Lara Bremner

The City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates shows Lara Bremner’s nomination for trustee of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 5 dated June 19, 2026. The City’s open data file shows no withdrawal. The other candidates in the zone are Suzanne Lyon and Natasha Lynn Mott. The City list gives her a website and Facebook, X and LinkedIn accounts.

Her campaign website says she spent her career in senior leadership roles within the Government of Canada, and internationally as a Canadian diplomat, and that she has just retired. It says she has lived in Zone 5 for 30 years and raised four children there, all of whom attended OCDSB schools. Her X profile describes her as a former Canadian diplomat and executive at Global Affairs Canada, and as a board director. These are her own statements, and voche.me has not checked them with the government.

Her website lists three themes. Restoring Trust: being ready when provincial supervision is lifted, including attending board meetings before the election, well informed and transparent decisions, deep consultation with the community on any prospective changes, and a balanced, practical approach to issues. Protecting Classrooms: reasonable class sizes, safer schools, support for special education, more educational assistants and specialists such as social workers and psychologists, responsible long-term financial planning and advocacy to close the funding gap, and attention to school repairs and fewer portables. Stronger Partnerships: regular Zone 5 updates, attending school and community events, being accessible to parents and guardians, working with families, schools, other trustees, board administration, unions and City and provincial officials, and respect for all educators. Her listed principles include integrity, transparency, fiscal responsibility, collaboration and support for diversity and inclusion.

CBC News reported on July 23, 2026 that she said the trustee role still has influence even with reduced powers, because the oversight role remains and trustees can still set the board’s strategic priorities. She described the trustee as the link between families and schools and called that role vital. CBC also reported that she does not object to the recent provincial changes to the trustee role, which she calls “reasonable”, and that she said parents want good governance and that “ideological debates” sometimes slowed the current board.

The board’s page says that since June 27, 2025 the board has been under supervision by the Minister of Education, and that decisions normally made by trustees are made by the appointed Supervisor, Robert Plamondon. She holds no public office on the record voche.me read. The sources read hold no complaint or allegation about her.