Mitch Shea, Ward B Councillor

A township that works all twelve months

Hi, I’m Mitchell Shea, and I’m running for Ward B Councillor. Muskoka Lakes is a great place to visit; I want it to stay a place you can afford to live, work and raise a family in, year-round.

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Mitchell Shea, candidate for Ward B Councillor in the Township of Muskoka Lakes

Mitch Shea, farmer, roofer, sixth-generation Muskoka.

What I’m running on

An economy that runs all year

Cut the permit delays and the zoning fights. Make it possible to run a business, take a trade job and work from home here in February, not just July.

Infrastructure that actually reaches us

Cell towers where the calls drop. Fibre down the back concessions. 5G coverage, reliable power, and roads and bridges kept ahead of failure, not after it.

Food grown here, eaten here

Let farms sell what they grow without a zoning fight. Get Muskoka-grown food onto local menus and shelves. Keep farmland farming.

Clean water, because it’s everything

Less road salt on our roads. Real help for septic upgrades and natural shorelines. Development sized to what the lake can handle.

Accountability, visibility, oversight

Decisions explained in public before the vote. Spending and wait times published. A Councillor you can actually reach, who reports back on what he did.

Six generations on the same ground

My family has been in Watt Township since the 1860s, among the first settlers to take up free grant land here. Generations later, we are still on the same ground. I farm, and I run a roofing business.

Last year my son was born. I want him to have the same choice my ancestors had: to make a living on this land and to stay.

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Watt Township, in the Township of Muskoka Lakes — Watt Township, this spring.

Voting is online or by phone

Vote October 14 to 26

Everything comes down to one question: when my son is twenty-five, will there be a reason for him to stay?

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