Darrin was first elected to Chatham-Kent Council in 2014. He served for one term as Councillor for Ward 6 before being elected Mayor in 2018 and re-elected in 2022. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wilfrid Laurier University, he is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA, CA) and has a Chartered Director’s designation from McMaster University (C/Dir). Prior to becoming Mayor, Darrin was the Director of Finance and CFO of Transform SSO and held various positions at Union Gas, including Director of Strategic Development.
Sitting on several boards and organizing and supporting many charitable events, Darrin’s passion is giving back to the great community he lives in. He co-chaired the 2018 International Plowing Match and introduced Positivity Day, Festival of Giving, CK Amazing Race, Concerts for Kids, among many other events. His goal is to empower all citizens and encourages them to get involved with their community.
Mayor Canniff was previously on Council Conversations, you can hear our first conversation here.
- Last on the podcast in July of 2021, what has been happening since? You ran and won re-election, why did you run again, was there a big issue why you ran?
- Affordability in CK. We talked housing last time, how housing was becoming out of reach, how are things evolving?
- inflation impacting the municipality and municipal budgets
- FCM is calling for a new municipal funding framework – do municipalities need new revenue tools, what tools do you think would be best?
- Strong Mayor Powers came into effect but were not applied to CK. Thoughts on the powers – are they necessary or needed?
- Last time we talked Lake Erie was at record high levels. There were a number of challenges facing CK on that file. Water seems to be down, how are things progressing?
- Some of the big news for the region are the EV plants in St Thomas and Windsor. How is CK positioning itself-between these two major ec-dev projects?
- De-amalgamation up in Peel? York Region calling for Amalgamation? Has it brought back the conversations in CK? What advice or thoughts do you have for those regions?
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