Loren Lieberman

Two city-wide priorities, and how to achieve them

• Affordability and the tax rate: he calls a 23% tax increase over the term unsustainable and notes that council has also been drawing down reserves.
• The homelessness, mental-health and addiction crisis: he says the City is spending heavily but mostly sustaining the problem, and wants to act for both moral and financial reasons.

Two changes to improve City services

• Get City staff back to work in person; he says about a thousand jobs were added in four years but the halls of City Hall are quiet.
• Have council offices and their staff help residents navigate City Hall, not just act as board members of a large corporation.

Two changes to improve quality of life in Hamilton

• Restore trust at City Hall by approaching elected office as public service.
• Stop squeezing every last dollar from residents so people are not pushed out of town.

Two priorities for Ward 13

• A responsive, accountable councillor and staff for Dundas, contrasted with the current councillor’s availability.
• Proper representation for the rural parts of the ward (Freelton, Greensville, Westover, Strabane), so rural residents know someone understands their issues.

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

Responsive and, to some extent, courageous.