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"twitter:title": "Laine Johnson: candidate for Councillor in Ward 8 College, Ottawa 2026" --- ** Councillor in Ward 8 College · Ottawa 2026 # Laine Johnson Sitting Councillor for Ward 8 College, a former non-profit housing and civic engagement leader, running for a second term. Laine Johnson is the sitting Councillor for Ward 8 College, according to the City's list of elected officials, and is on the City's list of certified candidates for the same ward, with a nomination dated June 8, 2026. The City's results give her 8,899 of the 16,906 votes cast in Ward 8 in 2022, which is 52.6 percent. Her campaign says its priorities are stormwater management, safer streets, how City Hall works, transit, roads and parks. One other candidate, Malloum Abakar, is on the ballot. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 Laine JohnsonOttawa municipal election *Laine JohnsonCouncillorv.* 01 / Introduction ## About Laine Johnson The City of Ottawa's list of elected officials for 2022 to 2026 shows Laine Johnson as Councillor for Ward 8 College, and the Council minutes of September 9, 2026 list her as present. The City's published results for the October 24, 2022 election give her 8,899 of the 16,906 votes cast in Ward 8, which is 52.6 percent. The other four candidates were Pat McGarry with 5,652 votes, Wendy Davidson with 1,338, Granda Kopytko with 649 and Vilteau Delvas with 368. CBC News says she took the seat in 2022 after leading non-profit organizations involved in civic engagement and housing. The City's list of certified candidates shows her 2026 nomination dated June 8, 2026. Her campaign website and the CTV News questionnaire say she has worked in executive roles at Synapcity, a non-profit for public participation, and at Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation, a non-profit housing company, and that she co-founded the Ottawa Community Land Trust. In the CBC News questionnaire she gives her role at the housing company as Director of Tenant Engagement. She says she belongs to the Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee, the Planning and Housing Committee and the Transportation Committee. The City's page for her, read as an Internet Archive copy of August 11, 2025, lists the same non-profit roles. These are her own statements, and voche.me has not checked them with those organizations or with the committees. The Council minutes of December 10, 2025 record her voting against the 2026 Ottawa Police Service budget (carried 20 to 5), for an amendment to add $5.4 million from the Tax Stabilization Reserve for community-based safety and crisis response (lost 9 to 16), against the Transit Committee budget item (carried 20 to 4), and for the motion that adopted the 2026 budget reports (carried 21 to 4). The same minutes record her as the mover of Motion 2025-71-18, which asks staff to review the Reimagining Robertson Road study for Bells Corners in the City's public realm plans (carried), and of Motion 2025-71-19, which asks staff to look at sending red light camera revenue to the Road Safety Reserve Fund (carried). The minutes of April 22, 2026 record her voting for the Safe Access to Social Infrastructure By-law (carried 20 to 4). The minutes of July 15, 2026, the first Council meeting after the July 1 storm and flooding, record her as the mover of Motion 2026-83-09, which asks the City's infrastructure department to report on causes of the flooding with a focus on Wards 7, 8 and 9, and as the seconder of motions 2026-83-02, 2026-83-04, 2026-83-05 and 2026-83-06. The motion text says College Ward had 2,282 flood-related service requests, the most of any ward. The minutes of September 9, 2026 record her as the seconder of a flood-resilience motion by Councillor Kavanagh and of a notice of motion by Mayor Sutcliffe on matching donations to the Canadian Red Cross appeal, and as one of 23 members voting for a motion asking the federal government to extend its consultation on the Eastern Bridge Project. Her campaign website lists accomplishments, including that she voted against the Lansdowne 2.0 expansion, moved a motion for multi-year budgeting and moved a motion to delay the Lansdowne 2.0 discussion. These are the campaign's own claims, and voche.me did not open the minutes of those votes. The sources voche.me read hold no complaint or allegation about her. 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 ### Stormwater and flood recovery Her campaign says it will push the City, the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority and the National Capital Commission to maintain area creeks together, speed up ditch work in City View, Crestview and Bells Corners, and win provincial and federal money for flood protection.
Read the full position In the CBC News questionnaire she names stormwater network capacity as the top infrastructure need and says she has brought motions to Council on how climate and infrastructure standards fit together. Capital Current reports that she brought forward motions to investigate the ward's aging stormwater systems and defended her record at a debate.
[Laine Johnson campaign · Stormwater Management ](https://lainejohnson.ca/stormwater-management/) 02 ### Safer streets Her campaign says it will make traffic calming permanent in place of temporary posts, fix unsafe intersections, expand the School Streets program, add street lighting and sidewalks, and expand police traffic enforcement. [Laine Johnson campaign · Safer Streets for Everyone ](https://lainejohnson.ca/safer-streets/) 03 ### How City Hall works Her campaign says it will change budgeting so staff first state the true cost of each service and Council then decides what to fund, and it supports her 2022 motion for multi-year budgets.
Read the full position In the CBC News questionnaire she says she opposes setting a tax increase number before the costs are known, and that OC Transpo deficits should be met first with a transit levy. She rates the police budget as appropriate and says she would be concerned about cutting it now.
[Laine Johnson campaign · Fixing How Our City Works ](https://lainejohnson.ca/fixing-how-our-city-works/) 04 ### Transit Her campaign says it will add bus-only lanes, work toward a bus rapid transit line on Baseline Road, improve Para Transpo reliability, improve links from Bells Corners to the new LRT stations and keep spare buses ready. [Laine Johnson campaign · Bringing Our Transit System Back to Life ](https://lainejohnson.ca/bringing-our-transit-system-back-to-life/) 05 ### Roads, parks and recreation buildings Her campaign says it will fight for committed repair or replacement plans for recreation buildings such as the Entrance Pool, resurface more neighbourhood streets and bundle small repair jobs. [Laine Johnson campaign · Roads and Infrastructure ](https://lainejohnson.ca/roads-and-infrastructure/) 06 ### Housing In the CBC News questionnaire she calls housing one of her biggest priorities and says she will push for public purchase of existing housing to keep rents affordable, a range of housing types and more purpose-built rental homes. [CBC News · candidate questionnaire answers, Ward 8 College, Laine Johnson (submitted by the candidate, unedited by CBC) ](https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/28711062/laine-johnson-ward-8-college.pdf) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 6, 2026: the City's list of certified candidates for Ward 8, the City's list of elected officials and 2022 results, the City's page for her (an Internet Archive copy), her campaign website (home, priorities, accomplishments and the stormwater, safer streets, fixing how the City works, transit and roads pages), the CBC News and CTV News Ottawa questionnaires, CBC News of August 25, 2026, Capital Current of September 21, 2026, and four sets of Council minutes (December 10, 2025, April 22, July 15 and September 9, 2026). Gaps. Her Facebook page could not be read. The accomplishments on her website, including her votes on Lansdowne 2.0 and her motions on multi-year budgeting, are the campaign's own and were not checked against Council records. Her non-profit roles and her committee seats come from her own statements. Committee minutes were not searched. The questionnaire has not been sent. [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Ward 8 College](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates-city-councillor/certified-candidates-ward-8-college) 03 / Background ## Experience & community 2022 to present ### City Councillor, Ward 8 College The City's list of elected officials 2022 to 2026 shows her as the Ward 8 Councillor. The City's 2022 results give her 8,899 of 16,906 votes. [City of Ottawa open data · Elected Officials 2022-2026 (Ward 8 row)](https://services.arcgis.com/G6F8XLCl5KtAlZ2G/arcgis/rest/services/_Elected_Officials_2022_2026/FeatureServer/0) Dates not given ### Executive roles at Synapcity and Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation Her campaign website and the CTV News questionnaire list both roles, and the City's page for her lists them too. She gives her role at the housing company as Director of Tenant Engagement in the CBC News questionnaire. voche.me has not checked the dates or titles with the organizations. [Laine Johnson campaign · Home](https://lainejohnson.ca/) Dates not given ### Co-founder, Ottawa Community Land Trust This comes from her campaign website and the CTV News questionnaire. voche.me has not checked it with the organization. [Laine Johnson campaign · Home](https://lainejohnson.ca/) 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 Laine Johnson 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 Laine Johnson's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Laine Johnson? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Laine Johnson's own campaign.
Does Laine Johnson currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Laine Johnson.
How many sources does this Laine Johnson profile cite? This profile lists 22 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Laine Johnson's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Laine Johnson 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 Laine Johnson 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 8 College (list last updated September 2, 2026) ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates-city-councillor/certified-candidates-ward-8-college)Checked October 6, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · 2026 Municipal Elections, nominated candidates ](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/5b79177ae7524c9fa68f79e852527604)Checked October 6, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · Elected Officials 2022-2026 (Ward 8 row) ](https://services.arcgis.com/G6F8XLCl5KtAlZ2G/arcgis/rest/services/_Elected_Officials_2022_2026/FeatureServer/0)Checked October 6, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · 2022 Elections Official Results (Statement of Votes Cast) ](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/ec1423ac43254bff8692fabd5d47772b)Checked October 6, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · Councillor page for Laine Johnson (Internet Archive copy of August 11, 2025) ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/mayor-and-city-councillors/laine-johnson-councillor-ward-8-college)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Laine Johnson campaign · Home ](https://lainejohnson.ca/)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Laine Johnson campaign · Priorities ](https://lainejohnson.ca/priorities/)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Laine Johnson campaign · Accomplishments ](https://lainejohnson.ca/accomplishments/)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Laine Johnson campaign · Stormwater Management ](https://lainejohnson.ca/stormwater-management/)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Laine Johnson campaign · Safer Streets for Everyone ](https://lainejohnson.ca/safer-streets/)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Laine Johnson campaign · Fixing How Our City Works ](https://lainejohnson.ca/fixing-how-our-city-works/)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Laine Johnson campaign · Bringing Our Transit System Back to Life ](https://lainejohnson.ca/bringing-our-transit-system-back-to-life/)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Laine Johnson campaign · Roads and Infrastructure ](https://lainejohnson.ca/roads-and-infrastructure/)Checked October 6, 2026 - [CBC News · College ward: Here's who's running to be your Ottawa city councillor, August 25, 2026 ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/college-ward-election-city-ottawa-2026-9.7314290)Checked October 6, 2026 - [CBC News · candidate questionnaire answers, Ward 8 College, Laine Johnson (submitted by the candidate, unedited by CBC) ](https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/28711062/laine-johnson-ward-8-college.pdf)Checked October 6, 2026 - [CTV News Ottawa · Meet the candidates for councillor in Ward 8 - College, September 2026 ](https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/meet-the-candidates-for-councillor-in-ward-8-college/)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Capital Current · Election Ottawa 2026: 'Flood fatigue and rainfall anxiety': Stormwater infrastructure a top priority in College Ward, September 21, 2026 ](https://capitalcurrent.ca/election-ottawa-2026-flood-fatigue-and-rainfall-anxiety-stormwater-infrastructure-a-top-priority-in-municipal-election-for-college-ward/)Checked October 6, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · City Council minutes, September 9, 2026 (Minutes 85) ](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=0576ac9f-74e8-4986-b8f8-9c96b26f6e67&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English)Checked October 6, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · City Council minutes, July 15, 2026 (Minutes 83) ](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=ba9d583c-b16d-4f97-9e87-a7b16b5825f4&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English)Checked October 6, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · City Council minutes, April 22, 2026 (Minutes 78) ](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=b8f046ed-1ad8-41a3-9c20-c177b0dde00a&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English)Checked October 6, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · City Council minutes, December 10, 2025 (2026 budget meeting) ](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=4d914219-00c6-48c4-bcc6-b82ca579c430&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English)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. [Laine Johnson campaign website](https://lainejohnson.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 Laine Johnson 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.