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Representing you for the last eight years has been my greatest honour. As your Ward 3 City Councillor, I have delivered on your priorities:

Affordable & Dignified Housing

Championed Ontario’s first Anti-Renoviction By-law with our neighbours who rent. The first year has resulted in a drastic reduction in bad-faith eviction notices.
Passed the Tenant Defence Fund, Safe Apartments By-law, and improvements to the Vital Services By-law to help keep Hamiltonians safely housed.
Supported increases to the Rent Subsidy Program and approved municipal regulations to allow for 4-plexes
Supported 280 new affordable and supportive housing units to be built and occupied in Ward 3 with another 305 on the way.
Repaired and occupied 476 City Housing units in 18 months, slashed vacancy from 9% to 2.2%, and built 264 new CHH homes city-wide
Introduced the Vacant Unity Tax to encourage empty homes are lived in while collecting fees to build more new homes.

Repaved 15 roads – including Barton St E, 3 roads reconstructed with new water mains, installed 32 speed cushions, and improved cycling infrastructure and connectivity.
Added sidewalk snow removal to all transit routes, repaired over 700m of side walks, and 8 new signalized cross walks
Spearheaded Hamilton’s most comprehensive traffic safety initiative with over 800 neighbours direct participation, resulting in a multi-year, funded Ward 3 Complete Streets plan to improve our neighbourhood roads.
Declared Gender-based & Intimate Partner Violence an Epidemic in Hamilton to urge the province to adequately fund & address it.
Pushed for a Hate Mitigation & Response Plan given the rising incidents of hate based activity and violence on city property and in our neighourhoods.

Built new splashpads, play structures, and drinking fountains to ensure all our kiddos are proud to play in their neighbourhood park.
Moved a motion to update the city’s Dog Park policies to look at more off-leash and neighbourhood parks options.
Nearly doubled the size of North Central Park, funded improvements to enhance outdoor spaces at Prince of Wales and Memorial Elementary schools, supported City Kidz natural play area for community use.
Supported annual tree canopy growth in our neighbourhoods on city and school board lands, expanded the private tree program, and approved changes to property standards to encourage more pollinator-friendly gardens as part of the City’s Biodiversity Plan.

Declared a Climate Emergency in Hamilton to ensure the city’s climate action plan addresses response, mitigation and adaption aspects with urgency.
Froze the urban boundary to avoid loss of sensitive ecological and prime agricultural lands to focus on municipal cost-efficiency with a priority on infill housing developments instead.
Passed motions on air-quality including to Government of Ontario to stop site-specific exemptions for polluters, Public Health soot sampling with community outreach, and call to re-direct fines to compensate the neighbourhoods directly impacted, while also working with neighbours directly to build community strength to take action on the issue together.
Supported local small businesses in retail & commercial sectors towards their zero-waste goals.

Spearheaded a nation-wide action to pause the development of AI Data Centres in our communities with the use of Interim Control By-laws and initiated Hamilton’s Municipal Framework on the Development of AI Data Centres.
As a result of a motion I tabled, the City of Hamilton received the inaugural Good Governance Award from Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé on August 19, 2025, for eliminating the $100 fee previously required for residents to file complaints with the city’s Integrity Commissioner.
Led changes to city-wide Demolition Control By-law to address derelict buildings that pose health and safety risks to our communities. This puts an end to scenarios like the buildings on Ottawa St near Memorial Elementary School from happening again.