Key Highlights of the 2026 Budget:<\/p>\n
Health Care Investments: Ongoing 1% levy for the completion of Brampton\u2019s second hospital at Peel Memorial.<\/p>\n
Public Safety and Well-Being: Stronger enforcement and increased education with 12 new by-law, 24 property standards officers, and 14 fire prevention officers as well as increased fines for by-law and fire code violations to improve safety and hold bad actors accountable.<\/p>\n
Recreation: Continuing to build and revitalize parks and recreation amenities that support healthy lifestyles, strong neighbourhoods and a high quality of life for families of all ages.<\/p>\n
Innovation and Economic Growth: Strengthening Brampton\u2019s local economy through Driving talent development and job creation. This includes advancing the Brampton Innovation District with targeted funding for BHive to expand their services to include AI-training for small and medium-sized businesses, $1 million for the Brampton Venture Zone, and $1 million for the Cybersecure Catalyst \u2013 attracting new businesses, creating high-quality jobs and positioning Brampton as a competitive, future-ready city.<\/p>\n
Arts and Culture: Expanding accessible cultural programming for residents while strengthening the local arts ecosystem, including enhanced programming in key venues and public spaces, new investments at Historic Bovaird House, preparations for The Rose Theatre\u2019s 20th anniversary, and support for artists through paid professional opportunities, public art initiatives, organizational grants, and approximately $1 million annual investment in sector development through the Brampton Arts Organization.<\/p>\n
Environmental Resilience and Sustainability: Investing in energy efficiency and healthier green spaces to protect our environment and reduce GHG emissions, including supporting the Grow Green Festival, restoration of wetlands and natural areas, 50,000 trees plantings and opportunities to address climate change and invasive species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Key Highlights of the 2026 Budget: Health Care Investments: Ongoing 1% levy for the completion of Brampton\u2019s second…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-511708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brampton","8":"tag-brampton","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}