The Spectator is running riding profiles in the leadup to the June 7 provincial election. Inside today’s Spectator:
THE 2018 CANDIDATES
As the home riding of NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, this area of the city has been solidly orange since Horwath was first elected in 2007. This year, the riding boundaries changed slightly to match federal riding boundaries. The riding now stretches from the 403 to the west, the harbour to the North, Kenilworth Avenue to the East, and the Mountain Brow to the South.
Dionne Duncan PC
Age: 45 Occupation: Vice-President, Rosas Centre & Facilitator for Brain Injury Support Three main priorities for Hamilton:
1. Eradication of poverty;
2. Supporting the increasing mental health crisis;
3. Creating alternatives and support options for senior care.
Contact: drdionned@gmail.com 416-806-5312; 416-435-1704
Andrea Horwath NDP
Age: 55 Occupation: Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton Centre, Leader of Ontario’s NDP Three main priorities for Hamilton:
1. Healthcare: The NDP will end hallway medicine by restoring hospital funding;
2. Housing: The NDP will build 65,000 new affordable housing units over the next 10 years and fund one-third of repairs to social housing across Ontario;t.
3. Transit: The NDP will fund 50 per cent of net transit operating costs.
Contact: andrea.horwath@ontariondp.ca 289-426-5162 Campaign office: 440 Main St. East, Unit 2
Tony Lemma None of the Above
Age: 54 Occupation: LRT Community Connector for the City of Hamilton Three main priorities for Hamilton:
1. Legislative Electoral and Democratic Reforms;
2. Citizen-initiated plebiscites;
3. Referendums and recall.
Contact: tonylemma.nota@gmail.com nota.ca
Jason Lopez Green party
Age: 43 Occupation: Sales Manager at East Hamilton Radio Three main priorities for Hamilton:
1. Protect our environment (including combatting bacterial pollution and toxic algae at Hamilton’s beaches; expanding the green belt; and banning neonicotinoid pesticides);
2. Lower hydro rates;
3. Support small business by streamlining regulations for small business and decreasing payroll taxes to allow small business to hire more staff.
Contact: votejasonlopez.com jasonlopez@gpo.ca 289-689-4770
Deirdre Pike Liberal
Age: 55 Occupation: Senior Social Planner/LGBTQ Poverty Activist Three main priorities for Hamilton:
1. Income security and good jobs;
2. Affordable housing;
3. Equitable and wholistic health care.
Contact: 416-844-2325
Robert Young Libertarian
Age: 54 Occupation: Store Owner, Retailer and Technician Three main priorities for Hamilton:
1. Cut hydro bills by 50 per cent and pressure the federal government to have HST eliminated on hydro bills;
2. Encourage development of businesses and store fronts especially in poverty-stricken areas by lowering small business taxes and bylaws;
3. Reduce government control (i.e. taxation) by privatizing the sale and distribution of cannabis and alcohol.
Contact: 905 296-3611 RobertYoungHonoursBSc@gmail.com