Process over personality
I will never walk over an established process for anyone's personal benefit — not mine, not a friend's, not a developer's. The public in the room before decisions get made, not after.
Iqbal Sandhu-Griffen · For Mayor · R.M. of West St. Paul
Time for change. Vote for change.
West St. Paul grew faster than almost anywhere in the country. The rinks, the schools, the childcare and the sewers all ran behind the families already here. I'm running to change that — and to be straight with you about how.
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Election day
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Before you vote for me
Let me talk you out of
expecting too much.
A mayor can't just decide to build you a pool, or a school, or an arena. I wish it were that simple. So here's every issue in this campaign, sorted into what the job can actually do about it. Most candidates won't show you this board.
Council's call
Fully ours. No one else to wait on.
- Parks and green space
- Drainage and ditches
- Local roads and maintenance
- Land use and zoning
- Whether an issue gets on the agenda at all
Council can move it
Ours, but it runs through a process. Hearings, approvals, time.
- An arena of our own via the Recreation Master Plan
- A pool same route, and the priciest thing a town our size can build
- Independent seniors housing through land use
- Getting remaining streets connected to the sewer
Not city hall's to decide
Someone else holds the pen. Here I push — loudly, and I won't stop.
- A public high school province and school division
- Provincial childcare funding
- A Winnipeg Transit route out here
- Planning the school that comes after the new one
When I say I'll push for something, hear that word. It's the honest one, and it's the one I'll keep.
What I'm running on
Grow on purpose.
Govern in the open.
Four planks, and everything else ladders up to them. Screenshot this and hold me to it.
Stay West St. Paul
A rural municipality, independent, never folded into Winnipeg. But independent doesn't mean alone — you get more for your community as a good partner than as a loud opponent.
Plan the growth
Approving every project that crosses the desk isn't a growth strategy, it's the lack of one. Development on our terms, with water, sewer and recreation that keep pace.
Amenities for every life stage
Childcare you can actually get into, and places for seniors to downsize and stay. Nobody should have to leave West St. Paul to start a family, or to grow old in it.
Why this is personal
I'm not running on problems I read about somewhere. I'm running on the ones my family has actually lived.
- A combined grade 2/3 class My son's classroom last year. A combined class is a quiet sign the building is full.
- Four years on a waitlist That's how long our family waited for a childcare space.
- Hockey, out of town My son plays. He can't play here — there's no arena in West St. Paul.
- Swim lessons in the city No pool here means the drive into Winnipeg, every time.
Ask more. Know more.
If something's wrong
on your street, tell me.
I'd rather hear it from you than guess at it. This goes straight to me — nothing gets added to a mailing list.