Davis Kyle

Kelowna council forum #1 at Revelry

Castanet and Revelry, with ForChange Kelowna · Sept. 16, 2026 · Full video of this forum on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

1. Opening statement

   On the public safety file, we all agree that fully funded mental health treatment, helping people with addictions get clean, you know, this is all incredibly important. [...] To be doing on city council, to be part of that majority that is going to be pushing these issues to the provincial government and saying we need true action.

2. Opening statement

   On affordability, everything from making it easier to find child care for your kids to incentives for family sized housing and ground accessible housing that people can you know raise kids in. It's incredibly important and just lowering the cost of new construction

3. Opening statement

   Finally, on quality of life, for everything from protecting and expanding Kelowna's tree canopy as our city grows [...] to investing in our infrastructure, everything from good roundabout projects that have been done over the last four years, but also investing in filling holes in our sidewalk network, safe routes to schools, etc.

4. What does leadership mean for you on council?

   And accountability is about saying what you are going to do. I consider my platform to be a contract with voters. I do not want to flip flop.

5. A council decision you disagreed with, and what you would have done differently

   I would say one decision I disagree with is the cutbacks to the Rutland recreation facilities. [...] Besides that I could also name the dog park and city park. Now some people are using it but for the cost I just don't think it was worth the money.

6. An area of city spending that deserves greater scrutiny

   in terms of contract auditing we want to make sure that we're getting good value for money on downtown cleanup [...] I'd like to put these kinds of resolutions forward at UBCM because ultimately these costs are being passed on to new homeowners, are being passed on to renters, and it is a deeply unaffordable town to live in.

7. What would you do differently about crime and safety that hasn't been done before?

   There are cities throughout North America that have done things like parking benefit districts. [...] we need these kinds of street problems to be cleaned up quickly and increasing support for URBA, increasing support for the DKA, managing it in the Capri area as well, without impacting your property taxes is important.

8. What would you do differently about crime and safety that hasn't been done before?

   Do we need to do more of that lobbying publicly? Yes. [...] And that's what council needs to do differently.

9. Question from Indy Dhial: Is Rutland underserved, and what do we do about it?

   whether it's working with certain candidates like Councillor Lovegrove on trying to lobby the provincial government for downtown to Airport direct transit, you know that so that you can actually take a flight and not need to pay for parking or pay for a taxi.