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Jean Cloutier, Alta Vista
Q It was a long campaign. What moment sticks out for you the most?
A When I heard that Peter (Hume) was not running. That was, of course, before the campaign … But when he first told me that he was not going to run is a moment that sticks in my head.
Q How did election night feel? Where were you when you learned you’d won?
A Election night was wonderful. I was not at the campaign headquarters, I was at a friend’s house. I was with my wife and my three children. Peter had told me to go a place where you felt safe, in case we would have lost, to be able to digest the results. We had a good feeling, but in a nine-candidate field, with there being no incumbent, you just don’t know how it will go.
Q What’s your first priority, now that you’ve been elected?
A To get to know my council colleagues. We’ll be working as a team, we will establish a strategic plan, we will establish the council term of priorities and then we will execute them to the benefit of the people of Ottawa and, for me, the benefit of the people of Alta Vista.
Q What do your foresee the biggest challenge will be for you personally?
A I’m a chartered professional accountant, I’ve always worked for private businesses. Learning to operate in the political sphere will be one of the things I’ll need to be sensitized to.
Q What’s one thing you will never do over the next four years?
A I will never be complacent. I will not take the trust of the people of Alta Vista for granted. I have lived in that community for 27 years. I am well-known, I will not let them down.
Q What’s one thing you will absolutely do over the next four years?
A I will execute the plan that I ran on. I will plant those 10,000 trees — not me personally … but we will re-tree the ward because we’ve lost so many to the Emerald Ash Borer and, as a resident of the ward for 27 years, we’ve seen such a change in the tree-scape. It’s almost painful.
Q Who is your political role model? Why?
A In my capacity as president of the Canterbury Community Association, I really appreciated Peter’s approach to ward issues and city issues. Peter has been a good public servant, has served the ward well and I’ve always appreciated his pragmatic, dedicated approach to the issues and his support of community associations.
Q Name three things you love about Ottawa.
A I love the bilingual nature of Ottawa, I love the industry of Ottawa — the federal government and the municipal government, I just like that environment — and I like how clean how Ottawa is. I’ve lived here all my 55 years. What’s there not to love about Ottawa?
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Q It was a long campaign. What moment sticks out for you the most?
A When I heard that Peter (Hume) was not running. That was, of course, before the campaign … But when he first told me that he was not going to run is a moment that sticks in my head.
Q How did election night feel? Where were you when you learned you’d won?
A Election night was wonderful. I was not at the campaign headquarters, I was at a friend’s house. I was with my wife and my three children. Peter had told me to go a place where you felt safe, in case we would have lost, to be able to digest the results. We had a good feeling, but in a nine-candidate field, with there being no incumbent, you just don’t know how it will go.
Q What’s your first priority, now that you’ve been elected?
A To get to know my council colleagues. We’ll be working as a team, we will establish a strategic plan, we will establish the council term of priorities and then we will execute them to the benefit of the people of Ottawa and, for me, the benefit of the people of Alta Vista.
Q What do your foresee the biggest challenge will be for you personally?
A I’m a chartered professional accountant, I’ve always worked for private businesses. Learning to operate in the political sphere will be one of the things I’ll need to be sensitized to.
Q What’s one thing you will never do over the next four years?
A I will never be complacent. I will not take the trust of the people of Alta Vista for granted. I have lived in that community for 27 years. I am well-known, I will not let them down.
Q What’s one thing you will absolutely do over the next four years?
A I will execute the plan that I ran on. I will plant those 10,000 trees — not me personally … but we will re-tree the ward because we’ve lost so many to the Emerald Ash Borer and, as a resident of the ward for 27 years, we’ve seen such a change in the tree-scape. It’s almost painful.
Q Who is your political role model? Why?
A In my capacity as president of the Canterbury Community Association, I really appreciated Peter’s approach to ward issues and city issues. Peter has been a good public servant, has served the ward well and I’ve always appreciated his pragmatic, dedicated approach to the issues and his support of community associations.
Q Name three things you love about Ottawa.
A I love the bilingual nature of Ottawa, I love the industry of Ottawa — the federal government and the municipal government, I just like that environment — and I like how clean how Ottawa is. I’ve lived here all my 55 years. What’s there not to love about Ottawa?
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