Strong, Experienced Leadership...

Mississauga has come a long way in its short history. Born out of the thriving, historic villages of Clarkson, Cooksville, Dixie, Erindale, Malton, Meadowvale Village, Port Credit and Streetsville, our City has grown to become Canada’s sixth largest City and a place where people from all over the world come to live, work, and raise a family.

Mississauga has grown and prospered under the steady leadership of Mayor McCallion. With her retirement from office, she is entrusting her successor with a strong foundation on which to build an even stronger Mississauga.

I am running for mayor because I have the experience and clear vision to build on the foundation being left to us by Mayor McCallion. As mayor, I am committed to keeping Mississauga affordable, investing in our City’s downtown and waterfront, supporting our small businesses and entrepreneurs, and building stronger villages and neighbourhoods across the City.

My plan to do this is laid out in this Blueprint which reflects my conversations with thousands of Mississaugans and my more than three decades in public service. The ideas I am putting forward here are what I believe will make Mississauga an even stronger City.

I hope that the ideas in this Blueprint are ones that you can support. I look forward to discussing how we can work together to implement these ideas to make Mississauga an even better City to live, work, and raise a family.

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Steve Mahoney

... to hold the Line on Property Taxes

taxes

Hold property tax increases within the rate of inflation

core services

Conduct external core services review to focus on priorities

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Establish public-private-non-profit Blue Ribbon Committee on value for money of City services

participatory budgeting

Enhance citizen-led decision-making through participatory budgeting

...to make Mississauga a centre for entrepreneurship and local job creation

Maintain a stable
business investment climate

Require more apprenticeships
in City projects

Actively recruit leading
international universities
to Mississauga

jobs

Establish the Mississauga Futures
experiential learning and coop
program to create youth employment

Create innovation districts and business
incubators in key nodes

...to reduce red tape

Reduce administrative overlap with the Region of Peel

Require service guarantees for City permits and approvals

Appoint a “Bureaucracy Buster” to help small and medium businesses cut through red tape and bid on City projects

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...to build and promote strong villages

Expand the pride of villages across key nodes

Market our villages as tourist destinations

Appoint a Mississauga Community Development Facilitator focused on more liveable and active neighbourhoods

community

...to make Mississauga’s City Centre and Waterfront even greater sources of pride

blue ribbon

Establish public-private-non-profit Blue Ribbon Committee on value for money of City services

participatory budgeting

Enhance citizen-led decision-making through participatory budgeting

...to build a stronger,
faster transportation network

transportation

...to leverage Mississauga’s diversity to attract businesses and create jobs

Strengthen economy by working with province and regulators to recognize foreign credentials

Establish the Office of Mississauga Ambassador to use diversity to create jobs

Improve coordination of newcomer services

....to renew Mississauga’s critical infrastructure

Use innovative financing and project delivery models to renew and expand infrastructure

Encourage Canada’s pension funds to invest in Mississauga

... to focus City Council on strategy and results for citizens

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Renew Mississauga’s

strategic plan with measurable outcomes

people

Establish Community

Councils to keep government close to citizens

...to deliver better, more convenient city services

Chief Digital Officer

Appoint a Chief Digital Officer to put
all City services on-line

play mississauga fund

Create the Play Mississauga Fund to renew
and build community play spaces

fair wage

Implement a Fair Wage and Safety &
Prevention First policy for City projects