Tom Jackson

Two city-wide priorities, and how to achieve them

• Bring tax increases and a “bloated bureaucracy” under control; he says he voted against the 2023 and 2024 budgets, objects to hiring about 900 new full-time staff and to the use of reserves to hold down increases.
• Restore the city’s image after what he says are policies that enabled criminality in public spaces, citing the Barton and Tiffany tiny-homes project, which he voted against.

Two changes to improve City services

• Overhaul the culture at City Hall toward responsive customer service; he says he has had more complaints this term than ever, such as long phone waits with no live person.

Two changes to improve quality of life in Hamilton

• Civic engagement through his “tri-party” approach: citizens, his office and City staff working together, citing the Mountain Brow Boulevard and Concession Street pathway project.
• Have City Hall lead by example with fiscal restraint and a foundation for a safer community where business, unions and residents can flourish.

Two priorities for Ward 6

• Improve and modernize hard infrastructure (rec centres, libraries, roads, sidewalks) and soft infrastructure (parks, playgrounds, trails).
• Traffic safety and calming: speed cushions, signs, lights and enforcement, redesigning roadways such as Mountain Brow and Concession, and he criticizes the province’s ban on photo radar.

Three words for a four-year term (looking back from September 2030)

No three words given. He named integrity, civic engagement, and working closely to keep improving quality of life for the people he represents.