2022 Barrie Mayor

While Barrie mayoral hopefuls have different approaches to local property taxes, most agree they would keep city's 1% infrastructure levy

Nuttall says someone created accounts impersonating him and targeting other municipal candidates

Ability to build consensus around council table can be one of the most important strengths for a mayor with long to-do list

County’s latest figures show nearly 35% of people experiencing homelessness are doing so because they were released from health or correctional facilities

Property taxes pay for a wide variety of services, such as police and fire protection, paramedics, street and sidewalk snow plowing, roads, and garbage pickup

Affordable housing can include ownership, rental or subsidized housing, but the city’s lack of affordable housing contributes to high rents

Downtown Barrie has been a cause for concern — real or perceived — within recent memory for many city residents, but what would the city's next mayor do to fix it

Topics during Zoom event included improving public transit, clear-cutting trees, bike and walking trails to the downtown, and high-speed rail to and from Toronto

While Barrie continues to grow, some areas of the city have new roads as development takes place, while older areas of the city sometimes have more potholes and patching

'I think it’s a pretty tight race and I have a lot of signs out there. I think there are a lot of people in Barrie who don’t want to see me mayor,' says Mike McCann