A candidate is Windsor's Ward 1 is calling on the city to do something about a growing student population in both Ward 1 and 2.
Darcie Renaud says that public transportation is become a problem and that Transit Windsor is passing students waiting at a bus stop.
"Students in my ward are getting passed by full buses still," says Renaud. "This has been a problem I think since January and still now they find that they're often waiting 40 minutes because buses are completely full and can't accommodate them to get them to school in time."
But incumbent Ward 1 councillor Fred Francis argues that Transit Windsor has made significant progress.
"We put millions of dollars into Transit Windsor, granted St. Clair College is experiencing a lot of success and we congratulate them on that, and I've been working with the people at St. Clair College, and they recognize the need that they need to be good neighbours," says Francis. "They're going to be building a residence soon to house their number of students coming in."
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Renaud is also concerned about property standards for students, saying a task force is needed to address the issue.
"What we're doing now just is not effective," she says, "They're seeing students crowded into houses. They feel they're overcrowded that they're unsafe and property standards aren't maintained."
But Francis says he and the current council take property standards seriously.
"This council actually hired two new bylaw enforcement officers specifically to deal with property standards in and around the city," says Francis. "In my platform moving forward, if re-elected for the next four years, I want to add more bylaw enforcement resources to ensure property standards are maintained."
Also running in ward one are Matt Ford, Krysta Glovasky-Ridsdale and Wiquar Husain.
The municipal election is October 22nd.