CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL
Brady Rogers
Local manufacturer and former automation engineer prioritizing affordability, fair returns from growth and shared public spaces.
Nomination checked September 28, 2026. Earlier platform and record research: September 8, 2026. Recent statements show their own review dates.
Candidate questionnaire received and reviewed September 16, 2026. Published with authorization; answers are the candidate’s own statements. [402]
Experience & background
Reports a UBCO applied-science degree, automation-engineering experience and co-founding The Rogerie in 2019 to manufacture homewares from recycled plastic. [402]
Issue positions
Campaign proposals are attributed positions. A blank area is an information gap, never an assumed vote against an issue.
IN THE CANDIDATE’S OWN WORDS
Candidate questionnaire · September 16, 2026
Answers supplied by the candidate and published with authorization. Conditional explanations are retained. Answers about past motions are hypothetical, not recorded votes.
Read the full response, priorities and affordability proposals ↗
Read all 25 quick-position answers
1. The City should shorten and simplify the process for approving new homes.
Conditional / Depends
Candidate’s explanation: At face value, I would say yes, simplifying new home construction is a good thing as it reduces cost and increases speed. But the important counterpoint is that growth needs to pay for growth, and it shouldn't come at the expense of taxpayers.
2. The City should reduce development cost charges on new housing.
Conditional / Depends
Candidate’s explanation: This is an issue I'm currently studying. DCCs are already reportedly lagging significantly behind the rising cost of construction, and Council has reduced them by a further 25%. Incentivizing development is positive, but the bills left by reduced DCCs don't disappear, and the buck shouldn't simply pass to the taxpayers.
3. Restrictions on short-term rentals should be loosened.
Conditional / Depends
Candidate’s explanation: STRs are useful for tourism, which is important for Kelowna, but we're also dealing with a scarce supply of housing. The city has already loosened restrictions by allowing non-principal-residence STRs in specific zones, so I would want to know what further loosening looks like before saying yes or no.
4. The City should pursue expanded public transit service.
Yes / Support
5. Infrastructure and service capacity should be ready before major additional growth is approved.
Conditional / Depends
Candidate’s explanation: I wouldn't say taxpayers should foot the bill to build infrastructure before growth can happen. New development can and should pay for the infrastructure it requires. What I wouldn't support is approving major growth without a credible plan for the roads, transit, water, sewer, and other services it will need, including who will pay for them.
6. The City should advocate for expanded involuntary addiction-treatment capacity.
Yes / Support
7. The City should invest in wildfire prevention and preparedness.
Yes / Support
8. The City should carry out additional spending audits or operational reviews.
Yes / Support
9. The City should make individual councillors’ voting records easier to find and search.
Undecided
10. Would you have supported the October 27, 2025 electoral-reform study and conditional referendum-preparation motion? This bundled decision did not implement wards.
Conditional / Depends
Candidate’s explanation: I'm not sure I have a strong opinion about this. I would be open to it if there was demonstrable public interest, but otherwise it may not be worth the cost to study right now.
11. Would you have supported the March 16, 2026 second and third land-use and rezoning readings for part of Kelowna Springs? These were not final adoption.
Undecided
12. Would you have supported the April 20, 2026 financial-plan and tax-funding motion, with its stated average net property impact of 4.40%? Individual bills vary.
Undecided
13. The City should help expand co-operative housing and community land trusts.
Yes / Support
14. The City should strengthen protections for tenants displaced by redevelopment or renovations.
Yes / Support
15. The City should allow more small shops and cafés within residential neighbourhoods.
Conditional / Depends
Candidate’s explanation: In general I would be for this. I would just want to gain a better understanding of what the existing policies are and what tradeoffs exist.
16. The City should advocate for a second bridge crossing of Okanagan Lake.
Yes / Support
17. The City should invest in filling gaps in its sidewalk and cycling networks.
Yes / Support
18. The City should expand foot patrols in commercial areas experiencing crime and disorder.
Conditional / Depends
Candidate’s explanation: I'm certainly supportive of meeting immediate crime mitigation needs in commercial areas, but I'm also very interested in the larger picture of what the province is doing, if there's a meaningful comprehensive plan in place, who's in charge of it, and what else the city needs to be advocating for.
19. The City should support expanded non-police response teams for suitable mental-health and substance-use calls.
Yes / Support
20. The City should increase access to public washrooms.
Undecided
21. The City should prioritize protecting agricultural land when making land-use decisions.
Yes / Support
22. The City should strengthen protection for existing trees.
Yes / Support
23. The City should limit annual property-tax increases to inflation.
Undecided
24. Mayor and council pay increases should take effect only after the next election.
Yes / Support
25. Would you support a ward system for Kelowna, where residents elect councillors to represent defined geographic areas?
Undecided
Housing & growth
Supports housing partnerships and tenant protections. Faster approvals and lower development charges depend on growth funding its costs; rental-rule changes require closer study. [402]
Safety & homelessness
Supports treatment advocacy and suitable non-police teams. Foot-patrol support is conditional on immediate needs and a wider provincial response. [402]
Transportation
Supports expanded transit, a second lake crossing and connected walking/cycling routes. Wants credible infrastructure funding before major growth approvals. [402]
Taxes & spending
Supports spending reviews and delaying council pay increases until after elections. Undecided on an inflation cap and the past budget motion. [402]
Business & jobs
Review status not recorded for this section. Missing information does not establish a position. Submit information or a correction ↗
Accountability
Pledges public explanations of votes and access to information. Undecided on searchable votes and wards; electoral-reform study support depends on public interest and cost. [402]
Climate, land & water
Supports wildfire preparedness, agricultural-land protection and stronger tree protections. [402]
Community & services
Proposes mapping missing waterfront access. Selects transit, childcare, recreation fees, walkable neighbourhoods and local jobs among affordability options. [402]
Recent public statements
What the candidate has said publicly, with links to the original sources.
Housing, taxation & transit · Campaign website
Advocates provincial authority to tax land and improvements at different rates, shifting more burden to land. Supports growth paying for its infrastructure and capturing public value from rezoning. Would investigate what it would take to create 1,000 co-op homes with partners and supports frequent, reliable transit that can replace a car.
The co-op number is an investigation question, not a funded or firm construction promise; taxation authority requires provincial change. Historical and legal explanations were not independently verified.
Read the original source ↗Public safety & homelessness · Campaign website
Supports realistic pathways to housing, treatment and stability alongside immediate safety for businesses and residents. Says he is still investigating which system gaps the City can resolve and which require the Province.
Preserve his stated uncertainty; do not invent a specific enforcement or treatment proposal.
Read the original source ↗How to read these statements
Voting record
Selected decisions, not a complete voting history. Follow each record for the full motion. Historical votes do not automatically establish current views.
No elected public-office tenure was identified in the reviewed sources. No voting record is attributed. Campaigns, employment and community-board service are not legislative votes.
No individual voting records have been verified for this section. Submit information or a correction ↗
Business & finances
Public business & professional interests
Discloses operating The Rogerie, a local manufacturing business. [402]
Personal net worth
No reliable, dated net-worth disclosure was verified in the reviewed sources. Business roles, real-estate interests, public remuneration and campaign donations cannot establish personal net worth. Submit information or a correction ↗
Campaign finances
Campaign receipts and expenses are separate from personal wealth. Historical Kelowna campaign filings can be searched at Elections BC. The City lists January 15, 2027 as the 2026 campaign disclosure deadline. [8][2]
Politics & broader policy
Political alignment & party history
Political alignment unknown
Review status not recorded for this section. Missing information does not establish a position. Submit information or a correction ↗
Broader public & foreign policy
Dated personal statements, historical campaigns and organizational positions are distinguished below.
Review status not recorded for this section. Missing information does not establish a position. Submit information or a correction ↗
This collection is selective. It does not claim to capture every interview, speech, social post or position held over a lifetime.
Contact & follow
Public links from the candidate’s campaign or an official directory.
Not yet verified: email, phone. This does not mean the candidate has no account or contact channel.
Contact sources · checked September 13, 2026 (City directory base); later checks noted individually; older campaign contacts retain their original source
Campaign-linked accounts are listed as supplied by the campaign or election directory. Links and contact details can change; availability or a reply is not guaranteed.
Research gaps & questions
What still needs an answer
- No costed implementation plan or quantified delivery targets were supplied.
- Specific conflict, lobbying, recusal and oversight safeguards remain unspecified.
- Undecided on wards, searchable votes, public washrooms, an inflation cap and the past budget and Kelowna Springs motions.
Questions worth asking
Editorial questions, not statements attributed to the candidate.
- What would the transit and waterfront-access proposals cost, and how would results be measured?
- What specific disclosure and recusal safeguards would apply to his business interests?
Sources & references
4 relevant sources · original publication and review dates appear below. Nomination checked September 28, 2026. Campaign pages describe what a candidate says; official records establish recorded actions.
Photo: Photo supplied by OKLV site owner; photographer not provided
View original image · Checked September 22, 2026. User-supplied portrait; original publication source, photographer and capture date were not supplied. Identity cross-checked against Brady Rogers's named campaign page (https://www.bradythecreator.com/) and a named Castanet image.
- 1City of Kelowna — officially declared 2026 candidates
Official record · Declared September 18, 2026; declaration reviewed October 1, 2026. Campaign-directory links were separately captured September 28, 2026.
kelowna.ca - 317Reviewed public statement — Housing, taxation & transit
Campaign · 2026 campaign; page undated; reviewed October 3, 2026
bradythecreator.com - 318Reviewed public statement — Public safety & homelessness
Campaign · 2026 campaign; page undated; reviewed October 3, 2026
bradythecreator.com - 402Brady Rogers — submitted candidate questionnaire (public transcript)
Candidate questionnaire · Submitted September 16, 2026; reviewed and published with candidate authorization September 16, 2026
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