Juanita Maldonado

Two city-wide priorities, and how to achieve them

• Restore public trust through financial responsibility at City Hall, an end to infighting and a people-centred focus, in an affordability crisis.
• Keep the environment and climate change at the forefront of decision-making.

Two changes to improve City services

• Improve accessibility: make property tax and the new water bill easy to understand and look up.
• Be more transparent about how money is spent and what residents are charged.

Two changes to improve quality of life in Hamilton

• Community safety: people feeling safe in parks and neighbourhoods and living in communities free of racism and hate.
• Put the environment at the forefront of decision-making and reduce the City’s footprint.

Two priorities for Ward 5

• Build consensus at City Hall and work with a mayor who demonstrates good leadership and responsible management, including sound, understandable financial statements.
• A people-centred focus, including opening City Hall and council chambers so decisions are understandable.

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

Effective, honest, caring.