Tobin Tuff

Two city-wide priorities, and how to achieve them

• Impose controls on hyperscale data centres: pause, publish studies and understand the long-term environmental and resident impacts before projects proceed.
• Restore financial credibility: he cites the missing financial statements since 2022 and credit-rating concerns, and wants basic financial controls and transparency.

Two changes to improve City services

• A single online portal (app) for service requests, payments and permits instead of siloed departments.
• Citywide LRT-disruption support, such as an alert system for detours and transit changes.

Two changes to improve quality of life in Hamilton

• Give environmental watchdog agencies “teeth” and better reporting so industrial polluters (e.g. black soot) face real consequences.
• Restore basic financial controls.

Two priorities for Ward 4

• Stop the proposed hyperscale data centre at the Stelco/Steel Port site outright, citing electricity use and the risk of warm-water discharge harming the bay and beach remediation.
• LRT mitigation: clear communication, timelines and access for businesses along the corridor.

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

An advocate, a listener, a rock.