Clear answers. No guessing.
This page should grow throughout the campaign as the same questions come up at doors, town halls, interviews and community meetings.
Rajee believes Guelph needs practical leadership focused on the everyday responsibilities residents feel most directly: affordability, neighbourhood and downtown safety, and responsive service from City Hall. He is entering politics after decades in public-facing management, small business and real estate.
No. Rajee is a political newcomer. His case to voters is based on experience leading people and operations outside politics, combined with a commitment to learn municipal files carefully, use evidence and be clear about what the mayor can and cannot control.
The campaign should not promise a specific future tax rate before completing a costed budget analysis. Rajee's position is that the City-controlled portion of spending should be reviewed rigorously, residents should be told clearly where increases come from, and service trade-offs should be made transparent.
A mayor cannot set market rents across the city. Municipal government can influence housing supply, zoning, approvals, infrastructure, some forms of affordable housing, and enforcement of municipal housing rules. Rajee will distinguish those tools from provincial and federal responsibilities.
Response time, clarity, accessibility, reliability and accountability. Rajee wants residents to know who owns their request, what timeline to expect, and whether major City service standards are actually being met.
Use verified data, coordinate the agencies that share responsibility, take recurring property and public-space concerns seriously, and combine enforcement with prevention and appropriate health/social-service partnerships. The campaign will avoid pretending one department controls every safety outcome.
Hospital planning and major health-system funding are primarily provincial responsibilities. Rajee supports strong mayoral advocacy for Guelph's long-term health capacity and wants the City to be a constructive partner on planning, infrastructure and any local responsibilities tied to future investment.
Attend a Rajee Listens town hall or use the contact form. Questions that require detailed facts should be researched and followed up rather than answered from memory.
Election Day is Monday, October 26, 2026. Visit the City of Guelph's official election website for current voting locations, advance voting, eligibility and vote-by-mail information.