Mississauga (Jan 15) – A news report has revealed that Mississauga Ward 7 Councillor Dipika Damerla has decided to throw her hat in the ring for the city’s top job.
The Mississauga News said the Damerla will join Ward 5 Councillor Carolyn Parrish and Ward 1 Councillor Stephen Dasko who previously announced their intention to run for the office of Mississauga mayor left vacant by the now Ontario Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie.
Political strategiest Aleem Kanji told the publication that he will be working on Damerla’s campaign team.
“A new generation of experience, is how the campaign is being framed,” he told The Mississauga News.
Dipika Damerla was elected to the Mississauga city council, representing Ward 7, in 2018. She’s spent seven years representing the residents of Mississauga East-Cooksville as their Member of Provincial Parliament and also as Ontario’s Associate Minister of Health & Long Term Care and Minister of Seniors Affairs.
Prior to entering politics, Dipika worked in corporate banking and ran a successful small business in Mississauga, her biography says. She holds an MBA in Finance from the Rotman School of Management.
“Dipika Damerla to join Mississauga mayoral race.”
In my opinion, this is deeply disturbing. It appears Dipika Damerla is a puppet for tenant groups to dictate policy to city council pending tenant votes for her mayoral run.
However, Mississauga tenants will soon discover that Dipika Damerla’s MARC mandatory apartment building inspections can cause rent increases through Ontario AGI capital cost recapture. THIS BENEFITS LANDLORDS!
The law in Ontario allows landlords to apply for “Above Guideline Rent Increases” or AGI’s. Landlords can apply for a host of reasons including major capital work resulting in significant rent increases. This makes rents less affordable for tenants.
Furthermore, Dipika Damerla (Ward 7) has the following track record:
She flip-flopped on cannabis stores which are now almost everywhere.
She flip-flopped on her council seat by returning after Ontario seat failure.
She flip-flopped on her Peel dissolution X-post poll when it failed to suit her.
She voted against affordable fourplex housing – later overturned by Bonnie Crombie.
It’s most puzzling that Dipika Damerla feels she is the “new generation of experience” when the facts prove otherwise.
Dipika “flip-flop” Damerla will NEVER get my vote for mayor. Mississauga deserves honesty, truth and integrity when selecting their next mayor.
I give credit to CanIndia’s courage to commence these much needed public debates for the upcoming Mississauga mayor election. Please join the discussion by commenting.
Sounds like you have a crush on her