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With record-setting advance polling<\/a> taking place earlier this month, the remainder of eligible voters in Mississauga will cast their ballots, should they choose to do so, on Oct. 26.<\/p>\n Regarding her subway plan, Crombie said that within her first 100 days in office, should she win, she will:<\/p>\n Meet with the Ontario government, Metrolinx (provincial transit agency), Toronto and the Toronto Transit Commission to advance a joint business case and seek agreement on its scope, funding, responsibilities and delivery schedule. The Crombie campaign said the business case for a subway extension into Mississauga would \u201cexamine potential routes and stations, ridership, construction and operating costs, and connections to the wider transit network.<\/p>\n Last 30 Days: 54,236 Votes<\/p>\n All Time: 1,583,844 Votes<\/p>\n 368 VOTES \u201cIt would assess the Dundas corridor alongside other technically feasible alignments and examine whether elevated construction along suitable sections could reduce costs and construction time.\u201d<\/p>\n Furthermore, Crombie will seek to have the jointly funded study underway within the first year, with an agreed target of completing the initial business case within two years of taking office.<\/p>\n \u201cIts findings would guide subsequent engineering, environmental work and funding negotiations needed to move towards construction,\u201d Crombie\u2019s campaign team said in a news release on Tuesday. \u201cQuarterly public reports would track completed work, spending, funding commitments and outstanding decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n This map of what a subway line extended to Square One in Mississauga would look like accompanied a story INSAUGA Canada ran in 2018.<\/p>\n Extending the Toronto subway line to Square One in Mississauga has been discussed countless times over the past several decades.<\/p>\n Parrish, who won a mayoral byelection in June 2024<\/a> to succeed Crombie, has told INSAUGA Canada on several occasions the past couple of years she supports extending the Toronto subway into Mississauga\u2019s City Centre from Kipling station.<\/p>\n But, she said in an early 2025 interview, only if the provincial government picks up the tab.<\/p>\n Former mayor Hazel McCallion didn\u2019t want a Mississauga subway<\/p>\n The notion of extending the subway line into Mississauga has been considered numerous times going back to the 1980s, but former longtime Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion wasn\u2019t interested in such a plan.<\/p>\n Parrish told INSAUGA Canada in February 2025 that McCallion had two opportunities<\/a> from then-Ontario premier Bill Davis \u201cfor a fully funded provincial subway out to Square One and she refused it both times.\u201d<\/p>\n Last week, a new INSAUGA Canada poll showed a majority of respondents don\u2019t believe Mississauga will ever get a subway<\/a>, despite billions of dollars being invested in rapid transit in the city.<\/p>\n The poll asked readers: Will Mississauga ever get a subway?<\/p>\n Of the 2,979 votes cast, 57.4 per cent, or 1,710 respondents, said \u201cNo, never.\u201d<\/p>\n Another 42.6 per cent, or 1,269 people, said \u201cYes, it\u2019s only a matter of time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMeet with federal representatives to seek support for planning and begin discussions about federal participation in funding the project.
\nBring a motion to city council to initiate Mississauga\u2019s participation in the business case, identify the city\u2019s share of planning funding and direct staff to negotiate the necessary partnership agreements.<\/p>\n
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