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PETER HEYCK

Peter Karl Heyck (born September 26, 1974) was born and currently resides in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Heyck is the great-grandson of German cultural historian and editor Eduard Heyck (1862-1941), and the grandson of writer and poet Hans Heyck (1891-1972). Heyck’s father emigrated from Germany to Canada in the 1950’s, and his mother from Barbados to Canada in the 1960’s. His family moved to the Ottawa region in 1973.

Heyck has a background in business services and retail operations and sales.

Involvement in local politics

Heyck is currently running as a candidate for Ottawa city council representing Bay Ward in the Ottawa municipal election, 2010.

Heyck is regarded as having moderate to liberal views on social issues. He supports increased municipal spending to supplement provincial mental health and addiction prevention/treatment strategies, and to aggressively combat chronic homelessness. He supports local inter-faith community initiatives and increased awareness of GLBT issues.

Heyck holds moderate to conservative views on economic issues. He supports proposals to limit tax increases to the inflation rate, supports a reduction of the number of wards and council seats, the downsizing of the number of civil service positions and departments by contracting select municipal services to the private sector, and the offloading of public transit services to the federal government.