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.

SPONSORS
Soil to Sod Landscaping: https://soiltosod.ca/
Kelowna Rockets: https://chl.ca/whl-rockets/
Jennifer Maddison, RE/MAX: https://www.jennifermaddison.ca/

ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONED

Interior 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.

GUEST
Ron Cannan, Kelowna City Councillor and mayoral candidate (former MP for Kelowna-Lake Country)

Sponsors
Soil 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 real

municipal election promises from empty ones — what city council can and can't actually do.

LINKS
CMHC (housing videos referenced in the episode): https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/

SPONSORS

Soil to Sod Landscaping: https://soiltosod.ca/

Kelowna Rockets: https://chl.ca/whl-rockets/

Jennifer Maddison, RE/MAX: https://www.jennifermaddison.ca/


HOST

Rick Maddison

REGULAR PANEL

Ron Mattiussi — Former City Manager, City of Kelowna

Cassidy deVeer — Executive Officer, Canadian Home Builders' Association Central Okanagan

Scott Lanigan — Lead Pastor, Trinity Church Kelowna (unable to join this episode)