Hello Christy & Perry,

Please see my answers below each question. I hope I've answered them adequately, but if you have any follow up questions, please let me know.

Thank you,

 - Christian McEachran Morin (he/him)

Bracebridge / District Council Candidate

Web: www.votecmm.ca

Email: votecmm@gmail.com

Phone: 705-645-0702

On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 10:43 PM Info <Info@muskokacft.ca> wrote:

Hi Christian,

Congratulations on stepping up to make a difference in your community.  Many people are content to merely complain but it takes courage to make the commitment and strive for a better future.  Thank you.

In the interest of fairness and openness, we want to let you know this email and any responses from it are being shared with five Ontario groups representing many people and a large geographic part of Ontario.  Even though the election is in full swing our members are waiting for the final election days and will weigh all factors regarding focus and accountability in their decisions.

We’re sure you’re aware of a general dissatisfaction expressed by many constituents in all parts of Canada this municipal election cycle.  The sheer number of candidates may indicate that people want to see change.  Additionally, voters are concerned that their current municipal governments are focused on the wrong things and the high and rising taxes are not serving local needs.  The Fraser Institute has some excellent reports but this one, called “Where did the Money Go?” is especially telling.   A couple of summary comments:

·       The slower growth of social and family services (second slowest in all categories) given the social problems afflicting many Ontario cities seems a curious choice of priorities.

·       Municipal operating expenditures in Ontario over the period 2000 to 2022 have grown 2.5 times faster than general inflation and double that of population.

·       The increase in spending is driven by spending on wages and salaries but not in the manner one might think. Average salaries in the municipal sector for those making more than $100,000 annually since 2000 have grown by only 8 per cent but the number of individuals making those salaries has grown in the thousands of per cent.

Might be some things to look at there.

Scarier still is the downloading of global priorities to Municipalities through grants tied with conditions and reporting requirements.

A great Primer on the Control of Municipal Politics through Global Entities

This video series is relatively short and fully describes how top-down global organizations are controlling local politics.  It’s called The Cage of Consent, and is a five-part series by Connie Shields of Unlock Alberta (her whole Substack here).  Episode 5 brings it all together. 

What Connie asks and what we ask is that you do two things:

1.     Watch the videos.

2.     Answer these eight questions:

1:	If elected, will you introduce a motion to remove the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a municipal policy, planning, measurement and reporting framework - and require municipal policies to be established and justified locally rather than by their alignment with the SDGs?

1. Municipal planning & policy is derived from 2 key areas: local input, and the Provincial Policy Statement. A good example of local input was the recent changes to the Township of Muskoka Lakes' official plan. It received such significant community input and support that when business interests appealed it to the OLT, it came out ahead. The PPS lays out the high level ground work for local plans. Neither Bracebridge nor the District of Muskoka have adopted the UN SDG's as a policy so there would be no motion to remove them. I can say that I support local based decisions. The Cliff Bay MZO in Gravenhurst is something I do not support particularly because it by-passes local policy and decision making.

2:	Will you direct administration to identify and publicly disclose every municipal strategic plan, policy, program, KPI, partnership and reporting requirement currently aligned with Agenda 2030 or SDGs? And will you bring those findings back before council in public?

 2. As neither the town nor district have adopted Agenda 2030/UN SDG's as a policy, this would be a difficult task to accomplish, likely taking up significant staff time (and wages). Given the debt burden at both levels of our local government, and my focus on reigning in our spending, I would prioritize spending on necessities first, such as roads, waste management, water & sewer, and emergency services. 

3:	Will you require public disclosure of every municipal membership, commitment, or reporting relationship including ICLEI, U4SSC, C40, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, or any other international or third-party policy network? What commitments were made? What does membership cost? What KPIs are being measured? What data are we reporting? Who authorized our participation?

3. This information is publicly available already, though it's not always easy to access. The question that's often asked is "where does the money go?" and the answer that's often given is "it's in the budget which is publicly available on the town's website." However, the disconnect is that the people asking "where does the money go?" often don't have time to read through the 150 page Bracebridge budget or the 430 page District budget. The District has begun creating budget "snapshots" for quick 1-page reads to help with addressing this disconnect. I'd like to further that effort in support of information transparency.

4:	Before accepting any other government or third-party grant, will you require administration to publicly disclose every condition attached to that money? Reporting requirements KPIs Data-sharing requirements Procurement conditions Policy commitments Any requirement to align municipal plans or programs with an outside framework

 4. Again, much of this is publicly available/disclosed in council and committee reports already. "Budget Snapshots" may not help with this particular issue, but overall, I support increased transparency in local governance and would seek ways to make this information more accessible to public.

5:	Will you require a complete public inventory of the municipality's smart and connected infrastructure, including: RFID Smart meters Cameras Sensors License plate readers Fiber networks Connected streetlights Municipal databases Artificial intelligence systems

 5. Yes, to a degree. A lot of these would be considered assets and would be tracked in the municipal asset register. That said, infrastructure that's not owned by the municipality would not be tracked, such as fiber infrastructure that is owned by Bell Canada. 

6:	Will you introduce a motion requiring meaningful human review before artificial intelligence or an automated system can make or materially influence a municipal decision affecting a person's rights, property, permit, license, benefits, penalties or enforcement? And if an automated system gets it wrong, which human being is accountable?

6. I believe the District has been working on this in recent months and it may have already been proposed though I have been too busy campaigning to keep up with current council meetings. I'll have to review this in the near future to confirm. Whether or not it has already been proposed though, I support human oversight of AI. 

7:	Will you introduce a motion guaranteeing that the people can continue to access municipal services, facilities and programs using cash and meaningful non-digital alternatives without being penalized for refusing to use a digital system?

7. The District is already committed to ensuring equitable access to services for all our residents, and recognizes that not all residents have access to banking, which is a prerequisite for digital payment methods, so they would provide a cash or non-digital alternative without penalty. There's no motion needed on this one right now, but if the situation changes, I would continue to support equitable access to services for all our residents, even the cash based ones.

8:	If elected, will you promise to put local goals before global ones?  Will you swear to this by taking an oath of allegiance to the position and the people rather than a Declaration of Office to serve the king and the municipal/town/city corporation?

8. If elected, I would be a representative of the people of Bracebridge and accountable to the people of Bracebridge. I would not pursue local or global goals for their own sake, but rather, I would pursue the goals that the people of Bracebridge want me to pursue (such as fighting for a full hospital, decreasing taxes, and protecting our environment).