Retired firefighter running for Councillor in Ward 7 Bay on a tourism, transit and homelessness plan.
Butch Moore is on the City of Ottawa's list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 7 Bay, with a nomination dated August 10, 2026. CBC News describes him as a retired firefighter. His campaign website uses the slogan Just Be Canadian and says tourism should pay the City's bills. He proposes a Transportation On Demand service with self-driving vehicles and a village of tiny homes for people who are homeless.
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Ottawa municipal electionThe City's list of certified candidates shows Butch Moore's nomination dated August 10, 2026, with the same date for the Contribution Rebate Program. He gave the City no website or social media account. CBC News describes him as a retired firefighter. In the CBC News questionnaire he gives the address votebutch.ca for his plan, and the page at that address carries his name and his Just Be Canadian slogan.
In the CBC News questionnaire he says he has lived in the ward for 13 years and that he was frustrated with OC Transpo, concerned about people sleeping outside a local grocery store, and disappointed by the loss of the beauty of the old Ottawa River Parkway. He says he once took charge of Fire Prevention Week for the Ottawa area before the cities merged, with an estimated 50,000 participants across 11 municipalities, and that he was president of the Ottawa Firefighters Club. These are his own statements, and voche.me has not checked them with a fire service or a club.
His main idea is to raise the City's income through tourism, which he says would pay for all City programs, and he asks businesses to pay their employees' OC Transpo costs to the City. He would limit tax increases to the rate of inflation, keep the police budget as it is, and set up a committee on artificial intelligence and quantum computing. He also proposes utility tunnels under new streets and a large flower garden along the old parkway and the Rideau Canal. These are his own proposals, and the tourism figures he cites were not checked. 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 website and questionnaire say the City should increase tourism ten times so that visitors help pay for programs and services.
He cites tourism income of 3.1 billion dollars for 2025. This is his figure and was not checked.
He proposes a flower garden along the old Ottawa River Parkway and the Rideau Canal to attract visitors.
He proposes a service that combines self-driving vehicles with buses and the LRT, so residents can call a driverless vehicle to their door.
He says the full plan is on his website. voche.me did not open the plan document.
In the CBC News questionnaire he proposes a village of tiny homes on a farm, with a civic address and social services for every person who is homeless.
His website links a longer document on this plan. voche.me did not open it.
In the CBC News questionnaire he names artificial intelligence as the biggest challenge for the next Council and proposes a committee to study it together with quantum computing.
CBC News · candidate questionnaire answers, Ward 7 Bay, Butch Moore (submitted by the candidate, unedited by CBC)In the CBC News questionnaire he says tax increases should follow the rate of inflation and that police funding should stay as it is.
CBC News · candidate questionnaire answers, Ward 7 Bay, Butch Moore (submitted by the candidate, unedited by CBC)Evidence reviewed on October 6, 2026: the City's list of certified candidates for Ward 7, the home page of his campaign website, the CBC News questionnaire, CBC News of August 25, 2026 and the CTV News Ottawa page for the ward.
Gaps. The City's list gives him no website or social media account, so the website address comes from his CBC News questionnaire. The documents linked from his website on tourism, OC Transpo and homelessness were not opened. His work history and club role rest on his own statements and one news description. A search summary linked the name Butch Moore to a federal election candidacy and a children's book, and no page voche.me opened shows that this is the same person, so none of it is used. CTV News lists him with no questionnaire answers. The questionnaire has not been sent.
CBC News describes him as a retired firefighter. He does not give an employer or dates in the sources voche.me read.
CBC News · Bay ward: Here's who's running to be your Ottawa city councillor, August 25, 2026Both statements come from his answers in the CBC News questionnaire. voche.me has not checked them.
CBC News · candidate questionnaire answers, Ward 7 Bay, Butch Moore (submitted by the candidate, unedited by CBC)Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
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