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BURUMA, Bruce
For City Councillor
City of Red Deer
About the Candidate
PROVEN LEADER-COMMUNITY BUILDER I’ve built a life in Red Deer rooted in education, leadership, business and service. I have brought integrity, balanced and thoughtful leadership in my first term on Council Progress has been made but we face challenges that need both experienced leadership and fresh ideas. I will champion that transition, committed to Red Deer’s success. With your support, I bring a strong voice for a safer, vibrant, and thriving city we are all proud to call home.
Candidate Priorities
| Smarter Spending, Sustainable Future | Implement Long-Term Financial Sustainability Plan: strengthen fiscal policy, guide responsible decisions with clear goals and accountability. Improve transparency, manage debt and reserves, while guided by affordability for residents and businesses. |
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| Open for Business | Deliver on Red Deer’s business-led Economic Development Plan. Reduce barriers, create opportunities, foster innovation, start with YES when opportunities come knocking. Red Deer is responsive, entrepreneurial, ready for investment and job creation. |
| Welcoming and Safe Community | People live, work, play, and thrive in Red Deer. We embrace spaces, events and connections. We prioritize public safety, investing in policing, emergency services, and address social issues, building a healthy, resilient, caring city. |
| Better Conversations | We listen first-decide later-and build trust. Genuine, authentic involvement in City decisions, bringing residents, business and Council into the conversations early in the decision making process. |
| Team Red Deer Advocacy | Collaborate, promote and advocate to government, partners and industry with a strong team voice, focusing on challenges, issues, opportunities and Red Deer solutions |
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