A Brighter Dawn For Ward 10
Together, we can build a future founded on a cleaner downtown, housing for the working class, and landlord accountability. join Everton Dixon for Progress and drive a change our community deserves.
Meet Everton Dixon
A long time resident dedicated to public service and urban planning, Everton Dixon is committed to bringing pragmatic solutions and a fresh perspective to our community’s challenges.
Kitchener sits entirely on the Haldimand Tract land granted to the Six Nations of the Grand River. We cannot talk about municipal land banking without talking about Indigenous land rights. We must move beyond reading land acknowledgments at the start of council meetings and move toward true economic reconciliation.
Here is how we ensure the local Indigenous community is integrated, heard, and economically empowered by this program:
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Indigenous Community Land Trusts (CLTs): A practical, municipal application of "Land Back" is to transfer a dedicated percentage of our municipally banked parcels directly into the ownership of Indigenous-led Community Land Trusts and housing providers. By giving them the deed, the Indigenous community gains the equity, the asset, and the absolute sovereignty to design and build culturally appropriate, multi-generational housing for their people.
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Exclusive RFPs and Social Procurement: When the city puts banked land out for development bids (Requests for Proposals), we must carve out exclusive streams for Indigenous developers, architects, and construction firms. Through a strong Social Procurement Policy, we ensure that the millions of dollars spent building on these lands go directly toward paying Indigenous tradespeople and expanding Indigenous-owned businesses.
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Co-Management and Revenue Sharing: Where the city develops mixed-use land and collects commercial lease revenue from the ground floor, a fixed percentage of that municipal revenue should be diverted into a localized fund governed by Indigenous leaders. This ensures that as the city generates income off Haldimand Tract land, the Indigenous community receives a continuous, sustainable revenue stream to fund urban Indigenous services, cultural centers, and youth programs.
By combining the anti-speculation mechanics of Ulm with the equity principles of the Haldimand Tract, Kitchener can build a housing system that protects working-class families from the financialized housing market while delivering tangible, economic justice to Indigenous residents.
We are focused on the issues that matter most to our families and our future. "Dual-Action Property Standards Bylaw." Under this system, municipal inspectors levy an Administrative Monetary Penalty (AMP) payable to the city while simultaneously issuing a mandatory tenant compensation order paid by the landlord.
Our Core Commitments
We are focused on the issues that matter most to our families and our future.
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Fostering economic opportunity that respects our environment. Because land-use planning authority in Ontario sits with lower-tier municipalities, Kitchener City Council holds direct legislative leverage to block or heavily restrict AI data centers through zoning, infrastructure access, and site standards.
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Affordable housing for $50K - $95K residents. Stop selling municipal surplus land to private market developers. Issue 99-year municipal ground leases to non-profit housing providers and housing co-operatives, legally restricting all resulting units to income-tested working-class renters with rent increases tied strictly to provincial rent-control guidelines.
