Brooklin
Wallis
for Kitchener City Council
Brooklin's Platform
Affordable Housing
The region needs to stop viewing housing as a source of corporate profit and start prioritizing middle housing throughout the city. I will advocate for greater investments in socially owned and co-operative housing, creating permanently affordable homes that put people ahead of profit.
People-Focused Infrastructure
Cities are for people, not traffic. I will advocate for human-first road design that prioritizes safe, accessible infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists. This approach is central to achieving and maintaining Vision Zero, a strategy that aims to eliminate traffic-related deaths through intentional street design.
Social Equality
Our city council is too homogeneous to properly represent their constituents. It needs the input of low-income workers, renters, transit users, queer people — the regular people who live in the community. I will advocate for and raise the voices of these groups to ensure that they are heard.
Climate Action
The climate crisis demands bold action. I will push to reduce our community's carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 by establishing sustainable transportation and ensuring every new development is designed with sustainability at its core instead of as an afterthought.
About Brooklin
How dedicated is Brooklin to her community?
She is the co-founder of the Waterloo Region’s ACORN Tenant's Union, a director of Spectrum: Waterloo Region’s Rainbow Community Space for 4 years in a row, and chair of Kitchener’s Climate Change and Environmental Committee from 2022 to 2025. She ran for Kitchener City Council in 2022 and Kitchener Centre MPP February 2025. Needless to say, she has a longstanding dedication to her community and its needs.
As a young, low-income, LGBTQ+ woman who doesn't own a house or a car, Brooklin would bring a necessary perspective that council has never had before.
City Council needs new young voices and she is the person for the role. She is a committed community member and organizer who will be able to bring the voices of those who are unheard at all levels of government.