A Better Peel

What Will Your Municipal Candidate Do About Housing, Poverty and Equity?

With the municipal elections just around the corner, non-profits across the Region have worked together to get input from candidates on key issues.

We asked every candidate running for local or Regional council to make a pledge to tackle key issues affecting housing, and community services. Their commitments are below, along with the full text of the pledge commitments. Read on to see what your local candidates think about these issues.

For details on the issues, please feel free to review the background document at the end of this page. For information on the pledge and the non-profits leaders supporting it, please contact info@communitymetamorphosis.ca

Peel Region Candidate’s Pledge

If elected, I pledge to:

Recognize community services are provincially underfunded.

I recognize that community services in Peel Region have been underfunded by the Province, putting pressure on municipal services, nonprofit organizations, and the people who rely on them.
Share concerns about the impact of underfunding on Peel.

I recognize that gaps in provincial funding for affordable housing, childcare, elder care, mental health care, and other essential services affect residents, put pressure on municipal finances, and make it harder for businesses to recruit, retain, and support employees.
Continue to support the Metamorphosis Network’s work to address this issue.

I support Peel Regional Council’s continued financial and moral support for the nonprofit sector and its advocacy for greater provincial investment in community services.
Join in advocacy efforts at Queen’s Park.

I will join nonprofit leaders in bringing this issue to Queen’s Park and advocating with Peel’s MPPs and relevant provincial ministers for greater investment in the community services Peel residents need.

Candidate Responses

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Mississauga

Position / Ward Candidate Name #1 #2 #3 #4

Mayor Aamir Bhatti

Mayor Alvin Tedjo

Mayor Amjad Jilani

Mayor Ana Luisa Vasquez de Espinal — — — —

Mayor Bonnie Crombie

Mayor Carolyn Parrish

Mayor David Shaw — — — —

Mayor Dipika Damerla — — — —

Mayor Fadi Naami — — — —

Mayor Frank Fang — — — —

Mayor Gord Elliott — — — —

Mayor Karam Ahmed

Mayor Mike Matulewicz

Mayor Mohsin Khan

Councillor Ward 1 Olivia Gannon

Councillor Ward 1 Stephen Dasko

Councillor Ward 2 Abdul Mukhtar Ghafarzoy — — — —

Councillor Ward 2 Alex Ragozzino

Councillor Ward 2 Ananya Majumder

Councillor Ward 2 Audrey Simpson — — — —

Councillor Ward 2 Leeann Cole — — — —

Councillor Ward 2 Michael Carroll

Councillor Ward 2 Michelle Baker — — — —

Councillor Ward 2 Olga Polstvin — — — —

Councillor Ward 2 Ronnie Amyotte — — — —

Councillor Ward 2 Ross Kutisker-Jacobson

Councillor Ward 2 Samer Fawzi Alghoul — — — —

Councillor Ward 2 Sue Shanly — — — —

Councillor Ward 2 Syed Jaffery

Councillor Ward 2 Tom Ellard — — — —

Councillor Ward 3 Arshad Hashmi — — — —

Councillor Ward 3 Chris Fonseca

Councillor Ward 3 Kim Pines — — — —

Councillor Ward 3 Mendi Kabashi — — — —

Councillor Ward 3 Stjepan Vukovic

Councillor Ward 4 Humphrey Chukwuemeka — — — —

Councillor Ward 4 John Kovac — — — —

Councillor Ward 4 Khawar Hussain — — — —

Councillor Ward 4 Zulfiqar Ali — — — —

Councillor Ward 5 Aruna Anand — — — —

Councillor Ward 5 Danny Singh — — — —

Councillor Ward 5 Ismail Bawa — — — —

Councillor Ward 5 Jamie Dookie — — — —

Councillor Ward 5 Mandeep Singh Dhaliwal — — — —

Councillor Ward 5 Michael Anthony Perretta — — — —

Councillor Ward 5 Natalie Hart

Councillor Ward 5 Raghavan Babu Bhogaiah — — — —

Councillor Ward 5 Rosemarie Sanchez

Councillor Ward 5 Vipan Mehta — — — —

Councillor Ward 6 Ahmad Reshad Hatefi — — — —

Councillor Ward 6 Gurcharan Guleria — — — —

Councillor Ward 6 Javed Dean — — — —

Councillor Ward 6 Joe Horneck

Councillor Ward 6 Martina Wood — — — —

Councillor Ward 6 Michael Bastian — — — —

Councillor Ward 7 Ahsan Khokhar — — — —

Councillor Ward 7 Amir Ali — — — —

Councillor Ward 7 Amitabh Srivastava — — — —

Councillor Ward 7 Asha Falinski — — — —

Councillor Ward 7 George Tavares

Councillor Ward 7 Gerald Adad

Councillor Ward 7 Hazra Wade — — — —

Councillor Ward 7 Jerry Krzywda — — — —

Councillor Ward 7 Joel Binda — — — —

Councillor Ward 7 Keshav Mandadi — — — —

Councillor Ward 7 Leslie Zurek-Silvestri

Councillor Ward 7 Louroz Mercader

Councillor Ward 7 Lucas Alves — — — —

Councillor Ward 7 Maisa Salhia — — — —

Councillor Ward 7 Naila Saeed

Councillor Ward 7 Peter Tolias — — — —

Councillor Ward 7 Tassawar Syed — — — —

Councillor Ward 8 Grzegorz Nowacki — — — —

Councillor Ward 8 Matt Mahoney — — — —

Councillor Ward 8 Rahul Mehta

Councillor Ward 8 Valerie Hogue — — — —

Councillor Ward 8 Viktoria Manzar — — — —

Councillor Ward 9 Anwar Knight — — — —

Councillor Ward 9 Martin Reid — — — —

Councillor Ward 9 Mohammad Shabbeer — — — —

Councillor Ward 9 Ramsha Haq — — — —

Councillor Ward 10 Aatish Jamal — — — —

Councillor Ward 10 Hamza Bajwa — — — —

Councillor Ward 10 Salman Tariq — — — —

Councillor Ward 10 Sue McFadden — — — —

Councillor Ward 10 Suha Hashim — — — —

Councillor Ward 11 Amin Nanji — — — —

Councillor Ward 11 Brad Butt — — — —

Councillor Ward 11 Dev Vashi

Brampton

Position / Ward Candidate Name #1 #2 #3 #4

Mayor Gaurav Walia — — — —

Mayor Gurdeep Singh Dhothar — — — —

Mayor Jagruti Bhatt — — — —

Mayor Najma Khurram — — — —

Mayor Nathaniel Peart — — — —

Mayor Patrick Brown

Mayor Paul Tarriwal — — — —

Mayor Prabh Gill

Mayor Prabhjot Kaur Sidhu — — — —

Mayor Sandeep Somal

Mayor Vidya Sagar Gautam — — — —

Mayor Wesley Jackson

City Councillor - Wards 1, 5 Amit Dutta — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 1, 5 Gagandeep Singh Atwal — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 1, 5 Khimani Williams — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 1, 5 Romolo Tantalo — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 1, 5 Rowena Santos

City Councillor - Wards 1, 5 Staceyann Brooks — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 1, 5 Tajinder Singh Bhinder — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 1, 5 Tejpal Sidhu — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 1, 5 Tracy Ann Pepe

City Councillor - Wards 2, 6 Amir Khawaja Hassan — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 2, 6 Carmen Wilson — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 2, 6 Gurpreet Pabla — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 2, 6 Jermaine Chambers — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 2, 6 Navjit Kaur Brar — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 2, 6 Keval Shah — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 2, 6 Raghav Dhir

City Councillor - Wards 2, 6 Rakesh Singh Thakur — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 2, 6 Yadvinder Deswal — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 3, 4 Ajit Seerha — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 3, 4 Dennis Keenan — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 3, 4 Gita Devi Dawadi Dhakal

City Councillor - Wards 3, 4 Jugraj Singh Khinda — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 3, 4 Kaniki Karine Mujinga — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 3, 4 Santokh Randhawa — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 7, 8 Ali Khan — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 7, 8 Ayanna Kahlon

City Councillor - Wards 7, 8 Monica Singh Soares

City Councillor - Wards 7, 8 Nayan Brahmbhatt — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 7, 8 Rakesh Sharma — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 7, 8 Ripudaman Singh Dhillon — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 7, 8 Taran Chahal — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 9, 10 Azad Goyat — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 9, 10 Baljinder Singh Nehal — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 9, 10 Cheryl Rodricks — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 9, 10 Harkirat Singh — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 9, 10 Jagdish Singh Grewal — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 9, 10 Janice Gordon-Daniels — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 9, 10 Kamran Hassan — — — —

City Councillor - Wards 9, 10 Sandeep Kumar — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 1, 5 Idris Orughu — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 1, 5 Paul Vicente — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 1, 5 Pooja Walia — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 1, 5 Steven Lee

Regional Councillor - Wards 2, 6 Ajaib Singh Sran — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 2, 6 Julie Luckasavitch — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 2, 6 Michael Paul Palleschi

Regional Councillor - Wards 2, 6 Parth Sharma — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 2, 6 Prempal Gill — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 2, 6 Romy Dogra — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 2, 6 Sameer Tandon

Regional Councillor - Wards 3, 4 Manmeet Singh Choudhary — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 3, 4 Martin Medeiros

Regional Councillor - Wards 3, 4 Navneet Singh Lotey — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 3, 4 Sandeep Kumar Goel — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 7, 8 Aman Sharma — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 7, 8 Anil Sahajpal — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 7, 8 Christopher Soranno — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 7, 8 Cynthia Sri Pragash — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 7, 8 Rod Power — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 7, 8 Vedaant Vyas — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 9, 10 Gregory Miller — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 9, 10 Gurpreet K Dhillon — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 9, 10 Gurpreet Singh Dhillon — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 9, 10 Harsimran Singh — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 9, 10 Michael Dancy — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 9, 10 Nirmala Devi Madhu — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 9, 10 Prabhjot Singh Dhaliwal — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 9, 10 Satpaul Singh Johal — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 9, 10 Sukhman Sangha — — — —

Caledon

Position / Ward Candidate Name #1 #2 #3 #4

Mayor Alan Hart

Mayor Christina Early

Mayor Jagdeep Sacha — — — —

Mayor Manjit Bhondhi Saini — — — —

Mayor Mario Russo

Local Councillor - Ward 1 Aanya Shahi

Local Councillor - Ward 1 Jeffrey Halsall

Local Councillor - Ward 1 Kate Hepworth

Local Councillor - Ward 1 Keri Parfitt

Local Councillor - Ward 1 Tom Sweeney — — — —

Local Councillor - Ward 2 Hunar Kahlon — — — —

Local Councillor - Ward 2 Jagraj Sekhon — — — —

Local Councillor - Ward 2 Rakesh Madhok — — — —

Local Councillor - Ward 2 Yogi Chahal — — — —

Local Councillor - Ward 3 Doug Maskell

Local Councillor - Ward 3 Stan Cameron

Local Councillor - Ward 4 Cheryl Connors

Local Councillor - Ward 4 Heather French

Local Councillor - Ward 4 Pat Fortini — — — —

Local Councillor - Ward 4 Paul Parete

Local Councillor - Ward 5 Anthony Caputo — — — —

Local Councillor - Ward 5 Diana Mollicone

Local Councillor - Ward 5 John Muir — — — —

Local Councillor - Ward 6 Carmela Palkowski

Local Councillor - Ward 6 Cosimo Napoli — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 1,2,3 Dave Sheen

Regional Councillor - Wards 1,2,3 Harpreet Grewal

Regional Councillor - Wards 1,2,3 Mauro Testani — — — —

Regional Councillor - Wards 4,5,6 Tony Rosa (Acclaimed) — — — —

Background

The Background

Peel Region’s public services receive less provincial funding than comparable Ontario municipalities, and the extent of the gap is well documented. In a report published in 2024, the Metamorphosis Network showed that Peel receives $868 million less each year in provincial and related funding than the Ontario average, equal to $578 less per resident annually. Among Ontario’s eight largest municipalities, Peel ranks last in per-capita funding for municipal social services, nonprofit community services, and LHIN community health funding alike. In the absence of a matching provincial investment, Peel’s own property taxpayers have taken on a growing share of the cost: per-capita municipal contributions to social services rose from $605 in 2015 to $743 in 2022, even after adjusting for inflation. The Network published a second report, documenting specific areas of service that face shortfalls and the impacts on housing, childcare, long-term care, home care and food insecurity.

The Metamorphosis Network — a coalition of more than 100 nonprofits and community agencies across Peel — built this research to give the Region, the Province, and community partners a shared, evidence-based starting point for closing the gap together. Peel Regional Council has supported the Network’s work as part of its ongoing collaboration with the nonprofit sector, and the Network has explored these issues, and their solutions, with our local MPPs. This is the foundation this pledge builds on: a clearly documented funding gap and an established partnership between the Region and the nonprofit sector, working together with the Province toward a fair and lasting solution.

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