Former top McKenney advisor laying groundwork for his own mayoral run
Neil Saravanamuttoo was a key player in former city councillor’s 2022 campaign
CBC News
Posted: Jan 30, 2026 7:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
The field of candidates making a run to be Ottawa’s mayor could soon have a fourth name, as another potential challenger seeks support to formally launch his campaign.
Neil Saravanamuttoo was economic advisor to Catherine McKenney’s unsuccessful 2022 campaign for mayor.
Now, he’s thinking about the next election, this October.
The economist, podcaster and organizer behind non-profit CitySHAPES and its Better Ottawa town hall events said he’s prepared to be a candidate, but with an unusual caveat: he'll only run if a “grassroots movement” signs up to back him.
“If there are 1,000 people that feel the way I do, that we can take back the City of Ottawa, return it to its rightful owners, we can win the next election,” he said in an interview with CBC.
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