[SteelTown]

It's because both Brantford and Burlington takes away potential jobs to Hamilton, especially Brantford.

Burlington took UPS, ridiculous that Burlington took UPS when UPS uses Hamilton Airport for the cargo business, and Brantford took a lot of biotech and probably will get the Maple Leaf factory.

We have to learn from these cities to compete against them so that Hamiltonians don't have to commute elsewhere for jobs. It's a serious issue that keeps getting worse each year.

Tax free zones does work. Working in Winnipeg and in many US cities.

But like the article said are we willing to keep taxes the same but expect less service so the city can focus on brownfield cleanup and servicing new land? Maybe when more jobs are disappearing and they'll be a bigger sense of urgency.