University of Ottawa instructor with a doctorate, running for Councillor in Ward 8 College and asking for ward-by-ward stormwater spending reports.
Malloum Abakar is on the City of Ottawa's list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 8 College, with a nomination dated August 21, 2026. CBC News, CTV News and his own website print his name as Abakar Malloum, and CBC News describes him as a part-time political studies professor. His campaign says it asks the City to publish stormwater spending ward by ward and to give a dated plan for the Baseline bus rapid transit line. He says he lives in Bay Ward, next to College Ward. One other candidate, Laine Johnson, is on the ballot.
The City's list of certified candidates shows the name Malloum Abakar with a nomination dated August 21, 2026, and the City's open data file lists him as Abakar, Malloum. CBC News, CTV News Ottawa, Capital Current and his own website print the name as Abakar Malloum. This page follows the City's list. The list gives his website and shows that he had not registered for the Contribution Rebate Program. CBC News describes him as a part-time political studies professor.
His campaign website says he earned a doctorate in political thought and public administration from the University of Ottawa in 2024 and now teaches there, that he coordinated research at a university chair on international francophonie and cultural policy, that he worked in Benin on community development with CUSO International, that he spent six years in regulatory compliance and technical support before his academic career, and that he works in English and French. These are his own statements, and voche.me has not checked them with the university or the other organizations.
In the CBC News questionnaire he answers the question about years lived in the ward with "None", says he lives in Bay Ward next door, and says the rules allow it. He says he has not taken a position on any specific street until he has heard both sides and read the staff report. Capital Current reports that College Ward logged 2,282 flood-related service requests after the July 1 storm, which is 40 percent of the city's flooding calls to 311, and that at a debate he criticized how the City allocates stormwater fees. His campaign says the 2026 stormwater charge for a detached house is $252.97, up 7.6 percent, and that the largest stormwater item in the City's 2026 capital budget, $33.4 million for culverts, is filed as City Wide. Those figures are his, and voche.me did not check them against the budget. CTV News Ottawa lists him with no response to its questionnaire. 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.
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Stormwater spending made visible
His campaign asks for one page a year, tabled with the water rate review, showing what the stormwater charge collected and what was spent in each ward, along with a published map of the age and condition of pipes and a culvert-by-culvert repair list for Ward 8.
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He also asks the City to promote the Residential Protective Plumbing Program, which helps pay for backwater valves and sump pumps, and to publish how many residents in each neighbourhood use it.
His campaign asks for a dated construction timeline for the Baseline bus rapid transit line, or a clear statement that it will not be built, together with a published review of what Bells Corners lost when bus routes changed and a ranked list of road and sidewalk repairs.
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He says the environmental assessment for the Baseline line was finished in July 2017. This is his statement and was not checked.
His campaign asks for a plain-language statement of what water, sewer and stormwater systems can carry with every planning approval, faster approval of duplexes and low-rise housing near transit based on capacity studies done in advance, and enforcement of existing property standards.
His campaign says it does not support a general property tax increase for stormwater and would first measure the funding gap, then require new growth to pay for its own costs and seek money from other levels of government.
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In the CBC News questionnaire he declines to name a maximum tax increase for 2027 before seeing the draft budget.
He rates the police budget as appropriate but says he has not read it closely enough to argue for a change.
Evidence reviewed on October 6, 2026: the City's list of certified candidates for Ward 8, his campaign website, the CBC News questionnaire, CBC News of August 25, 2026, the CTV News Ottawa page for the ward and Capital Current of September 21, 2026.
Gaps. The City's list gives his website only and his site links no social media account. His degree, teaching post, research work and earlier jobs rest on his own statements and one news description. His figures on the stormwater charge and the capital budget were not checked against City documents. A LinkedIn page for a person of the same name appeared in a search and was not opened. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Doctorate in political thought and public administration, University of Ottawa
This comes from his campaign website. CBC News describes him as a part-time political studies professor. voche.me has not checked the degree or the teaching post with the university.
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When is the election Malloum Abakar is running in?
The 2026 Ottawa municipal election, including the Councillor race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
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