Mike Matulewicz
I firmly believe that;
When people feel safe in their neighbourhoods,
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when emergency services arrive,
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when no one goes hungry or homeless or forgotten,
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when health care and social support are present and working,
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communities become resilient.
They become places worth protecting. Worth belonging to.
They close the door on criminal recruitment, radicalization, and the politics of blame.
The promise that drew people to Canada, a safer life, a fair chance,
a country that includes, rather than excludes, is not a sentiment.
It is Canada's strength, it's future and it's sovereignty.
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To my neighbours in Erin Mills and across Mississauga , new and old,
you breathe life into our true Canadian values every single day.
I am eternally grateful for your support.
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My Folding Chair Driveway Campaign.
With Luke my golden retriever and my folding camp chair,
I will come to any driveway, sit for a few minutes and discuss any of these issues with you and your neighbours.
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I will not ask for donations,
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I will not ask for help canvassing,
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I will not try to convince you that I am right.
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I only offer my opinion and will listen to yours.
This is your campaign, it is your community needs that are the issue.
This is a community grass roots movement.
To get the Province to change its priorities.
It will spread to other cities.
I will speak to any group within Mississauga or to schedule a driveway chat.
Contact me at : matulewiczmike@hotmail.com
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Mike Matulewicz
When and who decided this was okay?
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When did we accept that an ambulance might take thirty minutes?
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That a family doctor is now a luxury?
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That a child in a struggling home should go hungry — and feel ashamed of it?
You and I decided.
Not because we stopped caring — but because we were told, again and again, that nothing can change.
The Province is counting on us believing that.
They're wrong.
Community First. It's that simple.
A Mississauga that is safe, that you can afford, and that leaves no one behind.
That last part isn't charity. It's the cheapest, smartest way to run a city — because a neighbour who is housed, fed, and safe never becomes the emergency we all pay for later.
I spent 34 years with the Toronto Police Service ,
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as a detective, a supervisor,
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and a planner of front-line operations.
I've lived in Mississauga for over forty years.
Now I'm running for Mayor.
Look at what we've quietly accepted:
Six to twelve hours in an emergency room.
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Police buried under 911 calls they can't reach.
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More than one in five of us without a family doctor.
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Food banks busier than ever — half a million visits last year, a third of them children.
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Seniors who spent forty years paying off a home, now unable to stay in it.
These aren't policy problems.
They're your neighbours' lives.
What I stand for .... 3 promises.
1. Safer streets, done smarter. A Community Response Unit: 305 trained professionals handling the 40% of 911 calls that don't need a gun and a badge. Faster help for you. Police freed to fight real crime. About $38 a year per resident — a jail cell costs over $300 a day.
2. A fair deal, and a home you can keep. For every tax dollar you send up, Mississauga gets back 37 cents. The provincial average is 76. You paid for that gap twice — once in taxes, once in services that never came. I'll fight for our share. And no senior should lose their home to a tax bill, so we'll bring in the proven B.C. deferral.
3. Nobody left behind.
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Homelessness is not a crime — and it is cheaper to house a person than to police them.
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A woman escaping violence deserves a safe bed, funded and waiting.
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A child deserves good food, because healthy children become healthy, working adults.
This is not softness.
It's how a city stops paying for the same problem twice.
There's more — ask me at your driveway:
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affordable starter homes built on city land,
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city-run medical clinics,
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a prepared city that acts before trouble arrives,
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a small gas levy for transit, and
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holding the insurance, gas, and telecom companies to account in front of Council.
Strong communities are not a luxury.
They are how we: get through what is coming.
One mayor can't force the Province to change.
One hundred thousand voters can.
Your vote is the only currency this campaign accepts.
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Think about this, one more time!
When did our community, the seat of all levels of government, quietly surrender its right to have its essential needs met?
When did the interests of political parties become more important than teachers, nurses, doctors, police officers, affordable housing, good jobs, and food on the table?
Who decided that too few ambulances was acceptable, that your neighbour could wait thirty minutes for help that should arrive in eight?
Who decided that too few police officers, too few teachers, too few family doctors was simply the way things are?
Who decided that children in struggling families should go hungry, and carry the shame of poverty as though it were their fault?
You and I did !
Not because we are indifferent. Not because we don't care.
But because we were told, again and again, that nothing can be changed, and somewhere along the way, enough of us believed it.
The Province that is holding back $500 million annually from our communities, are counting on that.
They are counting on our apathy.
They will say a zero-dollar campaign cannot work.
That one person's vote doesn't move anything.
They are wrong.
One hundred thousand votes will change everything.
This campaign accepts no donations.
No obligations to anyone except the people of Mississauga.
Community and our families are first !
We are not alone, these questions are being asked in all Ontario Communities.
The municipality can’t fix this, three accomplished Mayors have tried and couldn't,
but you can with your vote.
As the old saying goes, “ If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the ……………!”
getreadyontario.com
Your vote is the only currency this campaign accepts.
All content reflects the personal opinion of Michael Matulewicz. Please fact-check and form your own conclusions.
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Has the government kept its promise of a safe, healthy and prosperous community?
The $500 Million Dollars Mississauga Communities Are Owed.
For every dollar you pay in taxes, Mississauga receives about 37 cents back in services. The Ontario average is 76 cents.
That gap is $500 million every year, for 20 years = $10 billion .
You paid for the shortfall twice, once in taxes, again in services that never came.
That is a broken deal.
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Safer, healthier and prosperous communities in our city is my goal.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW
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Emergency wait times in local hospitals run six to twelve hours.
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Police unable to cope with 911 calls for services.
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Too many crimes, too few detectives.
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Paramedic shortages, ambulances unable to respond quickly.
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Firefighter shortage, unable to respond as per safety guidelines.
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More than one in five Canadians has no family doctor.
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Food banks in Mississauga are reporting demand they have never seen before.
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Seniors who spent forty years paying off their homes cannot afford to stay in them.
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Trade disruptions threaten up to 500,000 Ontario jobs.
These are not policy problems.
They are your neighbours' lives.
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WHAT I AM PROPOSING
1. Recover the $500 million provincial shortfall. If successful, this could reduce your taxes by 8 to 15 percent while improving health, police, and city services. Money owed to you.
2. A Community Response Unit. 305 trained community professionals responding to the 40 percent of 911 calls that do not require a police officer. Better outcomes. More time for police to focus on crime.
3. Tax deferral for seniors. Based on the proven British Columbia model. So that seniors can stay in their homes and afford food and other necessities.
4. Municipal medical clinics. Already working in British Columbia. A city-run clinic in Colwood, population 20,000, attracted 100 doctors from Canada, the United States, and Britain within weeks of opening. We can do this.
5. Affordable housing. The city leases land at carrying cost only. Developers build homes for $500,000 to $600,000. Existing home values are not affected.
6. A gas windfall tax of 2 cents per litre to support public transit, as Victoria and Montreal already receive.
7. A prepared city. A city that sees problems coming and acts before they arrive. Not after.
8. Mississauga as a national training hub for Canadian Armed Forces, doctors, nurses, and cyber specialists. Building the local economy while serving the country.
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On Behalf of our Communities.
I want the Mayor's seat at the Peel Regional Police Services Board,
With 34 years of working for and with the Toronto Police Services Board,
a decade of Toronto Police Corporate budget experience, and five years of TPS Operational Procedure oversight, I can bring a level of experience that will benefit all communities in Mississauga and Peel Region.
With a critical eye on budget and performance outcomes for all communities.
At the Provincial Level
I will advocate for more funds for our schools, more teachers for our children, more staff for our hospitals.
At the Federal Level
With Federal Government grants and partnership with local universities develop an AI program for quicker, more transparent Freedom of Information, FOI , requests.
Once fully developed give it to all Canadian cities.
At the Municipal Level
To reduce car and home insurance costs.
1) Asking the insurance industry to present to City Council, the reasons for the high auto insurance ratings in Mississauga and what the city and Peel Region can do to reduce these costs.
2) In addition explore the possibility of insurance companies bidding for home and auto insurance group discounts for Mississauga communities as they do for other large groups.
Gas Pricing Strategy?
Ask the oil industry to present to City Council, the pricing rational for highest gas prices during rush hour?
Asking them why they force many residents to buy gas late in the evening after long days of work?
Cyber Crime & Digital Awareness Programs
Criminal are using Artificial Intelligence “AI” programs to help them steal $100s of millions from our communities.
I would like to ask, the 3 major suppliers of telecommunications services, to present to City Council, their strategy to combat this ever increasing harm on our communities; and what the city, region and provincial authorities can do to help and promote digital awareness for our youth and seniors.
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Strong communities are not a luxury. and they cost less than a broken one.
They are how we get through what is coming.
getreadyontario.com.
Share this web site with friends and neighbours, a safer community is your reward.
Your vote is the only currency this campaign accepts.
All content reflects the personal opinion of Michael Matulewicz. Please fact-check and form your own conclusions.
Campaign advice from grand children, haha .
Who says democracy can't be engaging and fun too.
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