Abhijeet Gill

Two city-wide priorities, and how to achieve them

• Restore trust in finances and basic services: bring financial systems up to date, follow audit recommendations after the cyber attack and credit downgrade, and set clear service standards.
• Housing with infrastructure: build more homes where planning rules already allow, move simple applications quickly, and require a clear plan and funding for roads, water, sewers, transit and parks on large developments.

Two changes to improve City services

• Let residents follow a service request end to end: a case number, estimated response time and a status-check app.
• Publish service standards and real permit processing times; use digital tools and automation for routine checks, building on the “All for One” development pilot.

Two changes to improve quality of life in Hamilton

• Safer streets: use collision history, speeding data, pedestrian activity and road design to find the highest-risk locations before another serious collision, with better design as well as enforcement.
• Recreation and public space: put investment where population is growing and facilities are aging, especially for youth and seniors (citing Ward 9 growth).

Two priorities for Ward 9

• Road safety and infrastructure near Upper Centennial and residential streets: review the whole corridor, rank the most dangerous locations for funding first and seek resident input.
• The GFL landfill: use every legal option, keep up pressure and make enforcement data public, push for independent odour and air-quality reviews plus soil and groundwater testing; notes approvals are largely provincial.

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

Present, accountable, effective.