Ottawa mayoral candidate Robert White has left the decision up to the voters: “If I am not elected I will move away from this backwater of a city.”
White’s unusual campaign promise comes at the end of his response to a Citizen questionnaire sent to all candidates for mayor and council. The question reads: Are you married or in a long-term partnership? Kids? How old are you?
White, 54, uses the question to expound on his problems finding steady work in his field of mechanical engineering over the past 30 years. This, in turn, has prevented him from getting married or having children, he explains.
“I have lived in abject poverty for most of my adult life and would not ever get married without first having the funds to do so,” his answer reads.
His lack of bilingualism has also been an issue, he says.
But he’s apparently ready to put this behind him if elected mayor.
Here is White’s complete answer:
“I’m 54 and single due to a lack of funds to get married or have children. I have lived in abject poverty for most of my adult life and would not ever get married without first having the funds to do so. Ottawa has been a very poor place to find employment for myself and others throughout the last thirty years. Mechanical Engineering positions in Ottawa have not been forthcoming with my credentials. A lack of bilingualism has thwarted much of my working life in this area. If I am not elected I will move away from this backwater of a city.”
See all of White’s answers, as well as those of the other mayoral candidates,
here
Ottawa Votes: Elect me or I’m leaving ‘this backwater,’ mayoral candidate warns | Ottawa Citizen
