Wednesday, July 22, 2026

A Government of Ontario statement says the provincial government is allocating $25-million for a new emergency department at Hamilton General Hospital that “will feature 8,500 square feet of additional emergency space to better serve the more than 50,000 visitors it receives every year.”

The debate regarding two AI research data centres in Hamilton had dominated debate at Hamilton City Hall for the past two months.

As with all things, there were a broad range of viewpoints amongst those expressing opposition.

One of the concerns is that the economics of Generative AI hyperscale data centres (which is not what is proposed in Hamilton) has all the making of an economic bubble.

This op-ed piece on Persuasion is an excellent outline of the economics, the likelihood of a bubble, what the impacts of a bubble will be, and why governments (primarily the United States) need to act to stop the financial sector from continuing to be overleveraged in the sector.

An AI Crash Is a Real Possibility: The industry is badly overleveraged and that’s unlikely to change, by Damon Silvers and Matt Scherer.

The City of Hamilton can continue to request local restaurants, and other places of business, to turn over security footage that shows Hamilton paramedics inside those businesses.

In a labour arbitration decision, posted to CanLII earlier today, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), Local 256, representing Hamilton’s paramedics, challenged this practice, arguing that it violated the collective agreement, privacy laws, and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

In the agreed statement of facts for the case, the City and Union both stipulated that “when the City suspects misconduct on the part of paramedics and is of the view that third party video (such as security video taken by local restaurants) would assist in its investigation of the misconduct, it may ask the third party to provide a copy of the video. In the past, third parties have complied with and rejected such a request.”

In a detailed decision, the arbitrator ruled in the City’s favour, allowing the City to continue the practice.