Maureen Wilson

Two city-wide priorities, and how to achieve them

• Grow Hamilton’s commercial and industrial assessment and give investors certainty, with tariff uncertainty in mind.
• Climate-informed infrastructure investment: reinvest in existing assets, especially roads, because she says delaying costs more.

Two changes to improve City services

• Remove area rating on public transit.
• Partner with libraries so a library branch is the first stop for a service question, with one assigned person acting as concierge.

Two changes to improve quality of life in Hamilton

• Zero tolerance for litter and debris in public space.
• A goal that every child can walk to school safely with friends.

Two priorities for Ward 1

• Public space in each of Ward 1’s four neighbourhoods: parks and long-dormant field houses, including Alexander Park and the historic field house at the AAA park, with $650,000 in philanthropic funds for the latter.
• Sidewalks and roads, and the connections between them.

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

She did not give three single words. She quoted a description of politics “neither mean nor small,” and said she wants to be remembered as principled and as someone who got results.