Full Platform

Property Tax Freeze

• Conduct a true, line by line audit of the budget

• Implement the OECD Best Practices for Budget Transparency

• Create a “Cost-Savings Ideas” initiative that encourages citizens and City staff's input and continue it, year to year

• Implement Shorter Work Week for Mississauga staff, to avoid overtime, fatigue related injuries and to foster a better work life balance

• Create additional financial streams

• Prioritize SAVING measures over OVERSPENDING

• Re-evaluate the Personal Spending Budges for all Councillors and the Mayors Office

• Pay Freeze of the Councillor's and Mayor's Salaries 

Transportation, Transit and Bike Safety

• Align investments in roads and transit with growth

• Invest in training Pedestrian, Cyclists and Drivers to reduce accidents, injuries and death on our roadways, walking paths, and sidewalks

• Mississauga to Toronto in the Hour – a program to enable individuals to go from one end of Mississauga to Toronto within the 60 min

• Revamp the transit program to include new technologies 

• Reduce congestion through development of technology based control

• Work with Metrolinx to design a faster and more efficient service system and to encourage more bike usage

• Install head start pedestrian signals to all of our intersections

• Establish better bike and parking bylaws to increase road safety for everyone

• Accelerate the city’s Cycling Network Plan and creating useable bike lanes

• Replace speed cameras in residential streets and other such areas with Law Enforcement

• Support traffic signal priority for buses, and rapid transit projects

• Work with Metrolinx to create new bus routes and increase frequency of buses

• Investigate increasing services on Friday night and Saturday night

Crime and Law Enforcement 

• Work with law enforcement, professional communities and community groups to reduce crime 

• Create prevention mandate of police and improve the effectiveness of first responders

• Involve city workers and social service professionals to assist community members

• Develop a "de-escalate violence" program

• A return of at least one Police Community Station in each Ward

• Using proven technology based solutions to prevent Car Jacking and other crimes in Mississauga

Affordable Housing and Affordable Living

• Streamline approvals and enact common sense changes that would allow housing to be built quickly and affordably

• Eliminate bid manipulation and prevent bid-rigging

• Create more taxable regulation on the housing market to target home flippers and speculators

• Provide greater renter protection and opportunity for home ownership for first-time homebuyers

• Significate Tax increases  to anyone owning three or more properties

• Eight year, Property Tax Roll Back for Seniors 

• Investigate the failure on delivering the $10-a-day childcare and find a solution

• Reduce the Mississauga's home purchase tax for first-time homebuyers

• Decrease the cost of condominium and apartment building development in Mississauga through the modification of building regulation, permit costs, and permit wait times

• Increase the Vacant Home Tax amount to decrease number of vacant units in Mississauga and promote affordable rent and housing

• Government assisted rent-geared-to-income subsidies including student housing

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown.

David Brinkley