• City of Hamilton begins removing encampments from parks as Council ends Encampment Protocol

    Local

    City of Hamilton staff have begun removing encampments from parks after Council officially ended the municipal Encampment Protocol on March 6.

    The motion to end the Encampment Protocol was brought forward at a Jan. 15 General Issues Committee meeting by Councillor Mike Spadafora (Ward 14 – West Mountain) and was seconded by Councillor Tom Jackson (Ward 6 – East Mountain).

    The motion passed 13-2, with only Cameron Kroetsch (Ward 2 – Downtown Hamilton) and Alex Wilson (Ward 13 -Dundas-Central Flamborough) voting against it.

    Councillor Nrinder Nann (Ward 3 – East Hamilton Centre) was absent from the vote.

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    Hamilton housing prices will rise over the next three years, but growth will remain “tempered”: Report

    Local

    A newly released Housing Market Outlook Report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Canada’s national housing agency, says that Hamilton housing prices will rise over the next three years, but that price growth will be “tempered by high levels of inventory.”

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    The perilous state of small business

    National

    Despite the fact they are often ill-treated by governments, SMEs are an essential component of a dynamic economy and a well-functioning democracy.

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    Caution: Liberal “change” is not what it seems

    National

    Don’t be fooled by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s smoke and mirrors: his government might appear different from former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s on the outside, but deeper down, it’s the same old Liberals.

    The upcoming federal election will not mirror 1984 or 1993

    National

    A famous observation about history declares it to rhyme more than it repeats. As we prepare for Canada’s 45th federal election in 2025, there may be a temptation to look back a few decades, find a similar situation, and expect a familiar outcome.

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    Horwath visits Washington D.C. amid tariff war

    Local

    Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath was in Washington D.C. from March 4 to March 7 amid the ongoing tariff war with the United States.

    While the trip was for the annual Great Lakes Day advocacy event celebrated by the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (GLSLCI), the event also gave the mayor a chance to speak directly to American policymakers regarding the tariffs and cross-border trade.

    GLSLCI is a coalition of over 200 U.S. and Canadian mayors who advocate for the environmental and economic health of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Basin.

    Horwath was joined in Washington D.C. by over a dozen mayors and elected officials from Ontario and Quebec.

    She tweeted out that she met with Democratic Congressman Frank Mrvan (Indiana) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (Michigan) on day one of her trip.

    Hamilton Council changes procurement policy in response to Trump’s tariffs

    Local

    Hamilton City Council voted to approve changes to allow for the expanded procurement of local and Canadian goods, services, and construction in the wake of President Donald Trump’s tariff attacks on Canada.

    There are two methods through which the City of Hamilton awards contracts: through a Request for Quotations and through a Request for Tenders.

     

    Don’t take the bait, Canadians

    National

    Canada is currently facing the potentially worst economic crisis we have encountered in decades. Many Canadians, including some of our political leaders, have chosen to respond to the threats U.S. President Donald Trump has made by a revival of an odd version of patriotism which involves such juvenile acts as booing the U.S. national anthem at hockey games…

    Liberals pass the baton for the election race

    National

    In these past few days Canadians witnessed the Liberal Party of Canada passing the baton from the beleaguered Justin Trudeau to the unknown-yet-charmed Mark Carney. In being sworn in as Canada’s prime minister today, the newly crowned Liberal leader is expected to not take much time before calling a federal election. If Ottawa rumours prove accurate, Carney will not even have to break stride in his race from the party coronation last weekend to the cross-country campaign hustings next week.

    Canada has a long to-do list – and most of it should have been done long ago

    Opinion

    On Tuesday, March 4, President Donald Trump entered Congress at the invitation of the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson of Louisiana. The Democratic leadership chose to abandon the protocol of accompanying the president into the Capitol, setting the tone for an evening of norm-breaking, political gamesmanship, and unprecedented rudeness. The viewers (I subjected myself to the record-breaking 100-minute-long speech in deference to my readers) were largely partisan and about 75 per cent in most polls gave Trump a thumbs up. That should not be taken out of context.

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