Platform and Issues
Read more about Steven’s Plan to help Bramptonians. You can find a summary of Steven’s positions on the Front Page.
Tackle the Housing Affordability Crisis
Affordability and availability of housing affects everyone in Brampton. We must increase the number of homes available in Brampton, helping to address the housing shortage and give more options to the types of places people can call home. The people of Brampton deserve choice in their housing that fits everyone, regardless of their stage of life.
Increase the share of residential areas that can be built as duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes to create more housing and the ‘Missing Middle Housing’ Brampton needs.
Areas with suitable infrastructure and easy access to transit should be re-zoned for small-scale intensification, i.e. 2-4 storey apartments, especially along major corridors in the city and create much needed rental options.
Our city should apply the principles of transit-oriented development around key hubs such as the Bramalea Go Station and Gateway Terminal.
Brampton should work to ensure that housing is accessible for people of all ages, with or without disabilities.
Review and reform the planning process to ensure the timely approval of housing construction.
Invest in shelters and social housing to help those facing homelessness and maintain what units already exist.
A Stronger Local Economy
Brampton needs to build its local economy with a strong foundation of small businesses.
Rezone areas in neighbourhoods to allow for small commercial businesses, ex. grocery stores, cafes, bakeries, etc., and professional services.
Ensure zoning and city by-laws suit what employers need to open their businesses with Brampton, especially in employment areas dedicated to offices and manufacturing.
Provide a clear vision for Brampton’s future to build confidence and encourage investment.
Foster talent from within the city and support existing businesses through programs to expand.
Use planning to foster new construction and redevelopment to create opportunities for employment and investment.
Invest in Transit
In the last council, funding for Brampton Transit was cut despite an ongoing energy crisis. To address traffic and congestion, the City must provide an effective transit system.
Restore and defend funding for Brampton Transit.
Continue the roll-out of Zum and move forward with Brampton’s transition to true bus rapid transit. Zum is a great first step, and we should build upon it with dedicated lanes and better ticketing.
Complete the Queen Street BRT project to deliver effective transit along the corridor.
Ensure the Hurontario LRT integrates well into the Brampton network and connect transit hubs to make inter-modal transit (walking, biking, bus, and rail) and movement easier so new Gateway Terminal isn’t a dead-end.
Extend transit services to Pearson Airport for overnight hours.
Coordinator with Mississauga for better integration.
No Privatization
We must protect public services within the City of Brampton. City services must not be privatized. Nor should we outsource essential services, like transit, to private companies.
Brampton must work to build its capacity so it can tackle problems and respond to the concerns of residents more effectively.
No more wasteful private contracts with questionable value and benefit.
Make Streets Safer for Everyone
The way roads are engineered and built in Brampton exposes us all to a great deal of danger. We regularly see on the news deaths or serious injuries of people going about their daily lives simply crossing the street. On top of that we have dozens of close calls every day. While we are all responsible for our actions, the design of our streets and roads increase the risks of people being injured or killed.
Change road design standards of our city streets to make them safer for all users.
Use traffic calming and road design to reduce the risk of driver error leading to accidents and deaths.
Improve Brampton’s Walkability and Bicycle Access
Much of Brampton is designed around the car, which can make it difficult or uncomfortable to move around by foot or bicycle. If we want to reduce traffic and congestion, we have to provide alternatives.
The City should dedicate more space for human activities and less for parking and driving.
Expand patio spaces for restaurants and create pedestrian plazas where that makes sense, building on successful experiments from during the pandemic.
Connect Brampton's network of trails and bike lanes to flesh out our network and make it easier to get from one part of the city to another by bike or other forms of active transportation. Likewise, oppose the removal of bike lanes that the City has already invested in.
Increase the availability and quality of bike parking at institutional and commercial centres such as transit hubs, grocery stores, banks, and medical facilities to help bike users when they arrive at their destinations.
Expand our sidewalk and multi-use path network.
Improving Elections, Ballots, and Integrity
Our elections and elected offices serve our whole community, and should be held to high standards of integrity and accountability. Read my full statement on integrity and a Councillor’s duties.
The City of Brampton should provide voter guides (information on every candidate) to every voter to level the playing field and help engagement. This guide can also explain the role and responsibilities of each office.
Encourage the provincial government to restore options for local elections, and move Brampton to a ranked ballot in future elections to give the public more tools to hold elected officials accountable and improve democracy in our city.
Introduce stiffer penalties for violating rules by elected officials and create a code of conduct to set standards of behaviour for council members.
Brampton should encourage the provincial government to bring in reasonable procedures for removing councillors who compromise the integrity of their office.
Maintenance First - Sidewalks, Potholes, Snow Clearing
The City must dedicate its resources on its existing infrastructure before wasting funds on expansion projects, private ventures, or wasteful pet projects.
Invest in our existing infrastructure to make sure we have the capacity to meet our needs and projected population growth.
Focus on maintaining existing city services to keep them in good condition, including parks, transit, and sidewalks. For example, emptying city garbage cans regularly, repairing broken sidewalks, repairing bus stops and buses, repairing potholes.
Snow clearing is a critical responsibility for Canadian cities. During the 2025-2026 winter, major roads, such as Queen Street was impassable on foot even days after snow storms. The City of Brampton must provide this basic service well.
Defend Local Government and Democracy
The provincial government under Premier Doug Ford has been interfering in local governments across Ontario. Citizens have a right to local government that is responsive for their concerns and issues. Decisions that affect Brampton should be made here in the city and not at Queen’s Park. The Strong Mayors Act is anti-democratic and should be amended or repealed.
Council must speak out and defend the interests of Brampton and its citizens.
Decisions of local importance should be made by local people and their representatives.
In the era of Strong Mayors, we need councillors who are independent-minded and willing to challenge the mayor in their political choices and hold them accountable.
Change Brampton City Council - One Ward, One Councillor
Changes to how we organize our city council could make our democracy stronger and improve representation.
Brampton should redraw ward boundaries to make them approximately equal.
Each ward should elect its own councillor to handle regional and city responsibilities, giving citizens a stronger voice and making our local democracy more responsive. Elections will be fairer as citizens will have a clear choice for local representation.
Brampton’s eight seats at Peel Regional Council should rotate between the councillors for more equitable representation and remove the current unjust manner of granting some city councillors a role as regional councillors.
Improve Civic Engagement
Currently, despite best efforts of city staff, getting public participation and feedback on plans and initiatives is poor. Citizens often feel blindsided by Here are some ideas the City can do to improve engagement:
Plans and proposals for changes to the neighbourhood should be presented in the neighbourhood itself and at times to try to reach most residents.
All affected residents should be provided with information in the mail sharing what plans are intended when appropriate.
Affected residents should be provided pre-paid postcards to provide feedback about projects.
Staff at the clerk’s office should assist citizens in having their voices heard by assisting with deputations or submitting letters to the City.
Public meetings should be held in the neighbourhood on issues of importance.
Address Climate Change
Our world is changing, and our city must grapple with the effects of climate change. It is only a matter of time before the extreme weather events we have seen elsewhere visits our city. It’s time for Brampton to do its part to protect the environment and the future of our planet for generations to come.
Prepare Brampton’s emergency responses for the type of weather emergencies we might see the future.
Build sustainable infrastructure and plan to make our city more resilient from events such as flooding and storms.
Brampton’s government, like all levels of government, holds a responsibility to help reduce greenhouse gases and contribute to solutions of climate change.
Preserve green spaces to reduce the damage done from weather and climate, like rainfall and flooding.
Naturalize parks and other green spaces with trees and local plants to make them more resilient.