Biography: Janice Gordon-Daniels is the director of Freshspring Spa and a practitioner of reflexology. She previously ran for council in Wards 9 and 10 in 2022, coming in second place.

Platform: Gordon-Daniels lists her priorities as transparency, respect for taxpayers, and a responsive government. She wants to improve road safety in the ward, and offer services and supports for seniors and other vulnerable residents. On Instagram, she also said she supports safer school zones, green transit, and equity policies.

Biography: Azad Goyat is a real estate salesperson. In his position as a landlord, Goyat has spoken out about his opposition to Mayor Patrick Brown’s residential rental licensing program (RRL), which requires landlords renting out fewer than five units to get a license and submit their properties to inspections.

Goyat is the director of the Brampton Housing Providers Association (BHPA), a landlords’ lobby group formed to fight the RRL. The mayor called the BHPA a “slum landlord association,” while the BHPA argues that the RRL punishes rule-following landlords without addressing the issue of unsafe and illegal housing. In late 2025, Goyat was arrested while demonstrating at a children’s holiday TV broadcast, with a sign accusing Brown of being a “dictator” and “slum mayor.”

Goyat is also critical of Peel Regional Police’s chief, claiming the latter doesn’t interact with residents despite collecting roughly $604,000 in salary payments.

Goyat ran for the city councillor in Wards 9 and 10 in 2022, coming sixth out of seven candidates.

Platform: On his website, Goyat lists expanding hospital capacity, advocating for a university, and establishing a dedicated police station in the ward as priorities. He wants “stronger enforcement policies” paired with prevention and recovery support to address the drug crisis. He mentions expanded transit, support for small businesses, and affordable housing, and wants to advocate for fairer auto insurance rates in Brampton.

Biography: Jagdish Singh Grewal is the owner of the Punjabi Post newspaper. He was scrapped as a federal election candidate by the Conservative Party in 2015, for writing in support of conversion therapies for LGBTQIA+ people. He later said he was not homophobic, and claimed his remarks had been mistranslated. Grewal’s name still appeared on the ballot as the Conservative candidate, and he came in second place.

During that election, Grewal said that he was the president and director of Peel Multicultural Council, a member of the Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce, director of the board at Can-Sikh Sports and Cultural Centre, an advisor to the Punjabi International Film Festival, and a member of the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada.

Prior to that, Grewal was in the news in 2009 when he was attacked and beaten by gunmen outside his office, which he said was in retaliation for his political views: Grewal is opposed to the Sikh separatist Khalistan movement.

This past July, Grewal’s son, a Progressive Conservative MPP named Hardeep Grewal, was accused of using public money to advertise in the Punjabi Post.

Platform: In a series of Instagram posts, Grewal promises to shorten waiting times for health care, support paramedics and emergency responders, ensure that infrastructure keeps pace with growth, invest in crime prevention, and improve traffic flow. He wants to create programs and supports for seniors.

Biography: No information could be found online about this candidate at the time of publishing.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: No biographical information could be found online about this candidate at the time of publishing.

 Platform: On Instagram, Sandeep Kumar says his priorities are fiscal transparency, lower tax rates, and more financially efficient hospital development.

Biography:  On his website, Baljinder Singh Nehal says his background is in engineering and business.

Platform: Nehal’s website lists traffic, safe streets, transit, and parks as priorities. He wants to create opportunities for youth and for local businesses, and enforce property standards, cleanliness, and municipal winter services. He wants to lower property taxes. His platform also focuses on better managing the pressures on infrastructure that come with population growth.

Biography: Little information is available online about Cheryl Rodricks. She has run for councillor in Wards 7 and 8 twice before. Most recently, in 2022, she came ninth out of 13 candidates. At the time, she told the Brampton Guardian she works in health care administration.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: Harkirat Singh is the current councillor for Wards 9 and 10, the deputy mayor of Brampton, and a close ally of Mayor Patrick Brown, as reported by local independent news outlet The Pointer. As councillor, Singh voted to terminate forensic investigations into allegations of corruption around city contracts that were awarded to friends of the mayor, and supported Brown’s failed attempt to get Peel Region to accrue $11 billion in debt to cover City costs, which region staff suggested may have been illegal.

In December 2025, The Pointer reported that Singh also voted to give $24 million in public funding to Niwaas Living, his own not-for-profit organization where he serves as head of fundraising. Singh failed to declare a conflict of interest, or mention his connection to the organization, when the council considered the funding. Niwaas Living was given the money to build two affordable housing projects, despite having no experience building affordable housing and owning no land for the projects. When the first $10.8 million for Niwaas was approved by council, the organization had only been incorporated for two months. Singh defended the move, saying that because he had no financial stake in the not-for-profit and isn’t paid for his volunteer role, his connection did not constitute a conflict of interest.

Singh also joined Brown in calling for forced treatment for people with mental illness and addiction.

Before his election to city council, Singh was a Peel District School Board trustee for Wards 9 and 10, and a college professor.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: Michael Dancy is a YouTuber who posts reviews of gadgets like dashboard cameras. He also runs a business making social media content for other businesses. He previously ran for council in Wards 7 and 8 in 2022, and for federal office in 2025 with the Green Party, coming fifth out of seven candidates. He has said on Reddit that he’s running this time to find out where his tax dollars are going and why projects like the Cottrelle Boulevard Extension took so long.

Platform: Dancy says he’ll make government spending easier to understand, create online videos of City Hall business, stay independent, never skip a vote, prioritize addressing infrastructure delays, and give loans to tenants to create non-profit co-op housing. He wants to address traffic and road safety, further medium-density housing projects, and complete projects that have already been funded.

Biography: There is little information available online about Prabhjot Singh Dhaliwal.

Platform: Dhaliwal lists his priorities as health care, traffic, job opportunities, and property taxes. On Instagram, he has also talked about cleaning up Brampton’s parks and trails.

Biography: No information could be found online about this candidate at the time of publishing.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: Gurpreet Singh Dhillon is a former councillor who represented Wards 9 and 10 from 2014 until 2022.

In 2020, the city’s integrity commissioner found Dhillon had engaged in “unnecessary, unwelcome, and unwanted sexual touching” of a woman during an official trade mission to Turkey. The complainant has reportedly since withdrawn her allegations, although the integrity commissioner has not been able to verify the letter of withdrawal came from her. Dhillon demanded the city remove from the internet the integrity commissioner’s report, and has since commenced legal action in the face of city council’s refusal. Mayor Patrick Brown accused Dhillon of using taxpayer funds as “hush payments” to the woman who had accused him, a charge which Dhillon said was politically motivated. It was later reported that top city staff had told Brown no such payments were made, but the mayor told reporters it had happened anyway. Dhillon voted to fire the integrity commissioner who had conducted the investigation into his conduct. She was fired, then sued the city and councillors, and then was re-hired—a political turbulence that gripped Brampton council for months in 2022.

As councillor, Dhillon moved a successful motion to rename a street in honour of the founder of the Sikh religion, which some residents criticized as mixing politics with religion. He voted against hosting legal cannabis stores in Brampton. He also moved a motion to formally oppose Quebec’s ban on public servants wearing religious symbols like hijabs and turbans on the job. Since leaving elected office, Dhillon says he’s worked in government relations for a local management firm.

Platform: Dhillon says his policy priorities are affordability, public safety, accountability, stronger services, better transit, and job creation.

Biography: Satpaul Singh Johal ran for Trustee for the Peel District School Board (PDSB) in 2014 in Wards 7 and 8, and then Wards 9 and 10 in 2018 and 2022. He won on his third run for the role. In 2023, Johal was elected as vice-chair of the PDSB board of Trustees.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: Nirmala Devi Madhu is a registered driving instructor in Brampton.

Platform: Madhu’s priorities include traffic, community safety, transparent spending, affordable housing, and stormwater solutions to prevent flooding

Biography: No information could be found online about this candidate at the time of publishing.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: Sukhman Sangha is a lawyer and an Associate at Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP. He is a member of the Ontario PC Party. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Sangha worked as a Senior Policy Advisor at the Office of the President of the Treasury Board from 2021-2023, for the current Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria. He was an Advisor for the Office of the Minister of Small Business from 2019-2021.

On his Instagram, Sangha recently posted that he received an endorsement from Shaan Hundal, a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Pacific FC and formerly played for Toronto FC, and who Sangha says he has known for 20 years. He also posted to his Facebook that he received an endorsement from former Toronto Raptors player AJ Lawson, though there does not appear to be a photo, video, or post from Lawson’s camp indicating the endorsement.

Platform:  Sangha’s platform aims to tackle crime prevention through stronger enforcement. He wants to expand local programs and job opportunities for Brampton youth, restore public trust in the local government, reform residential rental licensing, protect green spaces, increase recreation programs, and foster responsible and transparent spending at City Hall.

Biography: Little information could be found online about Harsimran Singh. On his campaign website, he said he’s an entrepreneur.

Platform: Singh’s priorities include lowering property taxes, supporting local businesses, addressing parking and transportation challenges, building more infrastructure to keep up with growth, and ensuring community safety.

Biography: According to her LinkedIn, Denise Dani is a Business Systems Analyst at Reamined Systems Inc. She has under 20 years of experience in property tax and assessment. Dani has been critical of the province’s decision to put PDSB under supervision.

Platform: In a Facebook post, Dani says she hopes to address parents’ concerns over classroom sizes, access to education assistants, and listen to different perspectives from other immigrant parents about what works, or doesn’t work, for their children’s education.

Biography: No information could be found online about this candidate at the time of publishing.

Platform: On Facebook, Dhothar lists her priorities as “safe schools, focused classrooms, stronger communities.”

Biography: Therese Guidolin is a Program Coordinator at EmpowHer Project. She previously ran for PDSB trustee for Wards 9 and 10 in 2018 and 2022.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: An individual by the name of Muhammad Haque ran for mayor of Brampton in 2014, but The Local cannot confirm that this is the same candidate now running for trustee. No other information could be found online about Haque at the time of publishing.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: Little information is available online about Pankaj Joshi. He is a local real estate broker, and on his website, says he is trained as a mechanical engineer.

Platform: On his campaign website, Joshi says he wants to raise students’ EQAO exam results to the level being met elsewhere in Peel Region, and in neighbouring cities like Vaughan. He wants to make busing available to Grade 11 and 12 students in the Regional Learning Choices Programs, which is not currently provided. He says he will go beyond his role as trustee to fight for the province to restore grants as a maximum of 85 percent of OSAP funding, which Premier Doug Ford’s government cut to 25 percent. Joshi also wants to put limits on students’ social media use, and crack down on what he describes as “the easy availability of drugs and vaping products around our schools.” He says putting police officers near schools could deter drug sales and make pick-up and drop-off safer. He promises to attend every school board meeting, hold regular town halls, and return calls and emails within two days.

Biography: Mily Macwan is a franchise director at the Connecting Dots Foundation, a non-profit daycare provider. She previously worked as a team manager at TD Insurance. On her campaign website, Macwan says she helped found Jabrs Center for Autism, an organization that runs summer camps for children with autism, and is associated with Connecting Dots.

Platform: According to her campaign website, Macwan’s priorities include improving students’ scores in literacy and math, advocating for more special education funding and making sure that the board is financially accountable and transparent. She says she will push for educational assistants to be assigned to classes that need them, and will put a special focus on filling vacancies and reducing “service gaps.” Macwan says that Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) should be implemented and monitored with families instead of being treated as paperwork. She wants to improve coordination and students’ access to speech-language therapy and occupational therapy. Macwan wants classrooms to be inclusive for students with autism and other neurodiverse needs. She says she will communicate with parents, take action on bullying, work to address overcrowding and reliance on portables, and will scrutinize the board’s budget.

Biography: Khushpal Singh Pawar is a former student trustee at the Peel District School Board. On his campaign website, he says he co-founded Elevate Performing Arts Organization, which runs dance competitions for PDSB students. On LinkedIn, Pawar says he worked as a constituency assistant from 2020 to 2021 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Pawar previously ran for trustee in 2018, when he placed fifth out of 12 candidates.

Platform: On his campaign website, Pawar says his priorities include creating healthy, safe schools by bringing in mental health supports and bullying prevention programs. He says he will protect and expand access to extracurricular activities like sports, arts, clubs, and school trips. Pawar commits to being “accessible, approachable, and dependable” as a trustee, and fight against funding cuts that lead to overcrowded classrooms.

Biography: According to a 2022 profile featured in the Brampton Guardian, Gurinder Sehgal is the owner of a mattress and furniture store. In 2022, he ran for the Wards 7 and 8 regional councillor position.

Platform: In an Instagram post, Sehgal’s priorities are stated as student mental health and well being, board transparency and budgeting, and stronger communication between the board and families.

Biography: No biographical information could be found online about this candidate at the time of publishing.

Platform: In an Instagram post, Sharma advocates for better educational infrastructure and more funding to reduce the use of portables for students. He also hopes to increase funding to address concerns over lack of air conditioning in Brampton schools, which creates an uncomfortable teaching environment for both teachers and students. As trustee, he hopes to be a conduit be

Biography: According to his LinkedIn profile, Daljit Singh is a Supply Chain Analyst at Staples Canada, and has over 15 years of management experience in retail. He is chair of the parents’ council at Countryside Village Public School in Brampton, and according to his campaign website, has been a member of the Brampton School Safety Council since 2023. He says he’s been an active participant in neighborhood safety initiatives, road safety awareness, and community events focused on protecting families. He advocates for more sports facilities, recreation centres, and overall “healthier school environments” across Peel.

Platform: Singh’s mission as trustee is threefold: student safety, supporting families, and stronger schools. He hopes to implement more mental health support and stronger anti-bullying practices, as well as safer arrival and dismissal procedures to create a safe learning environment. He says he’ll work with schools to introduce more afterschool programs, and provide resources to multilingual and newcomer families to support parents. Singh says he is also committed to advocating for more investments in tools and resources, such as updated learning materials, expanded extracurricular programs, and support for teachers to ensure student success.

Biography: No information could be found online about this candidate at the time of publishing.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: Little information is available online about Andrea Baranowski. She works as a manager at the Canadian Polish Business Association. According to her campaign website, she has held leadership roles at the advisory council of St. Anne’s Parish and the Catholic Women’s League.

Platform: Baranowski’s platform includes “ensuring faith is woven through every dimension of school culture”, advocating for resources including teachers and “updated curricula”, and fostering collaboration between schools, parishes, families, and local organizations. She also mentions a focus on fiscal responsibility and transparency, and safe schools.

Biography: Little information is available online about Karen Dancy. According to her Instagram, she has 15 years of experience on parent councils. She is endorsed by the Peel Region Labour Council.

Platform: In a post on Instagram, Dancy says her priorities are student success, “preserving our Catholic identity and values”, and accountable leadership. In another post, she advocates for special education supports, including hiring more educational assistants, and “timely assessments and interventions”. In a 2025 post on X, she has also been critical of the province’s underfunding of schools.

Biography: Shawn Xaviour has been the trustee for DCPDSB Wards 7-10 since 2014. First elected at the age of 19, as a recent graduate from St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, Xaviour was re-elected in the 2018 and 2022 municipal elections. Prior to the board being put under provincial supervision in June 2026, Xaviour was chair of the Faith and Program Committee. He is also a regional director for the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association. According to his LinkedIn profile, Xaviour is also a firefighter with Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: Little information is available online about Mahmad Neezam Chutoo. On LinkedIn, he says he works in bilingual customer service at Aimia, a Toronto-based investment holding company.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: Pierre Gregory has been a trustee for Conseil scolaire Viamonde since 2022, representing Hamilton-Wentworth, Halton, and Brant. He won by acclamation because he ran unopposed in that election.

Gregory has nearly 30 years of experience in education, including as a teacher at a French-language high school. He has previously worked at the Ministry of Education as part of the unit responsible for curriculum development in French-language schools in Ontario. As trustee, Gregory sat on the board’s Parents’ Participation Committee.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: Geneviève Grenier is running unopposed and is therefore elected by acclamation as trustee for the French-language Catholic school board, Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir. First elected in 2014 for the board’s Centre-South ward, she has been the chair of the board since 2021. Previously, she served as vice-chair for four years.

In addition to being a trustee, Grenier is the senior vice president of corporate strategy and operations at the Canadian Bankers Association. She has also taught accounting at Toronto Metropolitan University and the Royal Military College, and is the treasurer of the Brain Injury Association of Peel and Halton.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.