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I've been working for MP Colleen Baumier and I've helped
out thousands of constituents on a one-to-one basis. I've
helped them whenever they've needed help, whether it's 9 o'clock
at night or 6 o'clock in the morning. I've contributed quite
a bit to people, both personally and in business.
Our party has promised we would contribute two cents of the
gas tax to public transit to fight gridlock. We would establish
a Toronto Transit Authority in the region. We would set a
time limit of 18 months to set this up and introduce a single-ticket
system that people would use across the system.
Education is a very important issue for me, as the parent
of two children. The PC government has destroyed the public
education system in the last eight years. We would cap class
sizes to less than 20 students per class and take back the
$500 million funding that private schools get and give it
to public hools.
Riding Profile:
This ethnically diverse riding about one hour northwest of
Toronto boasts the largest population of any riding in Ontario.
Marked by the highest rate of growth over the past decade,
its 133,544 residents are also the second most transient.
With approximately 43 per cent f its population having recently
immigrated to Canada, the riding has the greatest share of
Punjabi speakers in the province.
Employment in Brampton is concentrated in manufacturing,
including automotive and aviation technology and transportation,
storage and business services.
As a result of redistribution before the 1999 election, the
Brampton West-Mississauga riding was created from 55 per cent
of the former Brampton South, 25 per cent of Mississauga North
and a sliver of Brampton North.
Political History:
Former premier Bill Davis (1971-85) was first elected to
for the Conservatives in the nearby riding of Peel back in
1959.
Davis would also win the former riding of Brampton North
in 1975, 1977 and 1981. Liberal Bob Callahan claimed the seat
in 1985.
Callahan was re-elected in 1987 to the new riding of Brampton
South, and won again in 1990.
Tony Clement reclaimed the seat for the PCs in the1995 election,
and was re-elected in 1999.
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