Measuring success: At the end of your four-year term, what specific results should parents, students, and voters look at to determine whether you were successful as a school trustee?

Parents and the community: How should the Board handle situations where parents, students, teachers, and the wider community strongly disagree about school policies or what should be taught in schools?

Technology, phones and artificial intelligence: What role should smartphones, social media, artificial intelligence, and other digital technology have in Kamloops classrooms, and where should the district draw boundaries?

Indigenous education: Approximately 20% of SD73 students are of Indigenous ancestry. What should the district’s priorities be for improving Indigenous student achievement and strengthening its relationships with local First Nations and Indigenous communities?

Students with diverse needs: Do you believe students with disabilities, learning difficulties, behavioural challenges, and other additional needs are receiving adequate support in SD73? What changes, if any, would you advocate for?

Student mental health and safety: What should SD73 be doing to improve student mental health, reduce bullying and harassment, and ensure students feel safe and connected at school?

Growth and school capacity: As Kamloops continues to grow, how should the district deal with overcrowded schools, portable classrooms, catchment changes, and the need for new schools or major expansions?

Budget and accountability: What would you do as a trustee to ensure SD73’s finances are transparent, well managed, and understandable to parents and taxpayers?

Classroom supports: Parents and staff have identified classroom support as a major budget priority. How would you approach funding for teachers, educational assistants, counsellors, learning-support staff, librarians, and other frontline positions when the district faces financial constraints?

Student achievement: What do you believe are the biggest barriers to improving student achievement in School District 73, particularly in literacy and numeracy, and what would you like the Board to do about them?

Accountability: At the end of your four-year term, what specific results should Kamloops residents use to decide whether you were successful?

Council governance: The mayor and councillors will sometimes strongly disagree. How would you handle conflict on Council while still maintaining an effective working relationship with other elected officials and City staff?

Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc: What should the relationship between the City of Kamloops and Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc look like over the next four years, and are there specific areas where you would like to see greater cooperation?

Climate and sustainability: What actions should the City take on climate change, energy use and environmental sustainability, and how should those initiatives be balanced against their cost to taxpayers?

Parks and recreation: Where should Kamloops invest next in parks, recreation, pools, sports fields, trails and community facilities, and how should those investments be prioritized?

Wildfire and emergencies: What additional steps, if any, should Kamloops take to protect neighbourhoods, infrastructure and residents from wildfire and other emergencies?

Economic development: Beyond population growth and construction, what industries or economic opportunities should Kamloops pursue, and what role should the City play in attracting them?

Local businesses: What can City Hall do to make it easier to start, operate and expand a business in Kamloops?

Walking and cycling: How should the City balance investment in roads for vehicles with sidewalks, cycling infrastructure, trails and other forms of active transportation?
The City’s current transportation plans call for increased walking, cycling and transit use while also maintaining an effective road network.

Public transit: What changes would you like to see to Kamloops Transit over the next four years?

Roads and traffic: Which transportation or road problems in Kamloops most need attention, and what would you do about them?

Build Kamloops: What is your position on the City’s current Build Kamloops program, and how should Council approach the cost, timing and priorities of future major recreation and cultural facilities?
This is particularly timely: Council approved a $161.6-million budget for the three-sheet arena multiplex on September 1, 2026, while other Build Kamloops projects are also advancing

North Shore: What should the City do to encourage investment, housing, businesses and improvements on the North Shore?

Downtown Kamloops: What would you do to make downtown Kamloops a safer, busier and more attractive place for residents, businesses and visitors?

Public safety: What changes, if any, would you make to the City’s approach to policing, Community Services Officers, fire protection and community safety?

Homelessness: What role should the City of Kamloops play in addressing homelessness, encampments and supportive housing, and what would you like the provincial and federal governments to do differently?

Development and growth: As Kamloops continues to grow, where should new housing and development be concentrated, and how should the City ensure roads, utilities, parks and other infrastructure keep pace?

Housing affordability: What specific actions should the City take to increase the supply and affordability of housing in Kamloops?

City priorities: If the City could accomplish only three major things during your four-year term, what would you want them to be?

Taxes and spending: Kamloops residents have seen significant increases in property taxes in recent years. What would you do to control City spending and property-tax increases while maintaining the services residents expect?