This is a win for all residents of Mississauga. On Wednesday, November 25th, a motion put forth by Councillor Parrish was unanimously passed by all Councillors. In light of the LRT and the growing reality of the affordable housing crisis, this motion requires new developments to build a number of units for low-income residents along Hurontario. For […]
Nowhere in Ontario is the waiting list for subsidized housing longer than in Peel Region. Housing could become even less affordable in central Mississauga and Brampton, when the Hurontario-Main LRT is built in a few years’ time. To help ease battle against the rising housing costs, Mississauga city council will consider a motion to require developers […]
A plan to accommodate traffic during the four years of LRT construction has unearthed an age-old debate surrounding the future of McLaughlin Road. A recommendation for road widening on McLaughlin Road, from Bristol Road West to Britannia Road West, aroused some debate amongst Ward 5 councillor Carolyn Parrish, Ward 4 councillor John Kovac and Ward […]
Mississauga councillors want to make sure a new $1.3-billion LRT along the city’s spine won’t create an exclusive, high-rent corridor that’s out of reach for residents who need affordable housing options and accessible transit. “LRTs displace all the poor people,” Councillor Carolyn Parrish said at Wednesday’s general committee meeting. She told staff she wants a […]
With light rail transit speeding into downtown Mississauga, there needs to be an emphasis on ensuring those that will use the service can afford to live nearby, said Mississauga mayor Bonnie Crombie. During Wednesday’s (Nov 4) general committee meeting, members heard a staff presentation about downtown growth and the need for more parks and open […]
Region of Peel Council has voted to kill plans to build a garbage incinerator pegged at costing hundreds of millions of dollars, despite objections from the mayors of both Mississauga and Brampton. Mississauga mayor Bonnie Crombie and her Brampton counterpart Linda Jeffrey both seemed surprised and perturbed at a motion introduce by Brampton councillor Michael […]
A central commons area and a town square at Westwood Mall are just a few of the enhancements planned as part of the MyMalton project, designed to revitalize a community whose residents feel has been forgotten. The City held a pair of community visioning sessions as part of the MyMalton project at the Malton Community […]
Just two years after deciding to explore the idea of building and running its own garbage incinerator, Region of Peel Council is having second thoughts. Councillors today received an update on the Peel Energy Recovery Centre during a special meeting of Regional Council. Read more>> The Mississauga News, October 8, 2015
Ward 5 Councillor Carolyn Parrish is vowing to take action to make the neighbourhood safer after a man was beaten to death behind Westwood Mall in Malton last week. Parrish, speaking at Council this morning (Wednesday, Sept. 30), was shocked and dismayed about the murder of 53-year-old Madad Kenyi, who Peel Regional Police said was […]
As images of Syrian families perilously trying to find a future home continue to shock Canadians, the mayor of Mississauga has announced plans to raise money to resettle refugees in the GTA. Bonnie Crombie met with 75 people — business, religious, community and political leaders — Wednesday, and has announced a plan to raise $5 […]
It was a relatively simple and straightforward motion concerning parking on statutory holidays that Ward 3 Councillor Chris Fonseca brought forward this morning at City Hall. Fonseca introduced the motion calling on the municipality to allow vehicles to park on city streets on statutory holidays such as Christmas or Canada Day longer than the usual […]
Mississauga councillors are keeping an eye on the heated debate taking place in Brampton over light rail transit but aren’t worried it will delay the plans here. A meeting earlier this month in Brampton about the 23-kilometre LRT planned to run from Port Credit to the Brampton GO station drew dozens and dozens of residents […]
On the surface, the discussion earlier this month at General Committee was about who should have to pay the freight to maintain regional roads – the municipality the roads are in or the region on the whole. However, the debate served to highlight the long-standing issue about whether or not Mississauga – Canada’s sixth largest […]
Some Mississauga councillors are intrigued with the idea of a ranked ballot system for municipal elections. The Municipal Elections Act is under review by the province and the focus is on five specific areas – campaign finance, third party advertising, accessibility, enforcement and ranked ballots. An information package about the review included in yesterday’s (Wednesday, […]
Seniors will be able to ride MiWay transit buses for $1 during select hours starting June 29 under a six-month pilot project. The project, which was approved by councillors last week, allows seniors to ride MiWay for just $1. Read more>> The Mississauga News, June 17, 2015
The debate at City Hall this afternoon was long and, at times, contentious. However, in the end, Council approved a plan to implement a six-month pilot project that will allow seniors to ride MiWay outside the morning and evening rush hour (between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.) on weekdays as well as on weekends and […]
A councillor downwind from an incinerator proposed for south Brampton is concerned that a new waste-to-energy facility would aggravate Malton’s air pollution problems. “I’m just giving everyone a heads up that I am not giving up on this one,” said Mississauga Councillor Carolyn Parrish on plans that could place a new incinerator on Torbram Road, […]
Once she got the floor at the “visioning” session for the latest project to revitalize Malton last Thursday night, you knew that Camar Cameron was going to give everyone a little history lesson on her neighbourhood. The co-founder of Malton Moms was the designated “reporter” from her table of participants, who enumerated the community’s strengths […]
The motto of Rotary International is “Service above self.” And that’s what the Rotary Club of Mississauga-Meadowvale recognized in Ward 5 Councillor Carolyn Parrish and Mississauga Fire Platoon Chief Alan Hills. The organization presented both Parrish and Hills with the Paul Harris Fellowship Award during a spring celebration at the Mississauga Convention Centre on April […]
It was a party with everything but the champagne inside Mississauga council chambers Wednesday, as councillors and Mayor Bonnie Crombie gushed over their $1.6-billion transit windfall from the province. But after the back-slapping and grandiose proclamations about Tuesday’s “transformative” announcement by Queen’s Park that the province would fund 100 per cent of the Hurontario LRT, […]
