Mayor Ivan Court's bid for re-election might be looked upon as an uphill struggle considering the financial problems besetting the city with the pension plan's rising deficit and cuts in this year's budget.
He tells CHSJ News he voted against the budget because he believes we will get the reforms we need and Councillor Higgins also voted against it because they didn't want to cut fire, police and transit.
Court also maintains being Mayor in this day and age is a fulltime job regardless of what you might hear from any of the other candidates
He says it happens seven days a week and you have to committ your life to this and you lose a lot of time from your own family and they have to make great sacrifices.
As for his combative style, Court says you have to stand up for what's best for the city and when you do that, you risk alienating some people.