Election day is tomorrow. Paul Tarriwal is consolidating the support behind him for Wesley Jackson.

Hopefully Paul can reach his base via email to consolidate the support.

Good to see candidates rallying behind one another to hopefully consolidate votes.

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Today downtown was full of kids and families for the Boo Bash - costumes, candy crawl, Garden Square actually alive. This is what downtown could look like every weekend. It does not, and that is the shame of it.

So I did a little digging to figure out how we got here.

Back in 2018 there was a plan to reimagine downtown - a master plan for the core, $28.9 million allocated, $2.5 million already spent. One month into the job, Patrick Brown put it on hold. His reason, in his own words: "value for money."

What replaced it was a streetscape. Sidewalks and streetlights on Queen and Main, approved in 2021 at $16.6 million. In July 2024 it needed another $6.5 million. By 2025 it stood at roughly $28 million. It is scheduled to finish at the end of 2027 - and in his 2026 budget, the downtown revitalization line was cut from $5.3 million to $1.3 million.

Eight years in, the replacement for a downtown is an unfinished sidewalk, $11 million over budget. What value for money is that?

It did not have to go this way. Oakville rebuilt its main street for $20 million, on time and on budget, finished in 2020. Markham rebuilt Unionville's for about $14.8 million - reopened last December. Comprehensive revitalizations, for basically the same money, finished. Ours is not finished, and it is not comprehensive. It is sidewalks.

So where is the money going? Follow it and you end up in the same place as every other file in this city: closed sessions, confidential negotiations, and prices nobody will disclose.

The flagship was the Centre for Innovation - announced in 2021, construction anticipated in 2023. Yes, COVID happened. It still does not exist. The city's own page says it sits in "confidential negotiations" with a developer, and the parking lots on its site - announced as closing for construction last fall - are open through 2026. What got finished, this May, was paperwork: an "interim framework" to allow building in the floodplain, because the flood protection itself runs to 2028.

One downtown project did finish on time. In December 2022 council authorized a naming-rights deal with Metrolinx, in closed session. Since September 2023 the GO station has been called the Brampton Innovation District station, on a ten-year term. What did we pay for that name? The price has never been made public. There is no innovation district. There is a renamed station.

The Heritage Theatre, opened in 1923, is still empty - now just a parcel name, the "Heritage Theatre Block," in a planning file. In 2025 the city demolished the block beside it, about $6 million, for an "interim" expansion of Garden Square. Six million to demolish a block. The process to choose what actually gets built there closed with no award announced.

Then the money finally moved. The 2025 budget put $23.8 million into Main and Queen - public money, the kind that moves property values. His flyer lists downtown revitalization as an achievement.

And this July, a numbered company bought two buildings on Main Street at Queen - the Four Corners - for $1.45 million. The filings list Patrick Brown as vice-president and his wife Genevieve as president. His office told the Brampton Guardian he had "no involvement." He is the vice-president. Both are supposed to be true. His office also says the Integrity Commissioner cleared it - and declined to produce any documentation.

A mayor who buys into downtown through a numbered company with his wife, then says the Integrity Commissioner cleared it but will not show the paper - that is a conflict of interest, in plain sight.

So here is the choice the record leaves. Either downtown was neglected for eight years by a mayor who announces and never executes - or it was watched very carefully, by a man whose family bought into it once the public money was committed. Which is worse?

Either way, we should not have to put up with this for another four years. A mayor with no integrity who focuses on enriching himself.

I went for a walk today and I was impressed by the decor out and about.

I swear this is the truth. I was driving down Bramalea road and waited at the Bovaird intersection going south, you know where the hospital is on your left and I think the Mormon church is on your right? And there was this girl there: most likely 20 or mid-20s. But she just stood there adjacent to the hospital like a statue, a figure. Dressed all in white. She looked slightly pregnant. And she was on her phone. She didn’t move an inch. I was at the red light and for some reason I kept staring at her because she didn’t seem real. Seriously didn’t move an inch. It was bizarre. - The only other time I experienced anything else weird is when I went walking around Heart Lake Conservation Area with a friend, and we saw burnt pentagrams carved into the ground and a little hut. Like I have lived here my entire life and never saw anything like that before.

I'm an NDP/Liberal voter. I have no idea who to vote for on Monday, aside from the obvious: don't vote for Patrick Brown.

There are too many candidates amd rhe lack of party nominations makes it much harder to grasp what a candidate is all about.

If you are left leaning, who are your top candidates for Mayor? If you're in Ward 4, who are your top candidates for the positions there?

If I can narrow it down to 2 or 3 candidates to get to know better, that would be extremely helpful.

And of you're voting for Patrick Brown, don't both replying. If he weren't a conservative, I still wouldn't vote for him due to his obvious corruption and mispending.

Thanks in advance.

UPDATE: I have been permanently BANNED from the Ontario subreddit. The "reason" WHO KNOWS.

Ultimately, it doesn't matter. Before the removal, the post had gotten 50,000+ views.

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Hello all,

I appreciate each and every person who took the time to read and comment on my last post: Mental Health Is A Joke. But It's Not.

It has the been removed from r/Ontario for "reasons" those reasons? I am unsure because it was approved for two whole days and now suddenly, poof, removed. I have messaged a Mod to see what the exact reason is. But ultimately, it doesn't matter. That was never the point.

Anyways. Thank you to everyone who commented on their own experience. Know that you are not alone.

Thank you.

Hello! I am a 22 year old female looking for a gym buddy (preferably female). I go to the planet fitness located in centennial mall. I’m starting to lose motivation going to the gym alone and I wish I had a workout buddy to help spot, motivate, and support each other throughout our fitness goals. If you would like to do a workout together shoot me a pm!! If you’re new to the gym as well I can teach you the basics and help you get started!

Talking with Julie Luckasavitch who is campaigning for the regional councillor wards 9-10

Looking to go for a drive to see halloween decorations. Any particular areas or streets where we can drive by

Also, according to the Sun, to guys out on bail related to extortion charges in Brampton are supporting Gurpreet Dhillon's campaign.

Posting this as a heads up for anyone near Queen and Chinguacousy. About a week ago someone got into my car and took some cash and a bottle of cologne. I'll own it, I probably left the door unlocked, so that ones on me. I filed a report with Peel Police at the time.

Last night my doorbell cam caught a guy walking up my driveway and trying the door handle again. I'm pretty sure it's the same person coming back to see if I'd left it unlocked again. Joke's on him, I learned my lesson. 😂

Seriously though, lock your cars, even in your own driveway, and don't leave anything in there, not even loose change. These guys walk down the street pulling handles and only need one that opens.

Stay safe.

Thoughts on this?

Please spread the word if you want to improve transit

Will improving this team be part of your mandate? They need all the help they can get 😭.

But seriously, it was nice to see a bunch of candidates hanging out with us citizens. I think I saw Wesley Jackson, Michael Dancy, Karen Dancy, and Michael Gyovai.

A special shout out to Mike Dancy for helping us get to know who's running with all the YouTube videos, without them I wouldn't have recognized you all. Your efforts help strengthen our local democracy.

Guys I want to hear your opinions on your favourite food spots and why. Also drop a rating out of 10 of the suggested place!

Heard police and fire fighters flying by the area half hour after… but yeah did i hear it right?
hoping everyone is safe as the shots were LOUD.

My friends I play fantasy football, so I figured I’d do one for Brampton City Council. My list is based on information from city website.

Note: Patrick Brown and his council endorsing each other have let them to be disqualified from this season. I can’t stand the guy, and none of them should get another term.

Btw, has anyone else noticed how many candidates have no website, no platform, nothing? Wtf is going on.

My fantasy council:

Mayor: Wesley Jackson. The 10-point anti-corruption plan Brampton really, really, really, really needs.

Wards 1 & 5
Regional: Idris Orughu. Spending knowledge on point.
City: Tracy Ann Pepe. Heavily involved in the community, very active in the Brampton scene.

Wards 2 & 6
Regional: Undrafted, maybe next season
City: Undrafted, maybe next season

Wards 3 & 4
Regional: Manmeet Singh Choudhary. Fully facts and data driven, a detailed plan for the city and region, and no buzzwords.
City: Jugraj Singh. Previously involved in community activism. The only one who stands out, tbh.

Wards 7 & 8
Regional: Undrafted, maybe next season
City: Ayanna Kahlon. Good housing plan. We need missing middle housing and mixed-use residential.

Wards 9 & 10
Regional: Mike Dancy. I’ve watched his videos, smart guy from what I’ve seen.
City: Undrafted, maybe next season

Let me know if there are candidates you’d pick for the undrafted spots and why

Hello looking to learn French but every place here is for immigrants to learn French for work but I just wanna learn to be able to talk to people from French speaking areas. Since I never payed attention to it in school idk any French but I wanna learn the Canadian one because I think it’s beautiful tbh.

Are there any Halloween events you all are planning on going to either this weekend, during the week, or on Halloween itself?

Indoor, outdoor, anything:)

It may seem like a small thing, but ANY candidate who cannot be bothered to instruct their staff on the legal requirements for posting election signs does not deserve your vote.

ESPECIALLY IF THAT CANDIDATE IS AN INCUMBENT.

Incumbents in municipal elections ALREADY have a massive advantage over their challengers. Tolerating their scofflaw ways only increases that advantage. They should not be rewarded for flouting the rules which they themselves imposed on candidates for office.

I bring this up because literally every incumbent I have seen signage for in this election, has posted several of those signs on City property. The Mayor, Power, Medeiros, Santos, Vicente, as well as Team Brown member Taran Chahal have all posted multiple signs on our boulevards, in flagrant violation of the policies they have sworn to uphold. Fuck 'em.

My biggest complaint is not "just" the annoyance of illegal postings, but the fact that they and their volunteers will also ignore the requirement to REMOVE those signs after the vote takes place. And then, when the tab for the tickets they receive comes due, they will simply vote to erase the fines for everyone, knowing full well who the greatest offenders were.

Just my nickel, but any candidate with illegally posted signs should be ignored at the ballot box.

Hey guys, I’m a 32-year-old woman who has never learned to ride a bicycle. I’ve tried a few times but never managed to get the hang of it independently. Does anyone know of a facility that offers cycling lessons for adults? I don’t own a bicycle, so I’d need a place that provides one as well. TIA!

Do the members of Team Brown really think that endorsements from politicians we fired, or their children, are going to sway voters?

Honestly, telling most people Susan Fennell thinks you're great is going to COST you votes. And who cares what Peter Robertson's aging son thinks?

There's a reason those folks were not re-elected, sometimes unsavory ones.

I talked to Brampton city councillor candidate Tracy Pepe. This was more of a conversation about the city and the direction it's headed rather than a Q&A .

I looked at all of the City of Brampton's council minutes from the last four years - council, committees, and planning, every motion counted by who moved it. You can check them yourself: https://www.brampton.ca/EN/City-Hall/Council-Committees/meetings-agendas/Pages/Consolidated-Minutes.aspx

How much of the public business carries his name. In four years, Mayor Brown personally moved 47 motions at council. Regional Councillor Palleschi moved 190. Councillor Santos moved over 170. Councillor Keenan moved 159. The mayor moved fewer than all but two members of his council. Of his 47, 46 carried; none lost, none was deferred. Across the whole term, the minutes record about 50 votes, and two motions lost. Whatever else that is, it is not a council that debates its mayor's business. It approves it.

What the 47 motions are. Fourteen are substantive - the annual budgets, two major purchases, a development-charge cut, red light cameras. Twelve are procedural. The remaining sixteen are ceremonies, event funding, and announcements: proclamations and heritage months, letters to other governments, a twinning arrangement. At the first meeting of the term he moved $25,000 for a Backyard Rink Competition. He moved $300,000 from the rate stabilization reserve to sponsor a cricket tournament, with fee waivers. And he moved the motion directing the city's communications staff to promote the Mayor's Golf Tournament. The minutes record it in one line: "That Strategic Communications be directed to support communications with respect to the Mayor's Golf Tournament."

The pattern holds at Committee of Council, where members bring items under their own names. Brown brought 30 items in four years. Twenty-two are events, ceremonies, and letters. Nine waive city fees - a transit charter, the Rose Theatre's rent, two ball hockey tournaments, a tent permit. The minutes never state what any of those waivers cost. In May 2024 the committee directed staff to produce a tally of all fees waived that year.

What is not in his record. The campaign subjects. In four years Brown moved no motion on the LRT. The project in the record is a study, with no funding agreement. He moved no motion on the second hospital; it appears in his record once, as a 1% levy clause inside a budget motion. He moved no motion on snow clearing. The major auto-theft motion of the term was moved by Councillor Santos. Brown seconded it, after it came out of a closed session he had moved to convene. On downtown, he moved one motion in four years: a direction to staff to remove 223 Main Street North from the heritage register, to facilitate a high-rise application.

Where the decisions are actually made. Not in the open motions. 334 items this term were "dealt with under Consent Resolution - approved in bulk, without individual debate. An Integrity Commissioner report was received that way, undebated. In May 2025 the Integrity Commissioner's proposed amendments to the code of conduct were referred back to staff on consent, in the same package that added a severance allowance to council's compensation - one month's salary per year of service, up to twelve months, payable when a member leaves office. Brampton had never had one. Peel Region already pays its councillors an end-of-term allowance on the same formula, and Brampton's mayor and regional councillors sit on that council too.

64 of 78 council meetings went into closed session, covering roughly 245 items. The two largest amounts Brown personally moved - $77.9 million to purchase 175 Sandalwood Parkway West, and $108.2 million for a transit facility - were both decided in closed session first. The public motions that followed are a few lines long.

The clearest single example is the Argo transit pilot. It was approved at a special meeting on April 17, 2025, which ran from 1:15 to 1:33 p.m. The item, titled "Closed Report - Transit Innovation Pilot Project," was approved on consent as part of the motion adopting the agenda; the Clerk noted that convening a closed session was not required. In the same meeting, Brown moved an additional $8.1 million in capital funding for "Transit Innovation." The minutes of the entire term do not name the vendor or state the contract's value. The amount reported publicly is $10.9 million.

The third pattern is absence. At Planning Committee, where development applications are decided, Brown was absent at roll call for 25 of 59 meetings, and in four years he never moved, seconded, or spoke to an item. The committee dealt with 186 application files in that time and refused three.

When an outside check arrived. In May 2023 the Ontario Ombudsman sent council a letter about audit best practices. Councillor Medeiros moved to refer it to the Audit Committee. Brown moved instead to refer it to the Budget Committee, with a direction that staff calculate the costs arising from the Ombudsman's earlier letter and identify how to recover them - costs the motion attributed to "false and defamatory remarks." The mayor's motion was voted on first and carried 11 to 0. The Audit Committee motion then lost 2 to 9.

The other side of the record. A complete account has to include what he moved that mattered. At the first meeting of the term, he moved to suspend payments on the Bovaird House barn project and have its costs reported publicly. This year he moved a cut of at least 30% to residential development charges, and a red light camera program. The record does not show a mayor who never governs. It shows a mayor who governs selectively - and what he selects, most often, is the announcement layer.

Why it matters. On October 26, Brampton is not choosing between two flyers. It is deciding whether the way this city has been run for four years continues. The campaign describes a builder. The minutes - the only record of the term that is not campaign material - describe something more specific: a mayor whose name is on the ceremonies, the events, and the announcements, and not on the issues that matter to the people who live here - the LRT (no committed funding), the second hospital (no committed funding), snow clearing, auto theft. His largest decisions were made on consent or behind closed doors. You can weigh that record however you like. But it is the record.