Andrew Mark Uitvlugt

Kelowna Chamber of Commerce mayoral forum

Kelowna Chamber of Commerce, streamed by Castanet · Oct. 7, 2026 · Full video of this forum on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

1. Opening statement

   I want to fix the homeless problem. I'm going to make the homeless pay for it.

2. Opening statement

   You know, how do you make the homeless pay for themselves? With dignity. So we're going to get them jobs is the plan.

3. Opening statement

   So I'm thinking about like a tiny house community. As far as I know we've got like hundreds of acres down there all around the dump so it doesn't smell up everyone.

4. The current council term ended with a lot of unfinished business. What project would you continue without change, and what's the first thing you would revisit?

   We need like a hundred beds [...] We need a place to stabilize them. I call it a stabilization centre like mix it with a treatment centre and I want to put it down by the dump and I want it to be huge.

5. The current council term ended with a lot of unfinished business. What project would you continue without change, and what's the first thing you would revisit?

   And then we'll have a giant recycling centre at the dump too, so all the food and all the waste gets recycled. I want zero waste in Kelowna.

6. Name one budget line you would cut and one you would grow. What property tax increase is defensible for your first year?

   I would definitely not spend money on giant signs until we deal with the homeless problem.

7. Name one budget line you would cut and one you would grow. What property tax increase is defensible for your first year?

   I don't want to raise taxes to fix the homeless though. I want to make the homeless pay for it.

8. Would you increase the number of police, bylaw or community safety officers, and how would you pay for it?

   I don't think that we need more police per se because we've got all these police they can't do anything with these people you know even if they take them to jail they just get released right away

9. Would you increase the number of police, bylaw or community safety officers, and how would you pay for it?

   Ibogaine is a treatment that I would be looking at strongly.

10. Question for him alone: Why are you running?

    now I'm back running for mayor to try to clean up this town.

11. What is the biggest housing policy issue in Kelowna, and how would you address it?

    Well, I think the biggest issue is it's just too damn expensive [...] I would like to have a tiny house community with very, very cheap tiny houses.

12. What is the biggest housing policy issue in Kelowna, and how would you address it?

    So I don't know what exactly we have to do to encourage apartments or developers to make more low income housing, like maybe a housing price cap or something on a one bed apartment.

13. Within council's own authority, what one thing would you do differently on homelessness?

    So mandatory treatment, possibly. I know people are like, oh, no, you got to watch out for their freedom. Well, what about our freedom to be able to walk around the streets without people attacking us?

14. What unfunded or delayed infrastructure project would you prioritize, and what would you defund or delay to pay for it?

    But I'd like to get that highway flowing if we're going to go infrastructure talk. Like Abbott, I think we should just cancel that light completely. Like, at least during the peak hours. And, you know, I think we should build an overpass.

15. What unfunded or delayed infrastructure project would you prioritize, and what would you defund or delay to pay for it?

    we can't seem to build a second bridge. I'd build three bridges.

16. Question for him alone: What should the men on either side of you know about life for regular people in Kelowna?

    We need more low income housing and like higher paying jobs would be great.

17. Would the city's arts and culture investment go up, go down, or stay the same under your administration?

    Well, you know, I don't think we need to increase the budget for the arts at all

18. Who are you voting for in the provincial election, and why won't you tell us?

    Well I'm for sure voting for Conservatives

19. Audience question: Will you commit to meaningful public input and a formal public hearing before council decides on the former Willow Inn site?

    So, you know, I think that the public should sure be consulted. I don't mind a hotel there.

20. Tell us about your spiritual outlook and how it affects your policy.

    But, you know, do unto others as you would have them do unto you is 100% my philosophy in life. And I would be a mayor that has compassion for the [...] drug addicts and mentally ill.

21. What is the single biggest obstacle you would remove for a business trying to open, expand or hire in Kelowna?

    Oh, geez, so much red tape.

22. Closing statement

    I do really want a recycling centre at the dump, even if we can't put the homeless there.