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Hamilton has a lot of available office space in the downtown. Will you move any departments to Hamilton to boost the local economy and save on rent costs? Why or why not?

Responses to the question: "Hamilton has a lot of available office space in the downtown. Will you move any departments to Hamilton to boost the local economy and save on rent costs? Why or why not?"

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4 Candidate Responses (top)

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CandidateBrief ResponseFull Response
Hans Wienhold No If I were ever in a position to be making policy decisions I would be shutting down government departments en masse, not shuffling them around.
Monique Taylor Maybe If elected, we would review department locations and how we can help boost Hamilton's local economy. New Democrats recognize that the current tax system is stacked against small business, which employs thousands of Ontarians and makes a significant contribution to our economy. Ontario's NDP will reduce the small business tax rate to 4 per cent in order to support these vital businesses. We'll also take the HST off essentials like heating and hydro to ease the squeeze on small business operations.
Sophia Aggelonitis Maybe Ontario Liberals have worked in partnership with the City of Hamilton since 2003 to ensure Hamilton's continued economic growth and prosperity. Since 2003 Ontario Liberals have provided recurring, special one-time operating grants and have supported Hamilton-based projects such as Hamilton Health Sciences Centre, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton and McMaster University's new Wilson Building for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. More recently, we have partnered with Hamilton to provide funding in support of the Pan/Parapan American Games sporting infrastructure including for the Pan Am Hamilton Soccer Stadium (Ivor Wynne Stadium) and the Hamilton Velodrome. Ontario Liberals recently announced that we will be providing two-way full-day GO train service to a new Hamilton GO train station at James Street North in time for the Pan Am Games. We will also construct a second new GO train station in Stoney Creek at Confederation/Centennial Parkway by 2016-17.

At this time, we have no plans to relocate any additional Government of Ontario offices to Hamilton. Ontario Liberals are always open to hearing ideas that will support Hamilton and help save taxpayer dollars.
Tony Morris Maybe The Green Party will make it easier for small and large businesses to succeed thus reducing the dependence on government departments. By lowering small and medium business payroll taxes we will make it easier for businesses to expand. Planning policies will focus on dense and vibrant communities, reducing sprawl and encouraging job creation in already established city centres. The Green Party will expand research and development tax incentives into knowledge based businesses like clean energy, biomedical research, and new technologies, which Hamilton would be well positioned to exploit with its manufacturing history and medical research capacities.

Response Summary (top)

Brief ResponseCount% of Total
Yes00.0%
No125.0%
Maybe375.0%

4 Candidates Have Not Responded (top)

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Brian Goodwin
Geordie Elms
Jim Enos
Trevor Pettit