Brampton Ward 3

Biography: Gita Devi Dawadi Dhakal says she is a former teacher and community ambassador with the Peel Regional Police. She serves as vice president of a community association for Nepalese people living abroad.

Platform: Dawadi Dhakal lists her first priorities as voting against property tax increases and advocating for responsible spending. She also says she’ll work to deliver safer roads and more reliable transit, sports and mental-health programs for young people, and programs that “uplift the most vulnerable members of our neighbourhoods.”

Biography: Dennis Keenan is the incumbent councillor for Wards 3 and 4, and has been described by local news outlet The Pointer as one of Mayor Patrick Brown’s “most loyal followers.” As a councillor, Keenan proposed the Residential Rental License program, a pilot project that required landlords of residential housing units to get a license (the program was temporarily paused in 2024 before resuming this summer). He voted against an independent audit for the Peel Police’s expenses, arguing that the audit itself would cost taxpayers money, and voted for a 23.3 percent hike to the force’s budget. He rolled back an increase in fees for seniors to play golf on a City-owned course after receiving complaints. Before getting elected, he says he owned “food and beverage establishments,” a residential electrical company, and was the director of business development at Newsol Technologies.

Platform: Keenan lists his priorities as property standards and bylaw enforcement, upgrading park amenities, and improving road safety through traffic calming. He wants a strong transit network and continued work on developing Brampton’s hospitals, and he supports services and resources for seniors in the city.

Biography: Jugraj Singh Khinda is a former leader of a student-run organization at OCAD; while at the organization, he was given an award for helping some students graduate earlier by advocating for the removal of “restrictive prerequisites.”

Platform: Singh Khinda lists his priorities as safety, affordable housing, responsible development, and a “fair transportation system.” He says he’ll protect residents from auto theft, reduce red tape for developers, spend tax dollars wisely, and bring jobs to Brampton.

Biography: In an Instagram post, Karine Kaniki Mujinga says she worked as a corporate executive in health care, a tech entrepreneur, and as an executive at a youth mentorship non-profit, Empowered Futures.

Platform: Mujinga says she supports stronger community policing, preventative mental health interventions and youth programming, opportunities for small businesses, and audits for construction projects lasting longer than three years. She advocates for fairer insurance rates for Brampton drivers.

Biography: Little information is available online about Santokh Randhawa. He has said on Instagram that he wants to “serve the community, listen to residents, and bring a strong focus on the issues that matter to Brampton.”

Platform: Randhawa says his priorities are to ensure tax dollars are spent wisely, advocate for a safer city, and make sure residents’ voices are heard.

Biography: Ajit Seerha has worked in real estate and film production. He is a broker at iCloud Realty Ltd., and is credited as producer on two music videos and a Punjabi feature film.

Platform: Seerha centres his platform on residents’ homes, streets, families and tax dollars. He says he wants to increase the number of residential units, enforce property standards, find solutions for parking, bring in traffic-calming measures and better lighting, and scrutinize the city’s costs.

Biography: Manmeet Singh Choudhary told the Brampton Guardian he works as a software engineering associate.

Platform: Choudary’s platform focuses advocating for a funded and dated timeline for Peel Memorial Hospital Phase Two, expanding child care services, and improving road maintenance and parking enforcement. He wants to increase library funding, scrutinize property taxes and police spending, and launch an independent audit of the police promotion process. He proposes expanding tax deferral and relief options for seniors. He also says he’ll push for predictable property tax increases for homeowners.

Biography: Sandeep Goel is an immigration consultant at Goel Immigration Services inc. He is also listed as a Brampton business ambassador, a group that promotes economic growth in the city.

Platform: On his campaign website, Goel prioritizes creating more youth opportunities, including advocating for a university in Brampton so students can have post-secondary education closer to home. His other priorities include responsible spending, improving health services and completing the Peel Memorial Hospital project without further delay, and supporting local businesses and community safety. He wants more visible policing. On Brampton’s Residential Rental Licensing program, he advocates against “unnecessary” regulation of “responsible homeowners.”

Biography: Navneet Lotey is a licensed immigration consultant at Lotey Immigration Associates Inc. He also owns and operates Tadka King, a restaurant located in downtown Brampton.

Platform: Lotey’s priorities include increasing policing to reduce crimes like auto theft, stronger bylaw enforcement to combat unsafe and illegally converted units, and being accessible to residents through monthly office hours. He wants more programming for youth and seniors that can reach them where they are.

Biography: Martin Mederios has been regional councillor of Wards 3 and 4 since he was elected in 2014. For the 2018-2022 term, he was elected by members of council as deputy mayor, and has chaired several committees, including the Planning and Development committee, Economic Development, and the Audit Committee. He was also council lead for the Reopening and Recovery Working Group during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mederios is supportive of bylaw enforcement expansion and more policing in the city. On his website he references traffic calming measures in his wards, and says he created the city’s encampment response team. He also supported services for seniors and youth, and says he pushed for the creation of new jobs in the wards.

Platform: Mederios’ platform prioritizes increased enforcement by both police and bylaw officers in order to improve community safety. His also wants to advocate for affordable property taxes, investing in parks and recreation centres, and supporting local businesses.