Hamilton mayoral candidate: Interview with Solomon Ikhuiwu

Mayoral candidate Solomon Ikhuiwu sat down with CBC Hamilton on Oct. 11, 2022. Ikhuiwu says he'd like to "revive Hamilton back to life and purpose," and make it the "freest" city in the world. He says he's hearing a lot of concerns from residents about Sewergate, the cost of living, and the coming light-rail transit line, and that he'll look into these issues, as well as the state of the roads. CBC Hamilton also asked him about his time participating in the so-called Freedom Convoy in Ottawa last winter.

Watch the video for the full interview. The questions we asked and the corresponding time stamps are below.

0:09- Please introduce yourself and share a few things people should know.

1:12- Can you tell us a bit more about your work with the homeless?

2:07- How is the campaign is going so far? What are you hearing from residents?

4:30- Did you run in the past?

4:57- What kinds of voters do you think you are attracting and why?

6:55- How are you going to make up for your lack of political experience if elected?

8:35- You are a bestselling author? Can you tell us about that?

10:03- When you say bestseller, what measure are you using?

10:26- Housing and safer roads are big issues this campaign. What is your plan for either of those areas?

12:55- You promises to freeze taxes, get people off the streets and improve public transit. How will you manage that with less revenue?

13:45- So it would be a temporary freeze?

14:00- You participated in the so-called Freedom Convoy in Ottawa. Why?

16:07- What are the positive things you reference that came out of the Freedom Convoy?

17:05- What kind of leader are you?