If elected, Doucet would reduce transit fares every year for the next four years and introduce a commuter rail system that extends to communities outside of the city.^[3][4]

If elected, McConville would introduce "safety strips" along bus and transit routes to help people feel safer when travelling.^[5]

Watson is commited to moving forward with Stages 2 and 3 of LRT, which would extend the rail system to Barrhaven and Kanata-Stittsville. He has also overseen the completion of the Confederation Line earlier this year.^[1][2]

Watson has requested that further research be conducted on truck side guards and other safety measures that would reduce fatal collisions between cyclists, pedestrians, and heavy trucks.^[6]

Doucet thinks the process required to report violence is “agonizing.” If elected, he would make information about the reporting process as public as possible.^[7]

If elected, McConville would ensure adequate resources to the police force, reintroduce community policing, and encourage neighbourhood watch programs .^[8]

If elected, McConville would adopt a "Housing First" social policy, moving homeless people directly into private acommodation rather than varieties of shelters or transitional housing.^[8][13]

If elected, Doucet would prioritize affordable housing. He would introduce zoning rules to compel developers to include affordable units in new builds, and bylaws to ensure existing rental units are replaced with more rental units when redeveloped.^[12]

Watson says the councils he's headed for the past two years have added $16 million to the affordable housing budget. If re-elected, he will prioritize repairing existing social housing and will leverage local innovation to ensure long-term sustainability. He will also continue to turn his attention towards the light-rail system as a way of allowing students to "move farther afield from campus" to find cheaper rents.^[9][10][11]

Watson has supported the project. He believes the location near the Bayview LRT station not only supports the demands for rental properties in the city, but is also the perfect place for intensification. He also said that "staff anticipate that this development will add 1.6 million transit trips per year."^[14]

Doucet opposes the development of the Albert Street Corridor, citing that the tower application was at odds with an official plan endorsed by the community, but the mayor encouraged councillors to approve it. If elected, he promises "a city that respects community development plans, that respects its own zoning..."^[15]

Bruce McConville has expressed opposition towards this development, saying “I believe the current mayor and council do not respect communities and they do not give them voice in major development decisions. The mayor is not listening to the concerns of the communities and he is forcing them to accept development they don’t want.”^[16]

Doucet believes any tax increase should be tied to the cost of living. He has been an advocate for a cap on property tax increases.^[20][21]

McConville wants taxes to be as low as possible, but states that if he "felt the projects and investments the city was making were worthy, I wouldn’t mind paying 2.5 or 3 per cent."^[16]

Watson has promised to keep tax increases at a rate of no more than 2 per cent. So far, he's kept this promise with a 1.9 per cent increase in 2014 and a 2 per cent increase this year.^[17][18][19]

McConville opposes the Salvation Army "mega shelter." He believes that "if you put a lot of homeless people in the same place, it’s a ghetto for a community." He also believes that the shelter will deprive the community of economic development for the next 100 years.^[24][23]

Watson supports the plan for the Salvation Army to build a shelter in Vanier. He believes it will ease pressure on the ByWard Market, which is already home to three emergency shelters.^[22]

Doucet is opposed to moving the Salvation Army shelter from the Byward Market to Vanier. He believes that "creating this crushingly big place in Vanier, is like council wants to put all the poor people in one tiny corner of the city.”^[23]

Watson believes pot shops are better kept in government hands, stating that public agencies are "more receptive to making sure that everyone is carded and ID'd."^[25]

Doucet supports the retail sale of cannabis, but prefers it to be sold in pharmacies, at least to start.^[26][27]

Watson is opposed to weekly garbage pick-up. He says this solution is costly and harmful to the environment. Instead, residents should recycle more and use their green bins, which are collected weekly, in order to reduce the amount of waste going into Ottawa's landfills.^[27]

In response to concerns over garbage odor in the summer months, Doucet would reinstate weekly pick-up during the months of June, July and August. He believes landfill management policies can handle the increased service.^[27]

Watson concedes that it will be a "challenge" to ensure crowds continue to flock to Parliament Hill during renovations. However, he sees it as an opportunity to draw attention to other nearby attractions, such as the Government Conference Centre that will house the Senate for the next 10 years.^[28]

If elected, McConville would increase police foot patrols in the ByWard Market and push to get rid of emergency shelters in the area. He would call on the city to invest in more affordable housing options in other parts of the city for low-income and homeless residents.^[28]

Watson was hesitant when the idea of establishing supervised injection sites in Ottawa first came up. He has since let Ottawa Public Health steer municipal policy.^[11]

If elected, Doucet would build a community health centre in Lowertown that would include Ottawa Inner City Health's supervised injection services, currently delivered in a trailer at the Shepherds of Good Hope.^[29]