Hello everyone,
Following Richard’s message, I would like to clarify how HelpOS handles candidate information.
Richard, I will remove you from future email threads and remove your photograph. Any other candidate who would prefer to stop receiving these candidate-information emails can reply and I will remove their address as well.
If a candidate owns the copyright in a photograph used by HelpOS and requests its removal, I will remove it. Candidates are also welcome to provide a photograph that they authorize HelpOS to use.
The candidate directory and issue comparison serve a public electoral purpose by helping Owen Sound residents find and compare publicly documented information about every registered candidate. For that reason, active registered candidates will continue to be included using official records, campaign materials, questionnaires, interviews, public statements, Council records, and other attributable sources. Inclusion signifies neither permission nor endorsement by the candidate.
The comparison now prominently discloses that I maintain it and that I am a registered mayoral candidate. Its methodology is also being refined so candidates receive full recognition for credible alternative ways of accomplishing the same municipal outcome.
Candidates are welcome to submit:
Current platform statements or policy details
Questionnaire responses
Campaign websites, interviews, or public statements
Sourced corrections or additions
Clarification of their approach to any issue in the comparison
Additional information can increase a candidate’s evidence coverage and affect their position when the page is sorted by “Most information available.” It may also change an issue classification where the new evidence addresses the published criteria. The same evidence rules apply to every candidate.
The comparison is available here:
https://helpos.ca/council/compare?sort-mayor=information&sort-council=information
Thank you,
Andrii Zvorygin
Candidate for Mayor of Owen Sound
Andrii,I have not asked to be involved in your exercise nor did I give you permission. Please remove my name, bio, and image from this site immediately.Respectfully
Brian O'LearySent from my iPhone
On Sep 4, 2026, at 12:03 PM, Andrii Zvorygin <andrii@zvorygin.ca> wrote:
Please make your responses to the mailing list so it gets archived on the public mailing list.
https://mailman.liberit.ca/hyperkitty/list/owen-sound-candidates-2026@liberit.ca/
Thank you.
Andrii ZvoryginOn 2026-09-03 22:15, Andrii Zvorygin wrote:
--Hello fellow Owen Sound candidate,
People on Reddit and other local online spaces are already using helpos.ca/council to research candidates. It has become the most detailed Owen Sound candidate information source I am aware of.
Thank you to the candidates who took the time to answer the COST questionnaire. Those responses have substantially improved the candidate profiles and helped fill out the new issue-based comparison.
The largest remaining gap concerns local representation.
While speaking with residents at their doors, I often hear that they struggle to see the local results of their property taxes, receive limited follow-through from City Hall, or lack a clearly identified councillor responsible for their area. Residents also raise recurring concerns involving traffic, roads, lighting, safety, cleanliness and damaged infrastructure.
My proposal would keep all seven councillors elected at large. After the election, each councillor would also take primary responsibility for one geographic ward of roughly 3,000 residents.
Each ward would have about 10 Local Representatives, each connected with roughly 150 households. The Ward Councillor could meet with them for approximately one hour each month and participate in a public ward mailing list. Local Representatives would help carry civic concerns through City Hall and organize suitable voluntary projects, such as neighbourhood watches, cleanups, traffic-calming requests, approved signs and opt-in camera coordination with privacy protections.
Local Representatives could receive living-wage compensation for approved and logged liaison work. Shared-stewardship activities would remain voluntary, with professional and municipal responsibilities protected.
Could you please answer:
If elected, would you be willing to take primary responsibility for one geographic ward while continuing to represent the whole city?
Would you support working with Local Representatives through a monthly ward meeting, ward mailing list and appropriate shared-stewardship activities?
You can reply to each with:
Yes / Yes, with conditions / No / Need more detail
One or two sentences are enough. Modified approaches are welcome.
Read the complete Ward and Local Representation Plan
Your response will be treated as on the record for the candidate comparison unless you indicate otherwise. If possible, please reply by September 11.
I will send a separate brief follow-up to candidates whose Open Council position remains unclear. That concerns a searchable public written channel between in-person meetings, with decisions made at formal Council meetings.
Thank you,
Andrii Zvorygin
Candidate for Mayor of Owen Sound
HelpOS
https://helpos.ca/
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