October 15, 2025
October 2025
From the Desk of Your Oakville East Conservative Team:
This newsletter is for you — our members, supporters, and neighbours — who believe Canada can and must do better. With your help, we’re building a stronger Conservative base in Oakville East to fight back against failed Liberal leadership and deliver prosperity, safety, and opportunity.
Event Recap: A Conservative Night at the Races
On September 26, the Oakville East Conservative Association co-hosted a Conservative Night at the Races along with the Oakville West, Mississauga–Lakeshore, Burlington North–Milton West, Flamborough–Glanbrook–Brant North & Guelph Conservative Associations.
More than 170 supporters came out for food, live racing, and conversations with MP Connie Cody, MP Dan Muys, MP Larry Brock, and members of the Conservative National Council.
Thanks to our attendees and partners, we have raised over $3,000—funds that keep Oakville East election-ready and growing our volunteer capacity. Most importantly, we reconnected friends and welcomed new faces who want a stronger Canada and a stronger Oakville.
Save the date: our next Night at the Races is being planned for May 2026.
Pierre Poilievre Volunteer Appreciation Event
Three delegates from our EDA attended the recent Volunteer Appreciation Event in Hamilton, hosted by Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre. It was a wonderful evening connecting with fellow volunteers and representatives from other EDAs, sharing ideas about campaigning and ways to strengthen collaboration going forward.
Mr. Poilievre expressed his deep gratitude for the tireless efforts of volunteers across the country and underscored the vital role they play in advancing our shared values. After his remarks, he took time to personally greet and take photos with every attendee — more than 200 people!
The atmosphere throughout the evening was warm, optimistic, and energized. We left feeling inspired and grateful to be part of such a dedicated and hopeful community working toward a brighter future for Canada.
Delegate Selection Meeting
Our Delegate Selection Meeting (DSM) was held on October 6th at the Oakville Trafalgar Community Centre. Members in attendance elected 10 delegates (including 1 youth) and 1 alternate to represent Oakville East at the 2026 CPC Convention (Jan 29–31, Calgary).
What would make Canada better?
Our delegates want to hear from you, our members. Let us know your concerns so they can take those concerns to the Calgary Convention.
Financial Agent Report
About George
Hello and welcome to our Financial Agent Report.
My name is George, a resident and advocate in finding solutions to make Oakville East and Canada better.
Like many, I wanted to do more, so I volunteered for the Ron Chhinzer campaign. I met people with the same goal: elect a Conservative voice to represent Oakville East and help the rest of Canada do the same.
While we fell short on election night, our fight is not done, it’s just begun.
As a Conservative, I ran to serve as one of Oakville East’s Board of Directors, winning my seat, and then I threw my name in to serve as the Oakville East Conservative Association’s Financial Agent, for which I am honoured. Thank you.
All EDA’s (Electoral District Associations) are required to have a Financial Agent (similar to a Treasurer) for each EDA. I am a volunteer with a mandate provided by Elections Canada.
What does a Financial Agent (FA) do?
All EDA’s (Electoral District Associations) are required to have a Financial Agent (similar to a Treasurer) for each EDA. I am a volunteer with a mandate provided by Elections Canada.
Financial Agent’s role (in part)
- Administer the association’s financial transactions and report those transactions to Elections Canada as required by the Canada Elections Act.
- Accept and send transfers on behalf of the association. This responsibility cannot be delegated to an electoral
district agent. - Process and provide contribution receipts for tax purposes per guidelines.
Since becoming FA (July)
Since becoming your FA this July, I have worked to modernize how the OECA handles expenses. The board adopted motions allowing the EDA to use electronic payments and digital signatures for approvals before funds are released.
I have looked for opportunities to save money on subscriptions, meeting room rentals, and procurement by shopping around and negotiating deals. We have obtained better value for money. As a Board, we also decided to invest in short-term GICs rather than let money sit idle.
Priorities
As your Conservative voice for Oakville East, your local EDA plans to invest in community outreach, build a volunteer base, increase Conservative memberships, invest in our communication team, and build a stronger Conservative voice. We are volunteers, and we count on donations from Oakville East residents to build on this momentum.
Donations
Federal political parties are funded by individual citizens or permanent residents up to a maximum of $1,750.00 to the national party and an additional $1,750.00 to a local riding association, per year. No donations can be accepted from corporations, trade unions, or associations. We are grass-roots funded and it’s now more important than ever to fund your local Oakville East Conservative Association.
Let’s work together,
George Hantzakos
Financial Agent
Oakville East Conservative Association
Oakville Fire leadership
The Town appointed Ryan Coburn as Deputy Fire Chief of Operations effective Oct. 6, 2025, noting his experience and the operational focus of the role.
Local business & jobs
Geotab (Oakville HQ) marked its 25th anniversary this summer and was named to Canada’s Top Growing Companies 2025 list—continued signals of strength in Halton’s tech and advanced-mobility corridor.
Siemens announced a $150M investment to establish a Global AI Manufacturing Technologies R&D Centre in Oakville, with federal and provincial partners highlighting the project’s advanced manufacturing focus.
Oakville to Milan: congratulations to Chef Victoria Rinsma of Hexagon, Canada’s winner of the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy 2024–25 competition, advancing to the Grand Finale in Milan on Oct 28–29 with her dish Across the Sea and Home Again.
Congratulations as well to Hexagon for earning a MICHELIN Star again and to 7 Enoteca for joining the MICHELIN Guide with a Bib Gourmand—recognitions that celebrate the people behind our local restaurants and remind us Oakville is a great place to live and dine; thank you to everyone who supports our culinary talent
On Sept. 17, Mayor Rob Burton and Milton Mayor Gord Krantz moved a Halton Regional Council motion urging federal bail reform and asking the Province to fund a new Halton courthouse.
On Sept. 19, Attorney General Doug Downey announced WZMH Architects was awarded the RFP to plan a consolidated courthouse in Oakville to serve all of Halton, replacing the Burlington and Milton facilities; address, budget, and completion date are pending.
Halton Police Chief Stephen Tanner has called for a replacement due to safety and operational deficiencies at the existing courthouses. We will track timelines and report updates when available.
How Parliament voted (Opposition Day items)
❌ Defeated — “Stop Taxing Food” motion (Sponsor: John Barlow)
Vote: 138–194 • Date: Oct 1, 2025 • Would have removed federal cost drivers on farm fuel/fertilizer, clean-fuel rules, and packaging mandates.
❌ Defeated — “Jail Not Bail Act” (Sponsor: Arpan Khanna)
Vote: 142–196 • Date: Oct 6, 2025 • Would have accelerated debate on tougher bail for repeat violent offenders.
📌 Ongoing — Bills before the House
C-8 (Cybersecurity Act) — still in the parliamentary stream.
Bottom line: Two practical Conservative measures were voted down; key security and transparency bills remain in progress.
You deserve to know how your government votes. We'll keep updating you each month.
Canada's Debt Crisis Warning
What happened: The Parliamentary Budget Officer’s latest outlook projects the 2025–26 deficit at ~$68.5B (2.2% GDP) and says the federal fiscal track is “not sustainable,” with the debt-to-GDP ratio rising above 43% over the medium term. Independent analysts called the update “shocking” and “unsustainable.”
Why it matters nationally: Persistent structural deficits crowd out room for tax relief and key priorities (defence, affordability).
Why it matters here: Higher federal borrowing costs flow through to mortgages and business credit in Oakville, where many families carry large mortgages.
What Ottawa demanded:
The federal Liberals (Minister Sean Fraser) told Oakville to allow four housing units “as-of-right” on every residential lot town-wide and to allow four storeys as-of-right within 800 m of Sheridan College—or risk losing Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) money. That’s not a discussion about where gentle density fits; it’s a blanket rule for every street.
In a May 16, 2024 letter to Mayor Rob Burton, Fraser said Oakville’s Council vote against these changes put the Town in breach and jeopardized roughly $25.18M under the HAF; he also asserted there was no NDA restricting disclosure to Council.
What happened next:
When Council refused to impose a town-wide four-plex rule, the federal government moved to terminate Oakville’s HAF agreement and sought return of advance funds.
What Oakville delivered anyway (with local control):
Oakville kept building—a lot. In 2024 the Town broke ground on 3,679 new homes, hitting 134% of its provincial target. For that performance, Ontario awarded $13.2 million to Oakville through the Building Faster Fund (BFF), presented locally by Minister Rob Flack.
What this proves:
When Ottawa demanded four units “as-of-right” on every lot town-wide (and four storeys near Sheridan) as a condition of HAF money, Oakville Council said no to the blanket rule—Ottawa then terminated the deal and sought a clawback. Oakville still out-built its target, and the Province rewarded results with $13.2M. That’s what trust and competence looks like: local planning + clear targets = homes built.
Why trust the Conservatives
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Conservatives built their housing approach with builders, landlords, lenders, and municipal planners—then published it early and plainly: reward cities that build more; withhold funds from those that don’t; unlock federal land; tie transit dollars to “keys-in-doors.” That’s the core of Building Homes, Not Bureaucracy.
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Meanwhile, the Liberals vote down Conservative ideas and later repackage elements (HAF strings, GST tweaks) without fixing the bottlenecks that builders actually face.
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And yes—our ideas get copied. Ottawa often votes down Conservative proposals and later repackages similar elements under a new name. We’ll keep pressing to make sure any Liberal copy actually works on the ground.
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