Exit 425

John Henry has been an emergency responder, entrepreneur, is married to an entrepreneur, has been a ward councilor, an election reformer, mayor, and in 2018 was elected as the Chair of Durham’s Regional Council. In 2022, John Henry believes that he is still the best choice to be the Chair of Durham’s Regional Council, running on the 4 platforms of broadband for all our communities; supporting our...

Steven Conway wants to be your Local Councillor on Clarington’s Municipal Council after the October 24th election.  In this episode of Exit 425, Steven will share with us his record of activism, public involvement and his ideas to make life in Exit 425 better. Basically, Steven will tell us why he should be the next local Councillor to represent Ward 1, Exit 425, on Clarington’s Municipal Cou...

He has been a counsellor of children, an investment counsellor, a local councillor and mayor. Adrian Foster the incumbent mayor in Clarington has been counselling many years but as a councillor and mayor in Clarington has been on council for 19 years; Mayor for 12 years. His campaign motto is 'Keeping Clarington on Track’ using his foundations of real accomplishments; real experiences and real lea...

Tom Dingwall is a lifelong resident of Durham region and a resident of Clarington who brings a lifetime of service and accountability to his candidacy for mayor of Clarington, promoting a platform of fostering a thriving local economy, improving community services, along with transparency and community involvement!

Joe Neal knows Wards 1 and 2 pretty well. He has been representing Exit 425 and more since 2010 in the capacity of Local Councillor and Regional Councillor, where, since 2014 he has been representing both Wards to council and to the Regional Council. Joe has actively defended and promoted the interests of Clarington and especially Wards 1 and 2 in matters of the Exit 425 interchange, the Go Train,...

After 34 years in public education as a teacher, coach, vice principal, principal, and Education Officer working with and advising the Associate Director and Director of the Durham District School Board, Paul Brown knows his way around a board of education. On October 24, Paul would like to be elected as one of your Clarington trustees on the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. On this epis...

Sheikh Hossain is a newcomer to Clarington, but at 3 years is also almost a long term resident. Bottom line, he loves it here and is proud to live here. Now, this real estate agent wants to serve you and the rest of his community by bringing his perspective and know-how to the Kawartha Pine RIdge District School Board to help ensure that the children of this community receive the best education po...

Sami Elhajjeh is a long time resident of Courtice who wants to work to make our taxes low; protect and sustain the natural environment that drew so many of us here, and provide good, accountable and responsible government. To do this, Sami would like to earn your vote on October 24 to be Exit 425’s new local councillor on the Clarington Municipal Council.

Kevin Mackenzie is the incumbent in the race for two Trustee seats on the  Peterborough Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board, Board of Trustees, representing Clarington for the next 4 years. Kevin is motivated by God to be involved and ensure the students of Clarington have a safe, inclusive, high quality learning environment where they can grow up and learn.

On this episode of Exit 425, Janice Jones, a past guest of Exit 425 and the Local Councillor for Ward 1 in Clarington,  is here to tell us why we should elect her to be the next Regional Councillor for Wards 1 and 2 on October 24!

Alphonse Ainsworth enters the race to become a trustee for Clarington on the Peterborough Northumberland and Clarington Catholic district school board with experience as a superintendent and director in Northern Ontario, where he understood that being a conscientious team player was critical. As residents in Bowmanville, the family commitment to Catholic education continued in the PVNCCDSB as his...

Robert Livingstone claims to be a vision and a voice for a better community! On issues from Community to Taxes and Transportation, this local businessman has ideas to make life in Ward 1, Exit 425, better than it is today! Robert joins me today on Exit 425 to tell us all why he thinks he is our best choice for Local Councillor Ward 1 on Clarington Council when Exit 425 residents hit the polls in l...

Terry Rekar is a long-time Durham resident, now living in Clarington, running to be one of Clarington’s 3 trustees for the KPRDSB.  Terry wants to ensure that KPRDSB schools focus on academics; give parents and guardians a clear voice, and help students to be all that they can be! Terry joins EXIT 425 to explain why she should be one of Clarington’s 3 trustees for the next 4 years.

Joshua Glover is a man who lives in Bowmanville, and wants to be one of your 2 trustees for the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board. He wants to increase accessibility, communication, and build customer service, all the while nurturing the values taught to us by Jesus Christ. In this episode of Exit 425, Joshua Glover fills in the details of why he sh...

Pranay Gunti is a local son, husband and father, trained as an IT Specialist. His mission is to simply, serve. With two sons in or going to be in the school system, he wants to serve in the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board as a trustee to ensure that students are served at the best level possible, and he wants to serve those same students by doing a brilliant job as a trustee. Today, Pran...

Despite being a recent university grad, and young, Tenzin Shomar already has experience as a trustee for the Kawartha Pine RIdge District School Board. As a student he represented thousands of students, as well as all the people that trustees normally represent. Tenzin is one of your candidates to be one of Clarington’s 3 Trustees on the Kawartha Pine RIdge District School Board. Today, he joins E...

If Gail Nyberg’s name seems familiar, it is likely due to her 12 years as executive director of the Daily Bread Food bank in Toronto, and not her prior experience as a Trustee and Chair of the East York School Board, nor her experience as a recently appointed Trustee for the Kawartha Pine Ridge District Public School Board. In any case, Gail is with us today to discuss why she wants to be one of y...

For 19 years Michael Barrett served as a Trustee and Chair of the board for the Durham District School Board. But who would know…even though that board is now managing a $1billion budget, the work of trustees goes largely unnoticed, until it doesn't.  Now Michael Barrett is wanting to bring his experience to Kawartha Pine RIdge District School Board as a Trustee for Clarington. Today, he spea...

You probably don’t know who Cathy Abraham is, but she is a trustee with Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board which manages nearly 470 million of your dollars, and she is the recently re-elected President of the Ontario Public School Board Association; a group of over 40 school boards representing billions of dollars of taxpayer money. Who is Cathy Abraham? Why does she want to remain as your...

In this episode, Exit 425 speaks with Diane Lloyd, longtime member and Chair of the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, Board of Trustees. Diane has recently been acclaimed to the Board of Trustees for KPRDSB to begin her 7th term as a School Board Trustee for the Municipality of Trent Lakes, Township of North Selwyn and  the Township of North Kawartha. For 22 years,  Diane has se...

Clarington is growing quickly. Mary-Anne Dempster is our recently hired, well regarded Chief Administrative Officer. What does she do? What does Mary-Anne think is the best asset we have going for us in Clarington? Exit 425 finds out in this episode!

John Mutton was the mayor of Clarington from 2000-2006., after one term as Regional Councillor. In 2006 he lost his bid for 3rd term as mayor, but then made an effort to become the chair of the Region of Durham in 2018. John is a resident of Bowmanville and is the owner and CEO of Municipal Solutions. John has a unique perspective to share some context as we prepare for the 2022 municipal election...

Chris Borgia is the NDP Candidate for Durham Riding. Chris hears the concerns of the people he is meeting at their door. He understands because he is living with the same challenges...it's personal and he wants to do something about it!

Tony is hearing that he is a one issue candidate from other candidates! Hear that Tony cares about a great deal more and how he is hearing that Durham is tired of the same old stuff from their politicians!

Chris Borgia embodies what most of us perceive to be the work of the New Democratic Party everyday. He is the President of the Durham Region Labour Council….no small feat with all of the construction, manufacturing and growth that is happening…..and he sits in key roles on the Ontario Federation of Labour Young Workers Committee and the Ontario Federation of Labour. He remains a member of the Inte...