Brandon Tozzo Councillor for Kingscourt-Rideau
A leader you can believe in!
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Councillor Tozzo
Passionate about the community and Kingston
Brandon Tozzo is a family and community-minded leader who is the Councillor for Kingscourt-Rideau. He is a passionate advocate for his constituents on City Council.
Priorities
A father of two, Brandon is the incumbent Councillor for Kingscourt-Rideau district. He has experience working for the Ontario Public Service, as labour activist as former union president, and a professor. Brandon currently works as a professor at Loyalist College, teaching politics, philosophy, leadership and career preparation.
Brandon earned his PhD in Political Studies at Queen's University, after completing a bachelor degree and master's at Western University. He taught previously at Trent University where he led a year - long project for Ontario municipalities to build back after the pandemic. He has also worked with the US Department of State on US-Canada relations.
His political expertise has been featured on a number of local and national outlets such as the Kingstonist, the Winnipeg Free Press, and Global News. He is also an author of a peer reviewed book on international political economy.
As a proud resident of Kingscourt—Rideau, he has seen what our community can accomplish when we work together in the pursuit of a better future.
Brandon's Key Priorities
1. Traffic calming throughout the district. Investing in speed cameras, expanding community safety zones and adding traffic calming measures. Traffic and speeding are an issue throughout Kingscourt-Rideau.
2. Improve our parks, enhance our green spaces, support our community gardens and protect the environment for future generations. We must take action to make Kingston greener, meet our climate change targets and invest in mitigation for our changing climate.
3. Road improvements and infrastructure. Kingston has some of the worst roads in Ontario. The needs to invest more in keeping our roads in good condition.
4. Addressing the housing crisis by promoting housing across the housing continuum and encouraging affordable housing.
5. Provide stable housing for the unhoused population with a Housing First strategy, and lobbying the province to provide adequate services for mental health and addictions.
6. Improving accessibility for seniors, parents, children and people with disabilities. The city should aim to go above and beyond the provincial standards for accessibility. Moreover, it is a goal to increase awareness for people with disabilities to reduce any stigma that exists.
7. Addressing food insecurity. While the municipality cannot solve the food insecurity crisis, we can work with partners to provide food pantries, pop up markets and make access to food easier for those in need.
