How do you ensure that the KPI dashboard information is accurate?

Well, I think that one of the most important things that we're doing and we're continuing to do is try to provide more access to city information.

And I have a little list of the things that I'm going to quickly look at, but there's no doubt that we are putting more information out there and not requiring people to go for FOIs, for example.

We are always adding to our open data capacity.

In fact, our online presence is available in 80 languages now, my.hamilton.ca. We're also working really hard to make sure that we're a ODA client in a much better way than we have been in the past.

The budget always seems to be a bit of a challenge because of the volume.

But these are things.

How will you lead on these common priorities?

What are the types of things that you are advocating for?

Well, absolutely both of those things.

It's called the Head of Lake Ontario Plan because Hamilton sits at the Head of Lake Ontario Plan.

and it includes obviously severe advocacy being on the back of both the federal and provincial governments.

But I have to say, they've been very good.

We're all in this together, as everyone knows.

And I have a strong relationship and have for a very long time with Minister Jolie federally, Minister Fedele provincially.

And so is there any way to halt this halt or is it sort of moving forward? Because I read in one analysis of this that they're starting the wind down within just a couple of weeks.

But what do you have in mind for these workers?

Well, I mean, there's a couple of things.

First of all, I spent most of the afternoon yesterday on the phone with Melanie Jolie, the minister federally, and Vic Fideli, the minister provincially.

We have a very good relationship.

I have a great relationship with both of them, and they've been very proactive and supportive.

And I know that we can work together to try to make a difference.

Locally, ironically, I just put forward my economic response to the tariffs yesterday and was literally talking about that when the news came out about Stelco.

What kind of consequences? I mean, the owners of this plant are big Trump supporters, and they're hoping to get a plant built in the United States and totally willing to sacrifice Canadian workers.

What did those officials say to you, as much as you can share, about how they might help?

Well, they're not giving up the fight.

They're continuing to try to turn this around, which is what I expect from them.

But I haven't been idle myself.

I put together a plan called the Head of Lake Ontario Plan to tell Hamiltonians that even though we can't control Trump and his decisions, we can try to respond in a way that protects people.

And it's not a good irony, but it's an irony.

that our city council just passed that motion literally today.

Even if a deal is reached and things smooth over in terms of trade with the United States, do you realistically see these jobs coming back?

From your perspective, what are you thinking about right now in terms of the economic impact this will have on your community?

Well, one, one of the things I know for sure, and I've had the pleasure of meeting many of them, uh, there, there are mayors around the entire lake, so all the way around, who are very concerned about how these tariffs are impacting their communities and their workers.

And I think the focus needs to get back to that.

If, if we could just get, uh, our heads around the fact that real, real working people, hardworking people on, on the American workfor- or in the American workforce, in the Canadian workforce, are hurting.

And what people wanna do, and what I wanna see people do, is get back to work and be able to put food on their table, and that's what should be the focus of any leader.

So I stay focused on that here in Hamilton.

Uh, but to say there aren't concerns would, would, would not be the case.

Do you wish the prime minister would not have called his negotiators home, or did you think that was a necessary step here?