Mayor Bob Bratina Keeping His Word About Joining The ICLEI Conspiracy [video included]

by Terry Wilson
Canadian Awareness Network
February 18, 2013

It was only a few months ago that Hamlton’s Mayor Bob Bratina stated “If ICLEI Is A Conspiracy To Take Over The World I would Like To Join Today”, At the 2012 ICLEI livable cities forum.

It seemed as if he was just trying to make a joke, especially since the city of Hamilton has been “in on” the conspiracy of ICLEI/Agenda 21 since the year 2000 (when they joined ICLEI).

His plans to usher in the next phase of the Agenda 21 framework are now showing through and are no laughing matter.

Think vertical, mayors tell home builders
thespec.com

Home builders in Hamilton and Halton are being told to look up, not out, for future developments.

Mayors Bob Bratina and Rick Goldring, of Hamilton and Burlington respectively, told local home builders Friday the days of sprawling subdivisions as the major form of growth in the cities are over, replaced by a changing market demanding projects closer to amenities. The city leaders’ breakfast is a traditional opening to the Home Show.

For Bratina, it’s a simple matter of space — Hamilton can’t spread out any more.

“My answer to that is to think vertical,” he said in an interview after his presentation. “If you’re running out of land, then the only way to go is up.”

Convincing home buyers of that isn’t a major issue, he added. Empty-nesters and young professionals are voting with their wallets for smaller properties and better condos where they’re close enough to walk to what they need. The ones who have to be convinced are home builders.

“A lot of traditional home builders grew their business in the era of the ’50s and ’60s when there was a different set of circumstances,” Bratina said. “Well, everything has changed and I think the era of scraping all the topsoil off a farm and putting up a cookie cutter subdivision is coming to an end.”
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