Trevor Cameron is hoping his family-oriented approach will help him score a seat on Airdrie City council.
Cameron and his family moved from Calgary three years ago and he has known he would run for council for the last year-and-a-half.
“I’d seen the numbers from our past election and I was afraid Airdrie wasn’t very civic minded,” said Cameron.
“Now it seems like that’s the opposite.”
With two young daughters, Cameron hopes to solve the school space issue and look into building a youth centre for the younger crowd, who he said seem to be neglected in Airdrie.
“I was surprised how many people brought up (issues) with the young adults in the city,” said Cameron.
“It was something I hadn’t actually seen.”
He said he is impressed with the new skatepark but would like to see more youth programming put into place.
“It speaks to what I’m hearing from the people,” he said. “There are kids out there with no direction and nothing to do.”
Along with helping youth, Cameron hopes to drive business up in Airdrie and highlight the city’s low taxes for potential owners.
“We have to build towards pulling businesses out here,” said the 38-year-old Nova Scotia native. “I live in Airdrie, work in Calgary. I would love to work here.”
If he landed a job on council, Cameron would make sure he was available for the people, something he said current aldermen aren’t doing well.
“It shocked me how difficult it was to get a hold of individual alderman,” he said.
Cameron operates his own website, has weekly podcasts and utilizes new media to his advantage in the aldermanic race.
“I’m very in tune with technology,” he said. “I’m hoping that that will help me reach people.”
