--- title: "Butch Moore: candidate for Councillor in Ward 7 Bay, Ottawa 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/butch-moore" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:05:43.304Z" meta: description: "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 describ..." "og:description": "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 describ..." "og:title": "Butch Moore: candidate for Councillor in Ward 7 Bay, Ottawa 2026" "twitter:description": "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 describ..." "twitter:title": "Butch Moore: candidate for Councillor in Ward 7 Bay, Ottawa 2026" --- ** Councillor in Ward 7 Bay · Ottawa 2026 # Butch Moore 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. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 Butch MooreOttawa municipal election *Butch MooreCouncillorv.* 01 / Introduction ## About Butch Moore The 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. Read the sources 02 / The issues ## Priorities & positions Campaign-source summary Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform. 01 ### Tourism to pay for City services His campaign website and questionnaire say the City should increase tourism ten times so that visitors help pay for programs and services.
Read the full position 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.
[Butch Moore campaign · Home (Just Be Canadian) ](https://www.votebutch.ca/) 02 ### Transportation On Demand He proposes a service that combines self-driving vehicles with buses and the LRT, so residents can call a driverless vehicle to their door.
Read the full position He says the full plan is on his website. voche.me did not open the plan document.
[Butch Moore campaign · Home (Just Be Canadian) ](https://www.votebutch.ca/) 03 ### Homelessness 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.
Read the full position His website links a longer document on this plan. voche.me did not open it.
[CBC News · candidate questionnaire answers, Ward 7 Bay, Butch Moore (submitted by the candidate, unedited by CBC) ](https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/28711058/butch-moore-ward-7-bay.pdf) 04 ### Artificial intelligence 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) ](https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/28711058/butch-moore-ward-7-bay.pdf) 05 ### Taxes and police funding 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) ](https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/28711058/butch-moore-ward-7-bay.pdf) Research status ## What voche.me has checked 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. [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Ward 7 Bay](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates-city-councillor/certified-candidates-ward-7-bay) 03 / Background ## Experience & community Dates not given ### Retired firefighter 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, 2026](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/bay-ward-election-city-ottawa-2026-9.7312485) Dates not given, as he describes it ### Led Fire Prevention Week for the Ottawa area and was president of the Ottawa Firefighters Club Both 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)](https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/28711058/butch-moore-ward-7-bay.pdf) 04 / Questions & answers ## Questions for the candidate Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied. No questions and answers have been supplied. ### Have your own question? Ask Butch Moore directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one. 05 / About this page ## Questions about this page Facts voche.me can state about Butch Moore's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Butch Moore? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Butch Moore's own campaign.
Does Butch Moore currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Butch Moore.
How many sources does this Butch Moore profile cite? This profile lists 7 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Butch Moore's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Butch Moore in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When is the election Butch Moore is running in? The 2026 Ottawa municipal election, including the Councillor race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions ## Space for campaign updates ### No campaign updates yet Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added. ## Sources & transparency - [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Councillor ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates)Checked October 6, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Ward 7 Bay (list last updated August 21, 2026) ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates-city-councillor/certified-candidates-ward-7-bay)Checked October 6, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · 2026 Municipal Elections, nominated candidates ](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/5b79177ae7524c9fa68f79e852527604)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Butch Moore campaign · Home (Just Be Canadian) ](https://www.votebutch.ca/)Checked October 6, 2026 - [CBC News · Bay ward: Here's who's running to be your Ottawa city councillor, August 25, 2026 ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/bay-ward-election-city-ottawa-2026-9.7312485)Checked October 6, 2026 - [CBC News · candidate questionnaire answers, Ward 7 Bay, Butch Moore (submitted by the candidate, unedited by CBC) ](https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/28711058/butch-moore-ward-7-bay.pdf)Checked October 6, 2026 - [CTV News Ottawa · Meet the candidates for councillor in Ward 7 - Bay, September 2026 ](https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/meet-the-candidates-for-councillor-in-ward-7-bay/)Checked October 6, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [Butch Moore campaign website](https://www.votebutch.ca/) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates) [Councillor**Ahmed Alsabaawi**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/ahmed-alsabaawi) [Councillor**Ahmed Rashid**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/ahmed-rashid) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Butch Moore a question. Give your name, email and question. We send it to the campaign, and publish their answer here if we get one. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/on/ottawa-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.