Tom Dyas

With just days to go before Kelowna votes, I'm Chris Walker, and this is Kelowna.

Today, the three men running for mayor of Kelowna, incumbent Tom Dyas and challenger Ron Cannan, and then there's Andrew Eitlucht.

All three joined me for a chat.

[upbeat music] So Tom, we'll begin with you.

It's been around since the '80s, and it continues to get worse.

We need to continue to, to look at advancing our frontline services, and that's why I'm looking at bringing in 75 more police services, bylaw, and community service within this community to continue to work on making this community safer.

You ran against, uh, Colin Basran really on this platform, and one, do you think Tom Dyas of four years ago would be happy with the progress that Tom Dyas today has made?

When I came into office in 2022, we were recognized as, uh, the, you know, number one with regards to, um, crime within this community.

All right.

Welcome to the big show, Mayor Tom Dyas.

Hello.

Hello, everyone, and welcome.

So, Mayor Dyess, if you wouldn't mind giving us just some ideas around why we should give you another term, give us a few minutes of your platform, if you may.

Yeah, thank you for that.

And again, welcome, everyone.

And, and I think that's something I don't wanna forget in the conversation about the Second Crossing, that that's very important, but also getting the supports and services we need on the west side.

What do you think of mandatory treatment? Um, would you support sending drug addicts, for example, to jail to recover, like Tom Dyas is, is proposing?

I think involuntary, uh, care, uh, mandatory treatment, it's, I do think it's a part of the conversation we need to have moving forward.

And I, I, I do support that.