For the second time this week, and the third time in recent months, a Hamilton City Council meeting was disrupted by someone heckling in the Council Chamber
Today’s incident occurred during the Audit, Finance, and Administration Committee meeting.
At 9:59 a.m., a man walked into the Chamber and immediately began yelling about obese people.
“Are grossly obese people healthy?” he stated repeatedly.
Ward 14 Councillor Mike Spadafora, chair of the committee, responded, “You are going to have to leave … I ask you to leave the Chamber.”
The man responded by calling Spadafora a “f***ing moron” and left.
City Hall security followed the individual as he left City Hall.
The City’s corporate security office is investigating.
It is not clear if the man is the same person who came into the Chamber on Monday and disrupted the Board of Health meeting.
Monday’s incident is being investigated by the City’s corporate security and has been reported to the Hamilton Police hate crime unit because the man made anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, homophobic, racist, and transphobic comments.
The man in today’s incident was wearing a green shoulder bag. The man who disrupted the May 22, 2025 Emergency and Community Services meeting was also wearing a green shoulder bag.
Following today’s disruption, the sliding doors to the Council Chamber will be locked during meetings.
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Published: July 31, 2025
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