Full Podcast: https://lovethenorth.ca/article/260927-sudbury-ward-christel-brandle-says Ward 2 candidate Christel Brandle says being a councillor should mean more than taking a complaint, passing it along to City staff, and considering the job finished. For Brandle, representation means **staying with the problem until residents get an answer and, wherever possible, a solution.** She describes the councillor’s role as being the voice — or “mouthpiece” — for the people in the ward. When residents raise concerns about roads, infrastructure, City projects, services or spending, she believes their elected representative should keep asking questions and following up rather than accepting the first response they receive. That becomes especially important when a problem crosses several City departments or when residents have already tried repeatedly to get help. Brandle points to situations such as Anderson Drive, where a project originally expected to take roughly two years stretched much longer amid repeated delays and infrastructure issues. For her, situations like that demonstrate why elected officials need to keep pressing for answers instead of allowing a problem to disappear into the system. Her approach is straightforward: **If the first answer does not solve the problem, keep working. Ask another question. Talk to another department. Find out what is holding things up and continue until there is a clear path forward.** Brandle says residents elect councillors to represent them when the system is not working — not simply to tell them why something cannot be done. **The job is not finished when the complaint is received. The job is finished when every reasonable avenue has been explored and residents know what can actually be done.** #Sudbury #Ward2 #ChristelBrandle #CityHall #Accountability #CommunityRepresentation #Infrastructure #GreaterSudbury #NorthernOntario #LoveTheNorth