One Foot Off Center - The Small C Perspective

Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas joins the One Foot Off Center panel to make his case for a second term ahead of the October 17 election. Dyas walks through his record: restructured city finances, accelerated road and infrastructure projects, more RCMP, bylaw and fire staff, and a drop in the city's crime severity ranking. He's candid about his regrets, including the downtown outreach centre and the Rutland social services office, and explains why mandatory care is a provincial decision, not the city's. The panel presses him on construction fatigue, unemployment, homelessness spending, and business owners who have stopped reporting crime. Dyas also lays out plans for the airport's East Lands, new detox beds for Kelowna, and how he builds consensus with council and staff.SPONSORSSoil to Sod Landscaping: https://soiltosod.ca/Kelowna Rockets: https://chl.ca/whl-rockets/Jennifer Maddison, RE/MAX: https://www.jennifermaddison.ca/ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONEDInterior Health: https://www.interiorhealth.ca/BC Housing: https://www.bchousing.org/Kelowna International Airport (YLW): https://ylw.kelowna.ca/Kelowna Chamber of Commerce: https://www.kelownachamber.org/

Rick and the One Foot Off Center panel sit down with mayoral candidate Ron Cannan, sitting Kelowna city councillor and former MP, for a long-form look at his platform. Cannan makes the case for a “Campus of Care” model to tackle homelessness and addiction, arguing the city needs real treatment and recovery, not just shelter, plus a regional approach with neighbouring communities. He digs into Kelowna's infrastructure deficit across roads, transit, and rec facilities, how growth outpaced planning, and his case for a third-party core review to find savings while holding taxes down.Panelists Ron Mattiussi, Cassidy deVeer, and Scott Lanigan press him on funding, past council decisions, transparency, and how he'd build consensus as mayor ahead of the October 17 election.GUESTRon Cannan, Kelowna City Councillor and mayoral candidate (former MP for Kelowna-Lake Country)SponsorsSoil to Sod Landscaping: https://soiltosod.ca/Kelowna Rockets: https://chl.ca/whl-rockets/Jennifer Maddison, RE/MAX: https://www.jennifermaddison.ca/

Rick sits down with former Kelowna city manager Ron Mattiussi and Cassidy deVeer to separate realmunicipal election promises from empty ones — what city council can and can't actually do.LINKSCMHC (housing videos referenced in the episode): https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/SPONSORSSoil to Sod Landscaping: https://soiltosod.ca/Kelowna Rockets: https://chl.ca/whl-rockets/Jennifer Maddison, RE/MAX: https://www.jennifermaddison.ca/HOSTRick MaddisonREGULAR PANELRon Mattiussi — Former City Manager, City of KelownaCassidy deVeer — Executive Officer, Canadian Home Builders' Association Central OkanaganScott Lanigan — Lead Pastor, Trinity Church Kelowna (unable to join this episode)

The One Foot Off Center podcast panel broke down what ForChange Kelowna should be looking for as it prepares to vet this fall's council candidates.Does it matter what a candidate did before city council? With roughly 80% of council votes tied to housing, how many names on this year's ballot really understand housing if pressed on the spot?It's known that councils will spend an hour arguing over a $500 purchase, yet wave through an $84 million project without a second look. Is that a failure of oversight, or just what happens when a number gets too large to feel real anymore? What actually makes someone fit to lead. How do you measure character in a person you've only sat across from once?Listen for more on how ForChange differs from a political slate, and why the group insists it will never tell anyone how to vote.Host:
Rick MaddisonRegular Panel:
Ron Mattiussi — Former City Manager, City of Kelowna 
Cassidy deVeer — Interim Executive Officer, Canadian Home Builders' Association Central Okanagan
Scott Lanigan — Lead Pastor, Trinity Church KelownaLinks:
ForChange Kelowna: https://forchangekelowna.com/
BC is Burning: https://bcisburning.ca/Thanks to our sponsors: Soil to Sod Landscaping, Key West Mechanical, and Jennifer Maddison, RE/MAX Realtor.Soil to Sod Landscaping: https://soiltosod.ca/
Key West Mechanical: https://keywestmechanical.ca/
Jennifer Maddison, RE/MAX: https://www.jennifermaddison.ca/
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Should seniors lose the right to vote on decisions they won't be around to live with? Host Rick Maddison is joined by former Kelowna City Manager Ron Mattiussi and CHBA Central Okanagan's Cassidy deVeer to debate age-restricted voting, municipal debt, and why Kelowna keeps falling behind Kamloops on rec facilities. Ron calls the idea "bullshit" and explains why. Cassidy pushes back on who Kelowna's low property taxes actually protect. It gets heated — that's the point.One Foot Off Center's regular panel includes Ron Mattiussi, Cassidy deVeer, and Scott Lanigan, Lead Pastor of Trinity Church Kelowna.