'Hare (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Titi Oyeleye |
Response not received yet |
|
Clayton Pye |
Response not received yet |
|
Chris Richards |
Response not received yet |
|
Mal Romanin |
Response not received yet |
|
Ken Sentance (special note) |
Response not received yet |
|
Sarika Sherfudeen |
Response not received yet |
|
Ken Steeve |
Response not received yet |
|
James Symons |
Response not received yet |
|
Rae Whitty |
Response not received yet |
Additional comment from Gurinder Kaur:
“I am strongly against racism in every form, whether it is directed toward Black, Indigenous, Asian, South Asian, Jewish, Muslim or any other community.
This issue is also personal to me. Running for Thorold City Council has shown me that racism still exists close to home. I have received comments about my skin colour, my name and being an immigrant. But those comments will not define my campaign.
I want to teach through my own example that leadership has no colour.
I want our children to grow up in a Thorold and Niagara where they look beyond someone's skin colour, accent, surname or birthplace and see the person standing in front of them.
As a mother, educator and candidate, that is the community I will always stand for.”
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Special question for trustee candidates:
Niagara-related school boards have
not published suspension rates by race, which neighbouring school boards have, showing Black students
are disproportionately suspended.
Will you advocate and vote for
publishing suspension rates by race data within a year of being elected?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Other:
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Nancy Beamer |
Response not received yet |
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Linda Borland |
Response not received yet |
|
Muhammad Siraj Uddin |
Response not received yet |
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White supremacist groups like the Dominion Society are postering across Niagara promoting mass deportations (rebranded as “remigration” even though they want to deport non-migrants i.e. citizens as well). Until recently some municipalities like St. Catharines deliberately avoided publicly addressing this out of concern it would incentivize these groups to increase their activity. Other cities like Hamilton have publicly condemned hate groups like the Dominion Society, and last week were joined by West Lincoln, Grimsby, Lincoln, and the mayor of St. Catharines.
Do you:
a. Believe it’s better not to give attention to these groups by condemning them
b. Commit to publicly condemning these groups, now as a candidate, and as an elected official, and to advocating that the government body you are elected to condemn these groups publicly
c. Believe these are not white supremacist groups or there is nothing wrong with their postering
d. Support the idea of “remigration” promoted by these groups
e. Other:
|
Nancy Beamer |
Response not received yet |
|
Linda Borland |
Response not received yet |
|
Muhammad Siraj Uddin |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Council Chair Bob Gale resigned mere hours after he was exposed for buying, owning, and authenticating Nazi memorabilia. The mayors of Niagara Falls and Pelham said he did nothing wrong and is just a collector, while the mayor of St. Catharines said this was a distraction from “really important” things. Very few elected officials condemned Bob Gale.
Do you:
a. Condemn Bob Gale for owning Nazi memorabilia
b. Believe Bob Gale did nothing wrong
c. Other:
|
Nancy Beamer |
Response not received yet |
|
Linda Borland |
Response not received yet |
|
Muhammad Siraj Uddin |
Response not received yet |
Do you also:
a. Believe this scandal is a distraction from “really important” issues
b. Believe top officials collecting autographed hate propaganda like Mein Kampf is a “really important” issue and racism, not a distraction
c. Other:
|
Nancy Beamer |
Response not received yet |
|
Linda Borland |
Response not received yet |
|
Muhammad Siraj Uddin |
Response not received yet |
At a press conference on April 2nd Minister Flack was asked how another “Hitler debacle” could be avoided. Can you confirm you do not have, nor have you ever had, nor will you ever have, Nazi memorabilia?
a. Yes
b. No
c. It’s your personal business or doesn’t matter
d. Other:
|
Nancy Beamer |
Response not received yet |
|
Linda Borland |
Response not received yet |
|
Muhammad Siraj Uddin |
Response not received yet |
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The Niagara Falls mayor said it was “out of context,” “misconstrued,” and a “split hair” to condemn comments by the ex-CAO at a City Council meeting saying Indigenous evacuees out in public would be seen as “homeless” by residents.
Statements by the Kashechewan, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Chiefs of Ontario, and Niagara Regional Native Centre condemned the ex-CAO’s comments for reinforcing stereotypes and ignoring that all Indigenous peoples have every right to be on their own land.
Do you:
a. Believe the ex-CAO’s comments were taken “out of context,” “misconstrued,” or a “split hair”
b. Agree with the Kashechewan, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Chiefs of Ontario, and Niagara Regional Native Centre in condemning the ex-CAO’s comments for amplifying racism.
c. Other:
|
Nancy Beamer |
Response not received yet |
|
Linda Borland |
Response not received yet |
|
Muhammad Siraj Uddin |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Council and several municipalities like St. Catharines, Welland, Grimsby, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Thorold and Lincoln have passed motions supporting Ukraine, and some motions supported military escalation.
Niagara Regional Councillors also unanimously “sanctioned” themselves from Russia, which is not how sanctions against individuals work.
Niagara Regional Council also lit their “Everyone Welcome” sign in Israel’s colours and the City of St. Catharines officially sided with Israel (“rally for Israel”) in a statement by a city councillor on behalf of the mayor.
Yet many elected officials said expressing similar support for Palestinians is out of their jurisdiction, would be divisive, or would be traumatizing.
Do you:
a. Believe Palestine is not a municipal issue and so should not be addressed, though Ukraine and Israel are
b. Believe governments should express support for Palestinians, they did for Ukrainians and Israelis
c. Other:
|
Nancy Beamer |
Response not received yet |
|
Linda Borland |
Response not received yet |
|
Muhammad Siraj Uddin |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Police have had the second worst disproportional use of force against Black people (% of use of force incidents vs % of population) in the province since publishing this data was required by the Ontario Anti-Racism Act. It has been up to almost 10x disproportional: in 2025, 26% of the use of force was against Black people who were less than 3% of the population in the 2021 census. This is the same as Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered, which the US Department of Justice called “discriminatory.”
Neighbouring police forces such as Hamilton, Peel and Toronto, who are less disproportional than Niagara, have apologized for their own systemic racism in their disproportional use of force.
Yet the Police Chief, when he was Deputy Chief, said the data shows there is no systemic racism in the Niagara Police. One Police Board member who is running for mayor of Wainfleet had said in 2020 as a Niagara Regional Councillor that systemic racism is a “shadowy term…bandied about.”
To our knowledge none of the Police Board members have mentioned disproportional use of force against Black people, including the Board Chair who used to be co-chair of the Police Chief’s Community Inclusion Council, and one Board member who is a Regional Councillor and chairs the Niagara Regional Council’s Diversity Equity Inclusion Advisory Committee.
Do you:
a. Condemn systemic racism in the Niagara Regional Police based on their own use of force by race data and call for an apology and addressing the disproportional use of force by race against Black people
b. Believe data does not show systemic racism in the Niagara Regional Police
c. Believe “systemic racism” is a “shadowy term…bandied about”
d. Both b and c
e. Other:
|
Nancy Beamer |
Response not received yet |
|
Linda Borland |
Response not received yet |
|
Muhammad Siraj Uddin |
Response not received yet |
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NCDSB (English Catholic) Trustee
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Special question for trustee candidates:
Niagara-related school boards have
not published suspension rates by race, which neighbouring school boards have, showing Black students
are disproportionately suspended.
Will you advocate and vote for
publishing suspension rates by race data within a year of being elected?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Other:
|
Rhianon Burkholder |
a.
Yes |
|
Matthew Simatovic |
Response not received yet |
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White supremacist groups like the Dominion Society are postering across Niagara promoting mass deportations (rebranded as “remigration” even though they want to deport non-migrants i.e. citizens as well). Until recently some municipalities like St. Catharines deliberately avoided publicly addressing this out of concern it would incentivize these groups to increase their activity. Other cities like Hamilton have publicly condemned hate groups like the Dominion Society, and last week were joined by West Lincoln, Grimsby, Lincoln, and the mayor of St. Catharines.
Do you:
a. Believe it’s better not to give attention to these groups by condemning them
b. Commit to publicly condemning these groups, now as a candidate, and as an elected official, and to advocating that the government body you are elected to condemn these groups publicly
c. Believe these are not white supremacist groups or there is nothing wrong with their postering
d. Support the idea of “remigration” promoted by these groups
e. Other:
|
Rhianon Burkholder |
b. Commit to publicly condemning these groups, now as a candidate, and as an elected official, and to advocating that the government body you are elected to condemn these groups publicly |
|
Matthew Simatovic |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Council Chair Bob Gale resigned mere hours after he was exposed for buying, owning, and authenticating Nazi memorabilia. The mayors of Niagara Falls and Pelham said he did nothing wrong and is just a collector, while the mayor of St. Catharines said this was a distraction from “really important” things. Very few elected officials condemned Bob Gale.
Do you:
a. Condemn Bob Gale for owning Nazi memorabilia
b. Believe Bob Gale did nothing wrong
c. Other:
|
Rhianon Burkholder |
a. Condemn Bob Gale for owning Nazi memorabilia |
|
Matthew Simatovic |
Response not received yet |
Do you also:
a. Believe this scandal is a distraction from “really important” issues
b. Believe top officials collecting autographed hate propaganda like Mein Kampf is a “really important” issue and racism, not a distraction
c. Other:
|
Rhianon Burkholder |
a. Believe this scandal is a distraction from “really important” issues |
|
Matthew Simatovic |
Response not received yet |
At a press conference on April 2nd Minister Flack was asked how another “Hitler debacle” could be avoided. Can you confirm you do not have, nor have you ever had, nor will you ever have, Nazi memorabilia?
a. Yes
b. No
c. It’s your personal business or doesn’t matter
d. Other:
|
Rhianon Burkholder |
a. Yes |
|
Matthew Simatovic |
Response not received yet |
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The Niagara Falls mayor said it was “out of context,” “misconstrued,” and a “split hair” to condemn comments by the ex-CAO at a City Council meeting saying Indigenous evacuees out in public would be seen as “homeless” by residents.
Statements by the Kashechewan, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Chiefs of Ontario, and Niagara Regional Native Centre condemned the ex-CAO’s comments for reinforcing stereotypes and ignoring that all Indigenous peoples have every right to be on their own land.
Do you:
a. Believe the ex-CAO’s comments were taken “out of context,” “misconstrued,” or a “split hair”
b. Agree with the Kashechewan, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Chiefs of Ontario, and Niagara Regional Native Centre in condemning the ex-CAO’s comments for amplifying racism.
c. Other:
|
Rhianon Burkholder |
b. Agree with the Kashechewan, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Chiefs of Ontario, and Niagara Regional Native Centre in condemning the ex-CAO’s comments for amplifying racism. |
|
Matthew Simatovic |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Council and several municipalities like St. Catharines, Welland, Grimsby, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Thorold and Lincoln have passed motions supporting Ukraine, and some motions supported military escalation.
Niagara Regional Councillors also unanimously “sanctioned” themselves from Russia, which is not how sanctions against individuals work.
Niagara Regional Council also lit their “Everyone Welcome” sign in Israel’s colours and the City of St. Catharines officially sided with Israel (“rally for Israel”) in a statement by a city councillor on behalf of the mayor.
Yet many elected officials said expressing similar support for Palestinians is out of their jurisdiction, would be divisive, or would be traumatizing.
Do you:
a. Believe Palestine is not a municipal issue and so should not be addressed, though Ukraine and Israel are
b. Believe governments should express support for Palestinians, they did for Ukrainians and Israelis
c. Other:
|
Rhianon Burkholder |
b. Believe governments should express support for Palestinians, they did for Ukrainians and Israelis |
|
Matthew Simatovic |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Police have had the second worst disproportional use of force against Black people (% of use of force incidents vs % of population) in the province since publishing this data was required by the Ontario Anti-Racism Act. It has been up to almost 10x disproportional: in 2025, 26% of the use of force was against Black people who were less than 3% of the population in the 2021 census. This is the same as Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered, which the US Department of Justice called “discriminatory.”
Neighbouring police forces such as Hamilton, Peel and Toronto, who are less disproportional than Niagara, have apologized for their own systemic racism in their disproportional use of force.
Yet the Police Chief, when he was Deputy Chief, said the data shows there is no systemic racism in the Niagara Police. One Police Board member who is running for mayor of Wainfleet had said in 2020 as a Niagara Regional Councillor that systemic racism is a “shadowy term…bandied about.”
To our knowledge none of the Police Board members have mentioned disproportional use of force against Black people, including the Board Chair who used to be co-chair of the Police Chief’s Community Inclusion Council, and one Board member who is a Regional Councillor and chairs the Niagara Regional Council’s Diversity Equity Inclusion Advisory Committee.
Do you:
a. Condemn systemic racism in the Niagara Regional Police based on their own use of force by race data and call for an apology and addressing the disproportional use of force by race against Black people
b. Believe data does not show systemic racism in the Niagara Regional Police
c. Believe “systemic racism” is a “shadowy term…bandied about”
d. Both b and c
e. Other:
|
Rhianon Burkholder |
a. Condemn systemic racism in the Niagara Regional Police based on their own use of force by race data and call for an apology and addressing the disproportional use of force by race against Black people I do believe we as elected official have still a lot of work to do and need to make all of our schools and environment that is safe and inclusive. |
|
Matthew Simatovic |
Response not received yet |
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Special question for trustee candidates:
Niagara-related school boards have
not published suspension rates by race, which neighbouring school boards have, showing Black students
are disproportionately suspended.
Will you advocate and vote for publishing
suspension rates by race data within a year of being elected?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Other:
|
Amanda Leduc |
Response not received yet |
|
Marcel Tikeng |
Response not received yet |
|
Matthew Graham |
Response not received yet |
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White supremacist groups like the Dominion Society are postering across Niagara promoting mass deportations (rebranded as “remigration” even though they want to deport non-migrants i.e. citizens as well). Until recently some municipalities like St. Catharines deliberately avoided publicly addressing this out of concern it would incentivize these groups to increase their activity. Other cities like Hamilton have publicly condemned hate groups like the Dominion Society, and last week were joined by West Lincoln, Grimsby, Lincoln, and the mayor of St. Catharines.
Do you:
a. Believe it’s better not to give attention to these groups by condemning them
b. Commit to publicly condemning these groups, now as a candidate, and as an elected official, and to advocating that the government body you are elected to condemn these groups publicly
c. Believe these are not white supremacist groups or there is nothing wrong with their postering
d. Support the idea of “remigration” promoted by these groups
e. Other:
|
Amanda Leduc |
Response not received yet |
|
Marcel Tikeng |
Response not received yet |
|
Matthew Graham |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Council Chair Bob Gale resigned mere hours after he was exposed for buying, owning, and authenticating Nazi memorabilia. The mayors of Niagara Falls and Pelham said he did nothing wrong and is just a collector, while the mayor of St. Catharines said this was a distraction from “really important” things. Very few elected officials condemned Bob Gale.
Do you:
a. Condemn Bob Gale for owning Nazi memorabilia
b. Believe Bob Gale did nothing wrong
c. Other:
|
Amanda Leduc |
Response not received yet |
|
Marcel Tikeng |
Response not received yet |
|
Matthew Graham |
Response not received yet |
Do you also:
a. Believe this scandal is a distraction from “really important” issues
b. Believe top officials collecting autographed hate propaganda like Mein Kampf is a “really important” issue and racism, not a distraction
c. Other:
|
Amanda Leduc |
Response not received yet |
|
Marcel Tikeng |
Response not received yet |
|
Matthew Graham |
Response not received yet |
At a press conference on April 2nd Minister Flack was asked how another “Hitler debacle” could be avoided. Can you confirm you do not have, nor have you ever had, nor will you ever have, Nazi memorabilia?
a. Yes
b. No
c. It’s your personal business or doesn’t matter
d. Other:
|
Amanda Leduc |
Response not received yet |
|
Marcel Tikeng |
Response not received yet |
|
Matthew Graham |
Response not received yet |
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The Niagara Falls mayor said it was “out of context,” “misconstrued,” and a “split hair” to condemn comments by the ex-CAO at a City Council meeting saying Indigenous evacuees out in public would be seen as “homeless” by residents.
Statements by the Kashechewan, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Chiefs of Ontario, and Niagara Regional Native Centre condemned the ex-CAO’s comments for reinforcing stereotypes and ignoring that all Indigenous peoples have every right to be on their own land.
Do you:
a. Believe the ex-CAO’s comments were taken “out of context,” “misconstrued,” or a “split hair”
b. Agree with the Kashechewan, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Chiefs of Ontario, and Niagara Regional Native Centre in condemning the ex-CAO’s comments for amplifying racism.
c. Other:
|
Amanda Leduc |
Response not received yet |
|
Marcel Tikeng |
Response not received yet |
|
Matthew Graham |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Council and several municipalities like St. Catharines, Welland, Grimsby, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Thorold and Lincoln have passed motions supporting Ukraine, and some motions supported military escalation.
Niagara Regional Councillors also unanimously “sanctioned” themselves from Russia, which is not how sanctions against individuals work.
Niagara Regional Council also lit their “Everyone Welcome” sign in Israel’s colours and the City of St. Catharines officially sided with Israel (“rally for Israel”) in a statement by a city councillor on behalf of the mayor.
Yet many elected officials said expressing similar support for Palestinians is out of their jurisdiction, would be divisive, or would be traumatizing.
Do you:
a. Believe Palestine is not a municipal issue and so should not be addressed, though Ukraine and Israel are
b. Believe governments should express support for Palestinians, they did for Ukrainians and Israelis
c. Other:
|
Amanda Leduc |
Response not received yet |
|
Marcel Tikeng |
Response not received yet |
|
Matthew Graham |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Police have had the second worst disproportional use of force against Black people (% of use of force incidents vs % of population) in the province since publishing this data was required by the Ontario Anti-Racism Act. It has been up to almost 10x disproportional: in 2025, 26% of the use of force was against Black people who were less than 3% of the population in the 2021 census. This is the same as Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered, which the US Department of Justice called “discriminatory.”
Neighbouring police forces such as Hamilton, Peel and Toronto, who are less disproportional than Niagara, have apologized for their own systemic racism in their disproportional use of force.
Yet the Police Chief, when he was Deputy Chief, said the data shows there is no systemic racism in the Niagara Police. One Police Board member who is running for mayor of Wainfleet had said in 2020 as a Niagara Regional Councillor that systemic racism is a “shadowy term…bandied about.”
To our knowledge none of the Police Board members have mentioned disproportional use of force against Black people, including the Board Chair who used to be co-chair of the Police Chief’s Community Inclusion Council, and one Board member who is a Regional Councillor and chairs the Niagara Regional Council’s Diversity Equity Inclusion Advisory Committee.
Do you:
a. Condemn systemic racism in the Niagara Regional Police based on their own use of force by race data and call for an apology and addressing the disproportional use of force by race against Black people
b. Believe data does not show systemic racism in the Niagara Regional Police
c. Believe “systemic racism” is a “shadowy term…bandied about”
d. Both b and c
e. Other:
|
Amanda Leduc |
Response not received yet |
|
Marcel Tikeng |
Response not received yet |
|
Matthew Graham |
Response not received yet |
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Special question for trustee candidates:
Niagara-related school boards have
not published suspension rates by race, which neighbouring school boards have, showing Black students
are disproportionately suspended.
Will you advocate and vote for
publishing suspension rates by race data within a year of being elected?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Other:
|
Melinda Chartrand |
Response not received yet |
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White supremacist groups like the Dominion Society are postering across Niagara promoting mass deportations (rebranded as “remigration” even though they want to deport non-migrants i.e. citizens as well). Until recently some municipalities like St. Catharines deliberately avoided publicly addressing this out of concern it would incentivize these groups to increase their activity. Other cities like Hamilton have publicly condemned hate groups like the Dominion Society, and last week were joined by West Lincoln, Grimsby, Lincoln, and the mayor of St. Catharines.
Do you:
a. Believe it’s better not to give attention to these groups by condemning them
b. Commit to publicly condemning these groups, now as a candidate, and as an elected official, and to advocating that the government body you are elected to condemn these groups publicly
c. Believe these are not white supremacist groups or there is nothing wrong with their postering
d. Support the idea of “remigration” promoted by these groups
e. Other:
|
Melinda Chartrand |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Council Chair Bob Gale resigned mere hours after he was exposed for buying, owning, and authenticating Nazi memorabilia. The mayors of Niagara Falls and Pelham said he did nothing wrong and is just a collector, while the mayor of St. Catharines said this was a distraction from “really important” things. Very few elected officials condemned Bob Gale.
Do you:
a. Condemn Bob Gale for owning Nazi memorabilia
b. Believe Bob Gale did nothing wrong
c. Other:
|
Melinda Chartrand |
Response not received yet |
Do you also:
a. Believe this scandal is a distraction from “really important” issues
b. Believe top officials collecting autographed hate propaganda like Mein Kampf is a “really important” issue and racism, not a distraction
c. Other:
|
Melinda Chartrand |
Response not received yet |
At a press conference on April 2nd Minister Flack was asked how another “Hitler debacle” could be avoided. Can you confirm you do not have, nor have you ever had, nor will you ever have, Nazi memorabilia?
a. Yes
b. No
c. It’s your personal business or doesn’t matter
d. Other:
|
Melinda Chartrand |
Response not received yet |
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The Niagara Falls mayor said it was “out of context,” “misconstrued,” and a “split hair” to condemn comments by the ex-CAO at a City Council meeting saying Indigenous evacuees out in public would be seen as “homeless” by residents.
Statements by the Kashechewan, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Chiefs of Ontario, and Niagara Regional Native Centre condemned the ex-CAO’s comments for reinforcing stereotypes and ignoring that all Indigenous peoples have every right to be on their own land.
Do you:
a. Believe the ex-CAO’s comments were taken “out of context,” “misconstrued,” or a “split hair”
b. Agree with the Kashechewan, Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Chiefs of Ontario, and Niagara Regional Native Centre in condemning the ex-CAO’s comments for amplifying racism.
c. Other:
|
Melinda Chartrand |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Council and several municipalities like St. Catharines, Welland, Grimsby, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Thorold and Lincoln have passed motions supporting Ukraine, and some motions supported military escalation.
Niagara Regional Councillors also unanimously “sanctioned” themselves from Russia, which is not how sanctions against individuals work.
Niagara Regional Council also lit their “Everyone Welcome” sign in Israel’s colours and the City of St. Catharines officially sided with Israel (“rally for Israel”) in a statement by a city councillor on behalf of the mayor.
Yet many elected officials said expressing similar support for Palestinians is out of their jurisdiction, would be divisive, or would be traumatizing.
Do you:
a. Believe Palestine is not a municipal issue and so should not be addressed, though Ukraine and Israel are
b. Believe governments should express support for Palestinians, they did for Ukrainians and Israelis
c. Other:
|
Melinda Chartrand |
Response not received yet |
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Niagara Regional Police have had the second worst disproportional use of force against Black people (% of use of force incidents vs % of population) in the province since publishing this data was required by the Ontario Anti-Racism Act. It has been up to almost 10x disproportional: in 2025, 26% of the use of force was against Black people who were less than 3% of the population in the 2021 census. This is the same as Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered, which the US Department of Justice called “discriminatory.”
Neighbouring police forces such as Hamilton, Peel and Toronto, who are less disproportional than Niagara, have apologized for their own systemic racism in their disproportional use of force.
Yet the Police Chief, when he was Deputy Chief, said the data shows there is no systemic racism in the Niagara Police. One Police Board member who is running for mayor of Wainfleet had said in 2020 as a Niagara Regional Councillor that systemic racism is a “shadowy term…bandied about.”
To our knowledge none of the Police Board members have mentioned disproportional use of force against Black people, including the Board Chair who used to be co-chair of the Police Chief’s Community Inclusion Council, and one Board member who is a Regional Councillor and chairs the Niagara Regional Council’s Diversity Equity Inclusion Advisory Committee.
Do you:
a. Condemn systemic racism in the Niagara Regional Police based on their own use of force by race data and call for an apology and addressing the disproportional use of force by race against Black people
b. Believe data does not show systemic racism in the Niagara Regional Police
c. Believe “systemic racism” is a “shadowy term…bandied about”
d. Both b and c
e. Other:
|
Melinda Chartrand |
Response not received yet |
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