Daniel Fritter

For a Kelowna we can be proud of.

[Daniel Fritter @danielfritter]

@sharongregson Hell, never mind $10/day - I can't believe the NDP cut funding and killed the in-school, after-school care pilot program that ran last year.

It solved a lot of problems for communities that lack suitable daycare facilities and made all the sense in the world.

[Daniel Fritter @danielfritter]

@naturally_zo No outside experience?

He worked for Black Press, publishing local newspapers for 20 years.

[Claire Rattée @ClaireRattee]

I don’t talk about addiction as an abstract policy issue. I lived it.

At 17, I was struggling with addiction and living on the streets of Vancouver. I know what it feels like to be cold, hungry and exhausted, and still have drugs matter more than anything else. I also know there were times when I was simply not capable of making decisions in my own best interest.

But I also know what recovery can make possible.

Someone believed I was capable of more. I found purpose, went to treatment and began rebuilding my life. Today, that life is almost unrecognizable.

That’s why I will never accept that leaving people trapped in addiction is compassion.

Every person we see suffering on our streets has a story that isn’t finished yet. Sometimes compassion means intervention. It means treatment, recovery, responsibility, connection and purpose.

Keeping someone alive matters. But keeping someone alive is not enough. We need to give people a way out.

I found mine. I want every British Columbian struggling with addiction to have the opportunity to find theirs. I’ll have a lot more to say on this in the coming weeks.

[Daniel Fritter @danielfritter]

A brief introduction into who I am, why I'm running, and perhaps what most might be wondering - why my office looks a little different than most...

#kelowna

https://t.co/a4AfIjKS4l

[Daniel Fritter @danielfritter]

Although the most significant tools capable of reducing street disorder, rampant substance abuse, and providing proper mental health care solutions lie with the provincial government, city councils are not incapable of making progress in this areas - and Kelowna's needs to!

[ABC Vancouver @Vote4ABC]

This election matters.

Four years ago, Vancouver was in disarray. Vancouverites wanted change.

Mayor Ken Sim and your ABC Vancouver team started that change. We fully funded police and fire, funded Vancouver Coastal Health’s requested mental health workers, increased street cleaning, invested $5 million in Task Force Barrage to tackle organized crime and street disorder, and invested to bring people back downtown.

Crime is down. Stability has begun to return.

But there is more change needed. Street disorder remains, driven in large part by provincial drug and health policies.

Now we have an opportunity to bring the full change our city has been waiting for.

On October 17, the Public Safety Plebiscite puts that change in your hands.

VOTE YES on Question One to strengthen City bylaws against open air hard drug use, giving police a faster tool to intervene, ticket and seize drugs without a lengthy criminal process.

VOTE YES on Question Two to demand the Province create secure medical treatment, including 100+ involuntary care beds at the old St. Paul’s Hospital or another similar site.

Right now, more than 100 patients can be in Vancouver acute care waiting for appropriate tertiary mental health beds. Dedicated capacity means better care for people in crisis and frees emergency rooms for everyone.

The choice is clear.

Every opposition party has opposed your voice in this plebiscite. Pete Fry and Rebecca Bligh walked out before Council voted on putting these questions to Vancouverites. Colleen Hardwick and Kareem Allam have publicly opposed it.

A YES vote is the first step. But only Mayor Ken Sim and your ABC Vancouver team are committed to delivering it.

Some people believe Vancouver can’t really change.

We believe it can.

This plebiscite is a chance for Vancouver to come together and choose hope over accepting the status quo. To believe again that we can build the safe, affordable, thriving Vancouver we all want.

We started the change. Now let’s finish it together.

On October 17, vote YES on the Public Safety Plebiscite and re-elect Mayor Ken Sim and your ABC Vancouver team.

#ABCVancouver #PublicSafety #Affordability

[Daniel Fritter @danielfritter]

My word.

[Daniel Fritter @danielfritter]

And for context, the annual count found there to be over 800 homeless people in Kelowna, meaning we have one of, if not the highest ratio of homelessness per capita of any city in BC.

[Daniel Fritter @danielfritter]

Kelowna has one pending project underway with BC Housing to help alleviate the homelessness issue. It is slated to deliver 40 beds by 2029.

By contrast, Kamloops has six projects, delivering over 600 spaces by 2029, 200 of which are scheduled to be available this year.

[Daniel Fritter @danielfritter]

@JanetBrown980 @Dave_Eby @SurreyFirst2026 Agreed.

And there are going to be so. many. signs. everywhere.

[Daniel Fritter @danielfritter]

@southpksatan @JanetBrown980 @Dave_Eby @SurreyFirst2026 It's not a matter of intelligence. It's a matter of time.

There are dozens of us candidates trying to get our message out to voters here in Kelowna, and now we have to compete with provincial party campaign efforts for what little spare time the electorate has for politics.

[Janet Brown @JanetBrown980]

As a council candidate in Surrey in the upcoming municipal election I have to say I’m disappointed @Dave_Eby is calling the election now, muni elections Oct 17th, provincial election Oct 24th #voterfatigue @SurreyFirst2026

[Daniel Fritter @danielfritter]

Lovely.

Now the literally dozens of us local candidates trying to earn your vote for the municipal election here in Kelowna will have to compete for your attention with much larger political entities campaigning provincially.

What an awfully selfish decision by Eby.

[Rob Shaw @RobShaw_BC]

NEW - Premier @Dave_Eby to call snap election at 12:15pm at Government House.

[Daniel Fritter @danielfritter]

If Eby calls an election amidst this municipal election, there will literally be signs mounted on top of other signs on every Kelowna corner...

[Fran Yanor @FranYanor]

Hard to see how calling a snap election halfway through a mandate, on a literally Trumped up pretext, during a municipal election, 2 days after the official opposition leader resigns, when ppl within the premier's own party are calling for his resignation, will benefit the public interest in any way.

[Daniel Fritter @danielfritter]

First tabled and adopted in 2010, confirmed as a transportation improvement priority in 2020, work isn't scheduled to begin until 2028 or 2029 - which is ridiculous.

Such crucial and needed infrastructure as roadways and transit cannot take 18 years to meaningfully start!

[Daniel Fritter @danielfritter]

Fun fact: Even something as (relatively) simple as the extension of Clement Road to Hwy 33 has taken so long to move through the planning phase that someone born when it was first adopted by the city will be old enough to vote before construction is slated to begin.

[Time for FREEDOM 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @LisaV88279855]

@BarkJack_ Improving infrastructure here is needed more than I can say! The Trans-Canada Highway goes straight through the town of Kelowna in BC. We desperately need a ring road.

[Daniel Fritter @danielfritter]

Thank you everyone for all the follows!

Hope you're having a great Friday.

[Daniel Fritter @danielfritter]

Congestion's a growing problem here in Kelowna, seeing a 10% increase in a single year from 2023-2024, almost entirely in the form of severe congestion.

We need better management of our roads and revisions to the transportation plan that better prioritize how we get around!