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Champion affordable and missing-middle housing development in Ward 13.

• Support affordable and missing-middle housing development initiatives

Confidence:High

Pledges no municipal tax increase beyond the provincial inflation rate for four years.

• Cap tax increases at provincial inflation for next four years

Confidence:High

Train city staff on rural needs so council decisions reflect rural and agricultural realities.

• Mandate training so city staff understand rural and agricultural issues

Confidence:High

Reopen Safari Road and fix rural road safety: better signage, vegetation clearing, road maintenance.

• Reopen Safari Road, a main thoroughfare
• Press public works on signage, vegetation clearing and maintenance

Confidence:High

Address Safari Road closure, rural road and culvert maintenance, and Dundas road and traffic issues.

• Safari Road closure, rural road and culvert maintenance
• Hatt Street work, traffic and road conditions in Dundas

Confidence:High

Push traffic calming and road repair infrastructure for Ward 13 road safety.

• Advance traffic calming and road repair infrastructure proposals

Confidence:High

Tackle senior isolation and gaps in services and community connections for Ward 13 seniors.

• Address senior isolation and access to services
• Create opportunities for seniors to stay connected to community

Confidence:High

Pledges to vote against developments harming ward communities' character, culture or environment.

• Vote against developments that damage local character, culture and environment
• Opposes AI data centre developments and urban incursion

Confidence:High

Lieberman, a theatre producer, wants a City Enrichment Fund review plus other municipal arts funding sources.

• A theatre producer, director, concert promoter and festival organizer active in the arts for decades.
• Says the fund has shifted toward special-interest programming at the expense of other initiatives; savings from HECFI privatization were never reinvested in arts.
• Notes city assets like Hamilton Place remain out of reach for most local users after two generations.

Confidence:High

Kunc calls arts and culture essential to vibrant communities and would plan mixed-use affordable cultural space.

• Committed to reviewing the whole city budget, including the 2027 forecast, before making funding commitments.
• Wants mixed-use space with affordable cultural space across the downtown core: studios, performance and community spaces.
• Would put arts community representatives on a reformed Ward 13 community council and attend local arts events.

Confidence:High

Naylor commits to no cuts to the City Enrichment Fund and would freeze city-owned venue rental costs.

• Commits to reviewing the fund but cannot promise an increase given the city's finances and $5.2B infrastructure deficit.
• Commits to voting against any cuts to the fund.
• Would freeze rental costs for city-owned venues if a fund increase is not possible.

Confidence:High