Public servant, business owner and sports franchise operator, by his own account, running for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 8.
Rick Bédard is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 8, which covers City Wards 1 and 19, with a nomination dated June 9, 2026. His campaign website, which spells his name Bedard, says he is a 25-year public servant, local business owner and sports franchise operator. It lists three groups of priorities: investing in every student, safety and frontline support, and skills and academic excellence. It also says he would donate his full trustee salary to scholarships for Ottawa students with learning disabilities. The board has been under provincial supervision since June 27, 2025.
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The City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates shows Rick Bédard’s nomination for trustee of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 8 dated June 9, 2026. The City’s open data file shows no withdrawal. The other candidate in the zone is Anthony Wong. The City list gives him a campaign website. The Leveller listed him on July 24, 2026 as Rick Bédard (Zone 8) without any statement from him.
His website says he is a 25-year public servant, local business owner and sports franchise operator, and a father and grandfather who says his commitment to publicly funded education is personal. It does not name his employers, his business or the franchise. These are his own statements, and voche.me has not checked them.
His website lists three groups of priorities. Invest in every student: direct dollars to classrooms, sell closed school properties to modernize active schools and fund special education, and donate 100 percent of his trustee salary to scholarships for Ottawa students with learning disabilities. Safety and frontline support: stop cuts to educational assistants and early childhood educators, overhaul student busing, and partner with the City of Ottawa for free OC Transpo access for high school students. Skills and academic excellence: teach financial literacy, expand skilled trades and apprenticeship programs, and turn Individual Education Plans into fully funded plans.
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. He holds no public office on the record voche.me read. The sources read hold no complaint or allegation about him.
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His website lists directing dollars to classrooms, selling closed school properties to modernize active schools and fund special education, and donating his full trustee salary to scholarships for students with learning disabilities.
Rick Bedard campaign · website (priorities and Who is Rick Bedard?)His website lists stopping cuts to educational assistants and early childhood educators, overhauling student busing, and partnering with the City for free OC Transpo access for high school students.
Rick Bedard campaign · website (priorities and Who is Rick Bedard?)His website lists teaching financial literacy, expanding skilled trades and apprenticeship programs, and fully funding Individual Education Plans.
Rick Bedard campaign · website (priorities and Who is Rick Bedard?)Evidence reviewed on October 7, 2026: the City’s list of certified candidates for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (an Internet Archive copy) and its open data file of nominations, his campaign website, the public title of his Facebook page, The Leveller of July 24, 2026, the CTV News Ottawa list of school board candidates of September 9, 2026, and the board’s page on supervision.
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His website describes him this way and names no employer, business or franchise. voche.me did not check it.
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