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Dipika Damerla

Ward 7 City Councillor

First elected to City Council in 2018
Previously represented Mississauga East-Cooksville as the Member of Provincial Parliament where she served as Ontario’s Associate Minister of Health and Long Term Care and Minister of Senior Affairs
Prior to politics, Damerla worked in corporate banking and ran a small business in Mississauga

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Dipika Damerla’s Priority Issues

Make life affordable

Add Go stops, higher fares for better MiWay services

co-ops on public land with federal money

Improve city services:

Introduce a Pothole Repari Guarantee so that arterial road potholes are repaired in 4 days and collector road holes within 7. Also launch a new online tracking system along with a monthly dashboard to show the City’s performance.

Reintroduce motion she made at Council

for a City Auditor General, freeze taxes in 2027, fix policing formula at Peel Region

Will fix police budget formula at Region

Fight crime and protect residents:

Protect residents from bad landlords, unfair condo rules, unsafe streets and ensure police show up when residents need them.

Respect the taxpayer:

Ensure that residents get a detailed breakdown of where their property taxes are going (currently exists on her website), work towards an invoice style insert that comes with your property tax bill

Dipika’s Answers: Muslims & Islamophobia

How will you strengthen relationships and trust between police services and Muslim communities?

How will you work with mosques, Islamic schools, and Muslim organizations to improve community safety and emergency preparedness?

What steps will you take to address Islamophobia and anti-Muslim discrimination?

How will you ensure Muslim residents and community organizations have a meaningful voice in municipal decision-making?

How will you support Muslim organizations that provide community services, settlement support, youth programming, food assistance, and other essential services?

How can the city provide a more nuanced approach to zoning for religious institutions (such as mosques) given their practices, cultures and needs differ?

What do you think is the greatest problem the ward is facing, and how do you plan to address it?

How will you ensure that anti-racism and EDI policies explicitly recognize and address anti-Palestinian racism where it occurs?

How will you ensure that your city’s commitments to freedom of expression, anti-racism, religious freedom, and equal treatment are applied consistently across all communities, including when issues are politically contentious?

Are there any other priorities or topic you would like to add?

Dipika in the Media

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