Candidate for Councillor in Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate who says he was born in the ward, was renovicted and has worked on tenant, mortgage and airport campaigns.
Ahmed Rashid is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate, with a nomination dated August 20, 2026. CBC News describes him as having worked as an assistant in a law firm. His campaign says it rests on three pillars, affordability, strong infrastructure and support for small businesses, and that he refuses donations from developers. The sources voche.me read give no public role for him, and his work history, his campaign work and his claims about the incumbent councillor are his own statements.
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The City’s list of certified candidates shows Ahmed Rashid’s nomination for Councillor in Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate dated August 20, 2026, with the same date for his registration in the Contribution Rebate Program. The City list gives him a campaign website, an Instagram account and a LinkedIn address. CBC News reported on August 25, 2026 that he has been an assistant in a law firm. CTV News Ottawa gives his age as 25 and quotes him saying he was born and raised in Ottawa.
In the CBC News and CTV News Ottawa questionnaires and on his campaign website he says he grew up in Ward 10, went to school there and was renovicted (made to leave his home so the landlord could renovate), and that he fought to stay in the neighbourhood. He says he worked at a law firm, appearing in court and doing legal research, and spent time in the freedom of information unit and in community outreach at the Ottawa Police Service. He says that in summer 2026 he worked with the Ontario NDP on by-elections and with policy advisers at the Broadbent Institute, helped organize against the proposed expansion of Billy Bishop airport in Toronto, and gathered more than 400 signatures at mosques and by door-knocking for halal mortgage access. These are his own statements, and voche.me has not checked them with the law firm, the Ottawa Police Service, the party, the institute or any organizer. Ontario municipal candidates have no party, and voche.me records the party work only as he describes it.
His campaign platform has three pillars. Affordability covers real utility bill credits instead of deferrals, protection from grid-driven electricity rate increases, housing tax waivers only for homes that meet the City’s affordability definition, and a stronger renoviction by-law. Infrastructure covers a published repair list for roads and sidewalks, battery storage and a public impact assessment for new large electricity connections, and transit reliability. Small business covers a higher small business property tax discount, one City contact for main-street businesses, local hiring in City contracts and support for halal financing. He says he will refuse donations from developers. The campaign website sets out figures and comparisons with Toronto, Barrie, Hamilton and Greenstone, and voche.me has not checked them.
In the CBC News questionnaire he names housing and affordability as the biggest challenge, says a 2027 property tax increase should be capped at 3 percent, supports a transit levy (a separate property tax charge for transit) to cover OC Transpo deficits, a fare freeze and free transit for seniors every day, and gives 5 on a scale where 5 is strongly agree to the statement that building more homes in built-up areas will be important for housing in the ward. He calls the police budget appropriate but says he would freeze it at 2026 levels and move $26 million to housing, mental health and community crisis response, and in the CTV News Ottawa questionnaire he answers no to increasing the police budget. He supports an infrastructure levy paid for with other taxes, such as a tax on empty land, instead of general property tax increases.
In the CBC News questionnaire he also writes that the incumbent councillor voted for the 2026 transit fare increase after saying she would freeze fares, and that the City took four years to pass a renoviction by-law that does not require landlords to pay compensation. These are his claims about the councillor and the City, and voche.me has not checked them in this profile. The sources voche.me read hold no complaint or allegation about him.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
His campaign says it will move the City from deferring utility bills to giving credits to low-income households, make large new electricity users pay for the grid upgrades they cause, and limit tax and fee waivers to homes that are truly affordable.
In the CBC News questionnaire he supports a tax cap of 3 percent for 2027, a transit fare freeze and free transit every day for seniors.
His campaign says it will push to strengthen Ottawa’s renoviction by-law to match or exceed Toronto’s compensation rules, and enforce it with staff and penalties that deter bad-faith renovictions.
The campaign says Ottawa’s by-law takes effect on January 1, 2027. That date and the comparison with Toronto are the campaign’s own and were not checked.
In the CBC News questionnaire he also asks for a by-law against demoviction (demolishing a rental building to remove its tenants) and for rules that guarantee compensation, moving costs and a right to return.
His campaign says it will publish a ward-level repair list, put priority on sidewalks, crossings and school routes, invest in battery storage, and plan transit around riders with low incomes.
In the CBC News questionnaire he says he would push for transit priority signals at Walkley, Heron and Alta Vista and notes that bus lanes are already approved on Bank Street.
His campaign says it will raise Ottawa’s small business property tax discount to Toronto’s 20 percent, give clear permit timelines and one City contact for main-street businesses, and write local hiring into City contracts.
Ahmed Rashid campaign · PlatformIn the CBC News questionnaire he says he would freeze the Ottawa Police Service budget at 2026 levels and redirect $26 million to housing, mental health and community crisis response.
CBC News · candidate questionnaire answers, Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate, Ahmed Rashid (submitted by the candidate, unedited by CBC)Evidence reviewed on October 6, 2026: the City’s list of certified candidates for Ward 10 and its open data file of nominations, his campaign website (home, Platform, About Ahmed and News & Events), CBC News of August 25, 2026 with his questionnaire answers, and CTV News Ottawa of September 9, 2026.
Gaps. His Instagram page showed only a profile summary to a visitor who is not logged in, and no posts could be read. The LinkedIn address the City lists did not open. No news report about him beyond the CBC News and CTV News Ottawa ward pages was found. His employment, his campaign work and the figures on his website were not checked with any employer, organization or source. The questionnaire has not been sent.
CBC News describes him as an assistant in a law firm. He says he appeared in court, did legal research and reviewed disclosure with clients, and worked in the freedom of information unit and in community outreach at the Ottawa Police Service. voche.me has not checked this with either employer.
CBC News · candidate questionnaire answers, Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate, Ahmed Rashid (submitted by the candidate, unedited by CBC)He says he worked on the by-elections of Fatima Shaban in Scarborough Southwest and Monique Taylor in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek. voche.me has not checked this with the party or the institute.
CTV News Ottawa · Meet the candidates for councillor in Ward 10 - Gloucester-Southgate, September 9, 2026He says he gathered more than 400 signatures for halal mortgage access and took part in the campaign against the expansion of Billy Bishop airport in Toronto, which the federal government rejected. voche.me has not checked his role in either campaign.
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