It seems that downtown Hamilton has been under fire for the last few months.

The federal tax court recently shut down citing gun violence.

Tent encampments are a feature in city parks, and most recently the President of LiUNA made the outrageous claim that busloads of homeless people were being brought into the city to take advantage of services in the downtown core.

The problems downtown Hamilton is facing are monumental. Development of affordable housing is desperately

needed, as well as encouragement of economic development. These problems didn’t pop up overnight. They have been stewing for decades. And are the result of a myriad of policies from all levels of government.

However, that is no excuse to stop trying to solve the problem. But are our government’s up to the task?

To talk about the task ahead and to help sort through the hyperbole we invited back to the podcast downtown councillor for Hamilton, Cameron Kroetsch.

Cameron is the councillor for Ward 2 and has been most vocal on many of the issues affecting the downtown of Hamilton and what needs to be done to change the course

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