Tom Dyas - corrupt Kelowna mayor - revisit

Tom Dyas moved to British Columbia in 1986 to become a sous chef, becoming executive chef of Delta Hotels while living in Whistler. Dyas first ran for mayor of Kelowna in 2018 against his very good friend Colin Basran. He lost by a 2 to 1 margin, nearly 9,000 votes. The Denciti steal is the brainchild of Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas.

Dyas appeared on local press November 22 2025 to explain the benefits of the Dencity steal for citizens. There are none, other than Pickleball.

What's missing is his explanation of why he's reneging on his election promise, the one that got him elected over the grossly corrupt Sikh shill Colin Basran. “Residents have told me that they expect their next mayor to fight to save Kelowna Springs, and that’s what I will do,” Here. Dyas even penned his own bullshit lies for voters, on an abandoned blog. “Leadership is about making difficult choices ..." Here

"July 26, 2022. KELOWNA — Kelowna Mayoral Candidate Tom Dyas has announced that as Mayor he would fight to save Kelowna Springs Golf Course from being turned into warehouses."

After being elected, Dyas increased salaries 35% and punished those who objected. Dyas stole an instant 15% pay hike for himself to over $145k per year. Kelowna Springs rezoning was Colin Basran's pet project, pushed by his Khalistani masters. The steal was reversed unanimously (including Dyas) because citizens revolted overwhelmingly against it, something Tom Dyas forgets in 3 short years.

This citizen received fair warning of the corruption of Tom Dyas and sidekick Mohini Singh with the cops watching their meeting with Gurtaj Singh Sandher on board the new $1m+ Sandher Regal 42 yacht moored at the Kelowna Yacht Club in August 2024. That open corruption comes home to roost with Tom Dyas now.

Mohini Singh

Dyas currently sits on the RDCO Board as a Director, Chair of the Airport Advisory Committee, Chair of the Mayor’s Task Force on Crime Reduction, Member of the BCUMC, as part of the RDCO board a representative on the Municipal Finance Committee. He sits on the board of Uptown Rutland Business Association and a member of the Audit Committee.

Dyas runs the 'family business' TD benefits (admin@tdbenefits.ca)

"We specialize in employee group benefits solutions for small to medium-sized businesses within the Okanagan region."
tdyas@kelowna.ca, msingh@kelowna.ca mdehart@kelowna.ca mayorandcouncil@kelowna.ca rcannan@kelowna.ca chodge@kelowna.ca glovegrove@kelowna.ca lstack@kelowna.ca lwooldridge@kelowna.ca rwebber@kelowna.ca

The terms of Dyas and councillors expire in October 2026. Dyas, Singh, and Dehart are beyond redemption. Dehart works for Khalistani heavyweight Gurjit Singh Jhajj and has SAID she will recuse herself from the Kelowna Springs vote, which directly effects property acquired by boss Jhajj adjacent to Kelowna Springs.

Councillor Loyal Woolridge voted with Basran. He was the BC NDP’s losing candidate in Kelowna Centre in 2024. He is a very close Dyas peon.

"The only surprise for me was Loyal Wooldridge escaping the fray. He spent his entire first term sucking up to Basran, supporting and voting with him in lockstep. He was rewarded with, and gleefully took, the chair of the Central Okanagan Regional District." Here.

Former Kelowna mayor Colin Basran was charged with one count of sexual assault in December 2022 stemming from an incident in May while he was still in office. That charge was stayed in June 22, 2023. Among other allegations, Basran rented a mansion of property developer David Negrin, former CEO of Aquilini Investment Group. Basran denied all conflicts while Negrin had done a great deal of business in Kelowna. Basran refused to disclose how much rent he paid to Negrin. "that’s not anyone’s business.” Some said it was zero. Reporters suggested the $4.5m waterfront home should have rented for $50k per year. Basran earned $110k that year.

White knight for the people of Kelowna for Kelowna Springs had been Luke Stack. Some are saying he and Rick Webber have been compromised.

Kelowna vacancy rate near 7% - Unemployment 11%

Tom Dyas says the city is in 'uncharted territory' as the rental vacancy rate is 6.9%, the highest of any city in Canada. This goes with Kelowna's 11% unemployment rate, also the highest in Canada. Dyas's Kelowna is in economic freefall.

285 Dougall Road is a new rental build by Khalistani backed Troika Developments. Completed four months ago it is still half (or more) empty. This begs the question why a housing partnership between the City of Kelowna and Troika Developments for more terrible cheap quality, tiny wood frame shitbox condos is proceeding.

Troika applied for development permits for two city owned sites in Rutland and Glenmore. The city provides the land while Troika builds and manages the buildings. Projects are 129 wood frame units at Dougall Road North in Rutland, and 71 units on Glenmore Road. The vast majority are studio and one bedroom. The 'below-market' rental prices will be as follows: Studio - $1,250 One bedroom - $1,660 Two Bedroom - $2,040 Three bedroom - $2,370

'Eligible renters' will need a combined household income between $80k and $120k to pay no more than 30% of their income. Once development permits are approved, Troika will seek building permits and begin construction. According to CMHC, 1,300 new rental units were added to the rental pool in Kelowna in 2025.

Kelowna citizens (unlike the corrupt Tom Dyas) aren't stupid. Their comments sum it up ... "Dyas, pointing to several city programs and incentives"... The more government involvement there is, the more supply goes off kilter with demand. Governments should stick to their knitting. "Mayor Dumba&& can pat himself on the back all he wants, people can see through his bull crap word salad." "hey dyaas thousands of little studio shoe boxes for rent less than 300 square feet at a cost of $1700, where are all the Kelowna jobs to fill these low quality units?" "cost of a 350 sqft shoe box that no one actually wants to live in, takes up their entire income for the rent, so it becomes a choice, do i want to eat, or have a safe place to sleep and live"