Welcome to my campaign website. 

I’m Stéphanie Plante, and I’m proud to serve as the municipal councillor for Rideau-Vanier.

I acknowledge that we are gathered on the unceded and unabandoned territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation. Thank you to everyone who organised today’s debate, and to each and every one of you for being here.

Four years ago, I ran because Rideau-Vanier needed a councillor who would be present, accessible and ready to fight for results.

Since then, we have secured Vanier’s first major municipal infrastructure investment since amalgamation: a new recreation centre. We stopped a large shelter from being imposed on Montréal Road, protected the francophone community centre in Lowertown. We advanced 159 affordable homes on Beausoleil, invested in acquisitions, and converted 211 Somerset. We now have bus-only lanes on Rideau and Montreal Rd, extended the 20 to Hurdman Station and stopped OC Transpo from reducing frequency on downtown buses. We have also worked to have safer streets, parks and community spaces across the ward.

But the job is not finished. We need safer streets, better transit, more housing, real solutions to homelessness and addiction, and trucks finally removed from King Edward. We have built up real momentum, and I am standing for re-election to finish what we have started.

This evening, you will hear many different visions for Rideau-Vanier.

Mine is grounded in a simple belief: our ward should not have to choose between compassion and safety, between growth and protecting our neighbourhoods, or between consultation and actually getting things done.

We have also brought people together through the Vanier 5 km run, school streets and community events. A record number of families are moving into the neighbourhood, and we are finally tackling problem properties and rent gouging.

But there is still work to be done. We need better public transport, more housing, real solutions to homelessness and addiction, and we must finally remove 3,500 heavy goods vehicles a day from King Edward Avenue by moving forward with the East Bridge project.

For decades, governments have studied an eastern bridge while 3,500 heavy trucks travel King Edward Avenue every day. I support the Kettle Island crossing because Lowertown families deserve safer streets, our region needs a reliable transportation network, and endless delay is not leadership. But it must include strong environmental protections and measures to prevent cut-through traffic in neighbouring communities. 

You can read my biography here.

I know how city hall works and I am asking for your support so we can keep that momentum going and finish what we started. Thank you.