Matt Millar

Candidate for Ward 9 Councillor in London Municipal Election 2026

[Matt Millar @MMward9]

It's official. I'm a registered candidate for Ward 9 Councillor in London's October election.

Taxpayer focused. Compensate accordingly: city council's pay tied to your tax bill.

As a third-generation Lambeth farmer, that's my priority, and I've drafted a plan to back it up at https://t.co/LHffmWC8at https://t.co/LHffmWC8at

[Matt Millar @MMward9]

@cosminDZS Well, he's not wrong.

If it comes from CBC, odds are that it's fake.

[Matt Millar @MMward9]

@bakesonthings "Uhhh..... I think the, uh...... 👉"

Ignoring journalists telling out questions in a hallway is standard practice, but this was a particularly awful dodge

[Matt Millar @MMward9]

@briannewblueeml Yeah, "imagine" was doing some heavy lifting there.

[Matt Millar @MMward9]

Imagine if he would have taken this approach from the beginning instead of all the elbows up nonsense.

Negotiation instead of provocation.

We would likely be in a much better place as a country today.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called for a ‘new partnership’ with the United States to ‘help make America great again’ https://t.co/r3qMc6qzpu

[Matt Strauss @strauss_matt]

I am really pleased to see the NDP, the Greens, civil liberties groups, Tech giants like Apple, Google, and Meta, smaller tech firms like @NordVPN, @windscribecom, @signalapp and law professors like @robertdiab and @mgeist come out with objections to Bill C22.

Every word of my original speech has been validated.

It’s rare to see such unified opposition from every corner of civil society, and every corner of the House of Commons.

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

The exodus of tech companies under Bill C-22 continues. Incredible that the government plans to release an AI strategy next week that will presumably want to attract some of the same companies it is driving out.
https://t.co/bjQG7dtYKx

[Matt Millar @MMward9]

What you can do:

Read the bylaw at https://t.co/MshRBbc9Mw. Suggest changes if you see room to improve it.

Click "Show support" at the top of the bylaw page. The total is public.

Visit https://t.co/nWz3rBwO1F. Every registered 2026 candidate for council and mayor is on a single page. If yours hasn't taken a position, ask them.

Full article, including the per-vote list, the full sources, and the bylaw itself: https://t.co/LOMMInaQ5j

They voted to take more from you and give more to themselves. That can end with PACT.

And with the election this fall, it is your choice whether it also ends their political careers.

[Matt Millar @MMward9]

London city council gets paid HOW much?

Starting next term: about $94,000 base. Up from $67,420.

Above what 70% of full-time working Londoners, including most teachers and nurses, take home.

Council voted itself this raise 9 to 6, on November 4, 2025.

A thread. 🧵

[Matt Millar @MMward9]

The Pay Accountable to City Taxpayers Bylaw closes the gap.

If council raises your taxes by 5%, council pay drops 5%. Permanently. Even after they reset the base in 2028, the pay cut still applies on top.

It's a single new section added to the existing City policy. The bylaw is mechanical: council doesn't get to vote on whether the pay cut applies in a given year. The City Treasurer applies it automatically once the annual rating by-law passes.

PACT does not touch base pay (that can be addressed separately). It does not touch council's authority to set the levy. It adds a separate ledger that applies a permanent pay cut on top.

This will be my #1 priority if elected.

[Matt Millar @MMward9]

If someone has invaded your home, no force is unreasonable.

[Rod Vanier @RodAVanier]

Not a chance. The use of reasonable force is already permitted. PP wants permission for home owners to use unreasonable force in defense of their home. How American is that!

[Matt Millar @MMward9]

@CanadaSentinel @Concern70732755 @PierrePoilievre Yeah, because what proper Canadian wants to be able to defend his property and family without fear of being jailed for it???

[Matt Millar @MMward9]

@RodAVanier If someone has invaded your home, no force is unreasonable.

[Matt Millar @MMward9]

Public notice: https://t.co/h97MJe2fvS

[Matt Millar @MMward9]

Heads up, Lambeth: another housing density proposal on Colonel Talbot Road

The City has posted a public notice for 3924, 4012, and 4050 Colonel Talbot Rd. The application (file Z-26046 / O-26047 / 39T-12503) proposes amending the Southwest Area Secondary Plan to allow single detached dwellings, stacked townhouses, and apartment buildings in the Lambeth Residential Neighbourhood, up to 6 storeys and 100 units per hectare. Two properties (4012 and 4050) would be added to the existing Draft Approved Plan of Subdivision. The proposal also realigns Hayward Drive and reconfigures the block pattern between Heathwoods Avenue and the Fallingbrook Avenue extension.

This goes to PEC (Planning and Environment Committee) for a Public Participation Meeting on Tuesday, June 9 at 1:00 p.m.

How to get involved:
• Full agenda details will be posted on the City of London Website on Wednesday, June 3
• Written submissions go to [email protected] by 9 a.m. Friday, June 5
• To attend virtually, pre-register at [email protected] or 519-661-2489 ext. 7100 by 9 a.m. the day of the meeting
• You can also attend in person at City Hall, Council Chambers

I'm putting my position in writing by the June 5 deadline. If you have concerns about how this affects Lambeth, the written record is open to you too. If you can make the meeting in person, your voice carries even further.

[Matt Millar @MMward9]

Council voted itself almost a 40% raise for the next term, while raising your property tax bill more than 25% over this multi-year budget.

The status quo is making life more cumbersome, and turning our friendly neighbourhoods into sterile complexes. Ward 9 deserves a councillor on the community's side.

My platform will be rolled out in the coming days. Tell me what you like and how we can make it better. Let's build this together!

[Matt Millar @MMward9]

It's official. I'm a registered candidate for Ward 9 Councillor in London's October election.

Taxpayer focused. Compensate accordingly: city council's pay tied to your tax bill.

As a third-generation Lambeth farmer, that's my priority, and I've drafted a plan to back it up at https://t.co/LHffmWC8at https://t.co/LHffmWC8at

[Matt Millar @MMward9]

It's time for change, London

[Chris Baker 🇨🇦 @bakesonthings]

One Ontario City is leading a charge they want no part of…the results of a failed 11 year federal government. One Ontario City's Economic Nightmare a Harbinger of Canadian Things to Come?
https://t.co/fNC9AT63Sl
#canada #cdnpoli #politics #markcarney #ldnont #liberal #conservative