Mayor-elect Keanin Loomis sat down for a five-and-a-half minute segment on CHCH’s Morning Live this morning, the following are my brief notes from watching the interview.
During the discussion, Mayor-elect Loomis continued to establish expectations for the coming 2026 to 2030 term of office, stating that each of the 15 council members represents different areas of Hamilton and there will be differing viewpoints during this term.
“Look, we’re going to have disagreements. We should have disagreements. We all represent different constituencies,” Loomis stated. “But dysfunction is a choice. And that’s the one thing we are not going to tolerate, going forward.”
Loomis stated he, and the new Council, will have a proposal for “1,000 homes in front of Build Canada Homes by Christmas.” Build Canada Homes is the federal agency empowered to rapidly build new affordable housing.
Loomis was asked about the layoffs at Stelco. He stated that he is already in discussions with the federal government to ensure a coordinated response.
When asked “We about one minute. What other priorities are you looking at?,” Loomis noted that tomorrow is Remembrance Day and spoke about Captain Ken Kunkel, the Cadet commander who was viciously assaulted at the Centre on Barton.
“I just want to give a shout-out to Captain Ken Kunkel, who is right now still in hospital, on the mend. I talked to him last week. Remembrance Day is always a great opportunity to remember the heroes that we have, but let’s not forget we gain new heroes every single week, and Ken is one of those. I talked to him last week, and the thing that he was most concerned about was the—the health of the cadets that he was protecting. So, what an incredible person he is, and I wish him all the best. He’s got a GoFundMe page, so I encourage Hamiltonians to support him there.”
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