During the federal election, we had to stop covering some local issues.

That didn’t mean we didn’t keep an eye on what was going on in the 905 City Halls. One particular story caught our eye in Hamilton.

In early April, a long-awaited report was released. The Mayor’s Task Force, consisting of 5 volunteers, reported on the gap of distrust between Hamilton’s City Hall and its citizens. Approximately 80% of respondents found that City Hall lacked transparency and accountability, and as a result, Hamilton’s City Council has not won the trust of the people it serves.

This came as a bit of a blow to the council that was elected on a ‘Change’ platform. With only a little over a year left to go in their mandate, is this too little, too late to change the tide? And what will it take to rebuild trust in Hamilton?

To talk about all, we sit down again with Joey Coleman of The Public Record to discuss all of this.

https://thepublicrecord.ca/

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