For this special episode I reached out to all members of council and the Mayor’s office as well as over a dozen community organizations and asked them, in 2 minutes or less what are your thoughts, priorities or specific issues with the 2024 City of Windsor Budget. A number of additional conversations could have been recorded but they declined to participate or we were unable to match schedules.

You can hear the following Councillors and Community Leaders thoughts in rapid fire succession on this episode. The participants are listed and presented in the order the audio was recorded. Stay tuned at the end for a few thoughts from me and if you want to read the blog you can find it here.

Conversation Participants

Renaldo Augstino – Ward 3 Councillor

Gary Kaschak – Ward 8 Councillor

Fiona Coughlin –  CEO, Habitat for Humanity Windsor-Essex

Rukshini Ponniah-Goulin – Executive Director Downtown Mission

Joyce Zuk – Executive Director Family Services Windsor Essex

Chris MacLeod – Chair Downtown Windsor BIA

Vincent Georgie – Executive Director, and Programmer of WIFF

Yvonne Pilon – President and CEO, We-Tech Alliance

Jim Morrison – Ward 10 Councillor

Rhys Trenhaile – Broker, The Vanguard Team at Manor Realty

Lady Lafouret – Executive Director of the Women’s Welcome Centre Shelter

Fabio Costante – Ward 2 Councillor

Anneke Smitt – Director, Centre for Cities and Law the University of Windsor

Angelo Marignani – Ward 7 Councillor

Kieran Mackenzie – Ward 9 Councillor