Statement by Umer Siddiqui

The City's LRT plan has $3.4 billion in federal & provincial funding. Show your support for the plan.

I support the LRT as I believe it will be short term pain for long term gain. I live in Ward 9, and the BLAST network would definitely help the generations to come by providing safe, reliable, efficient, and affordable public transit to all. This $1 billion is only being given for rapid transit, and cannot be used in other ways. Let's use it people! I hope the Councillors in the other Wards will drop the politicking and fear-mongering and look to the future and how we can bring Hamilton to its greatest potential for all!

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