Vic
Dhillon was elected to the Ontario Legislature
(Liberal Party) dated Oct. 02, 2003
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.
