November 5, 2024 • 25 mins
Norm Murray speaks with Mississauga's Ward 1 Councillor, Stephen Dasko about the latest happenings and upcoming events in his part of the city. www.stephendasko.com
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of
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Speaker 2 (00:33):
I'm Norm Murray and you're listening to News Talk Saga
nine sixty. Great to have you along again today as
always here in the hour that we call the norm,
which is my way of just looking at what is
the norm? What is the new normal, the new norm
of the day, if there is even such a thing
as normal anymore. I don't even know what the word means,
honestly in our world, because it seems to shapeshift on
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a daily, if not even hourly basis some days. But
you know what, here we are an election day in
the United States, and who knows what the future is
going to be bringing us after the norm is figured
out for tomorrow for the next four years. All I
know is this firmly cemented into his plans in Ward One.
It's great to have our friend Stephen Dasco with us,
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who is the Ward one counselor of course, and has
been for years now, many years, and it's always a
pleasure to hook up with them every The beginning of
the month typically is when we speak and find out
what's happening in his part of the city as well
as in council in general. So, Stephen Dasco, how are
you today?
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Norm? I'm doing terrific and in a time of a
lot of change, what's nice to see is that Norm
you're holding down the norm.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Okay, So let me just throw this at you. I mean,
you know, you went through the recent municipal elections back
in June and such, and I'm very proud of you
and knowing you and what you stood for and continue
to stand for in the city of Mississauga. Plus you're
a friend. But I will ask you this to night
big decision in the United States and it has a
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global impact, certainly here in Canada. Can you give us
the Stephen Dasco prediction? What do you think is going
to happen? Stephen?
Speaker 3 (02:13):
You know the craziest thing about these types of elections
sometimes the most unpredictable things can happen. And so I
will tell you firmly that I am one hundred and
ten percent sure that that Mississauga is the greatest city
in the world and Ward one is really the spot
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that I think deserves all all of our attention. So
you know, it's interesting because I always look at what
happens around the world and through south of the border
is a popular topic, especially with election day today, But
I'll look at you know what, what can you look at?
You know? What's so important to people? And it's it's
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truly when you walk out of your front door, what
affects your day to day life? And this is this
is what I live and breathe for. I absolutely love it.
I've got a passion for it. To look at what
we're doing here and so I can't control what happens
so the border or anywhere else, But the biggest focus
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is is all the residents that are right here in
ward one.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
All right, So you're avoiding a prediction which is totally understandable.
That's okay that you're allowed that because I don't even
know either. I don't know if anybody even has a
real idea. It's been such a tight race. And I
guess the reason I bring it up is it does
affect Canada, And I wondered if it affects you know,
local municipal you know, politics, if you will, and counsel
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and if anything would change anything in any way, or
is it just more of an eyebrow raiser, like, oh,
I didn't see that coming, or yeah, I kind of
knew that was going to happen, you know what I mean,
like tomorrow morning or whenever, or whenever we get the
final results on this. And I'm not even convinced it's
going to happen tonight. It could take an extra day
or two. You never know. But what happens at council
after a major election like this, Is it even addressed?
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Is it brought up at all? No?
Speaker 3 (04:09):
You know, we we really stick to, you know, to
to what what we have at hand, and we we
have running a city at hand, and that's really our focus.
My my biggest thing is whoever becomes the next president
of the United States or Prime Minister of Canada or
Premier of Ontario, is that is that you know, they
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do things that that that I see as having the
best interests of our of our community south of the border.
You look at things like sometimes different different regimes that
come in bring in protectionist policies and things like that.
I wouldn't want something like that to be coming in
that that hurts our local businesses as well, you know,
So that that's the Lens that I look at it
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from is what's what's good for uh, for Ward one,
what's good for the city of Mississauga.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Yeah, and it is what it is, I guess. But anyway,
you it will be interesting going forward, that is for sure.
It always is. And then we've got our own to
look forward to in about a year or so. So
let's get back home though, to Ward one in Mississauga.
And how your last month has been. Here we are
in November. Hey, how was your Halloween? For example?
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Oh? It was? It was fun. This is one where
Miss Maria her favorite holiday of the year is Halloween,
so for her it's she always pulls out all the
stops and has a great old time of it. And
I always get pulled into that orbit as well, and
so it was it was great fun. I had a
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really nice event at the Army Navy Air Force Club,
which they do every year. It's a great you know,
Halloween party, but at the same time they raise money
and food for the Compass Food Bank as well, and
there's a just a great local bank called Delayed Reaction
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which which plays every year. They're kind of the whole
of the event, and that was great fun for that.
By the way Miss Maria had had her and I
going as Elvis and Priscilla.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Oh, I love it. That's awesome, that's great.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
It's great fun.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Oh, fun fun. Yeah, that's amazing. Good one too, great
costumes for the two of you. That's awesome, good stuff.
What else has been going on in the last month
or so? I mean, you know, we're gearing up towards
colder temperatures. Believe it or not, you wouldn't really know it,
but I guess you know, you've got Christmas on the horizon,
or at least the horizon rather at least a holiday
season for those who are celebrating all the wonderful and
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different holidays that we have to celebrate. Is that affect
some of the plans that are happening in ward? One?
What are some of the things we can look forward
to here?
Speaker 3 (06:50):
Well, right now, we just finished, you know, going through
and celebrating at Duwali, and then of course, yes, we
have the holidays kicking off. And what I'm really really
looking forward to is when it does get nice and
cold out, we'll be able to start making ice down
in pork Credit for the skating trail that's down there.
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Very excited about it this year because we'll have it
lit up again. I've got a few surprises as well
that I've been working with the Port Credit BIA the
Business Improvement area on and so that's one that I
will say, reserve your calendars for November thirtieth between six
pm to nine pm Pork Credits Memorial Park. Bring your skates,
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just come on down if you don't have skates. There's
a lot of things prepared for that night. I think
you're going to be absolutely blown away on what's going
to be down there as well. It's something pretty magical
that we've got set up, and so that's most definitely
November thirtieth is the place to be.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Yeah, that'll be awesome. I look forward to that definitely,
and it'll really by then, you know, winter will be
in the air, or at least a holiday season and such.
And now that it's dark every day, it seems like
we're up in the dark, we come home in the
dark and such. You know, it's like all this left
is for some of the snow to start falling, which
will be coming eventually.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
We know that this time of year, it very much
is that and it's actually right now. Depending on where
you are in the city. We do have our vacuum
Leaf program that is that is often running their first pass.
There's two passes. Their first pass is underway this week,
all depending on what color card you have that you've
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received in the mail, so you know you will see
that you will have that coming around. Also an indicator
just to if you do have those leaves and you
are in an area where the vacuum Leaf program is operational,
please get your leaves down into you know, at the
end of the end of your boulevard there and they'll
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be by to come and pick up the leaves. Another
one that I did want to mention, especially if you
happen to be in the southern end of Mississauga, especially
for those that are in more than one. We do
have for two weeks started today, and that's a full
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closure of Lake Shore Boulevard and that's to do sewer
work and also water work that goes directly north south
right across Lake Shore. So you know, if we could
have possibly kept even a lane open in Lake Shore
on Lake Shore, we would have been able to do that.
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But we do have team a team of crew that's
out there working twenty four to seven to get that
all connected and then get people moving again. So for
those that are in the communities, just be a little
extra patient going through and doing that. And also if
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you are a motorist, please be very careful with going
through some of the areas we've got pedestrian sorry. You know,
local neighborhoods that don't use this type are not used
to this kind of traffic, and so we do have
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more signage and things like that that are going out
and more patrols. Police are going to be on hand
as well, so please just drive carefully and take your
patients with you and then we'll have this open again
within two weeks.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
We're speaking with Stephen Dasco. Here's the Ward one counselor
for Mississauga and you can find him online Stephendasco dot
ca a stephendasco dot com. It's the same website. Great website,
by the way, full of wonderful information, easy to navigate
and bringing you up to day as to what's happening
in Ward one. And you can also follow him all
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over media at Dasco Ward one and of course here
we are the first few days of November. I absolutely
have to ask you if you know off the top
of your head if you have it right there, Stephen,
what's happening for Remembrance Day in Port Credit or in
Ward one, I should say? Or is it more of
a city wide attendance or attention to rememberance day that
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you'll be attending to.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Absolutely there are different events across the city, including City
Hall at Streetsville for example. But I will say from
a Ward one perspective, we do have two significant events
on of course November eleventh, Port Credit Senataph. There's a
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parade if you will, that goes from the Port Credit
Legion and that will continue along Lake Shore up to
Staybank to the new Senataph, the renewed Senatap there and
there will be again afterwards people gathered back over at
the Legion the day before on the tenth, the Army
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Navy Air Force Club on Third Street will be having
their Remembrance Day parade as well and also gathering along
with moments of silence, a sorry moment of silence and
laying of the wreaths that will also be done at
the Army Navy Air Force Club. And that is right
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on Third Street.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Where can we find you on that day? Are you
going to be moving around a bit or are you
going to be a city hall.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
No, I will be on the tenth. I will be
in Lakeview at the Army, Navy, Air Force Club, and
then of course on Remembers Day, I'll also be at
Poor Credit at the Legion and at the Cenotaph for
ceremonies there as well.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Yeah, Stephen Dasco was joining us. He is the Ward
one counselor here in Mississauga. And it's always great to
bump into Stephen whenever he's out and about and I
happen to be out and about, which isn't as often,
not nearly. Oh my goodness, that's an insult to Steven.
Steven's out like six seven days a week, honestly. But
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I know there's always some sort of an event happening,
and I know over the next several weeks it probably
gears right up, probably ramps right up as we get
through into a holiday time and such, and there's a
real demand on your time, not to mention the regular
day to day. I don't know how you stay healthy
and juggle this sort of thing. Do you have any
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tips for anybody? Because you are the hardest working man
in politics as far as i'm concerned, What would you say, Yes.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
Honestly, I absolutely love every second of it. Yes, they
do tend to be very long days and pretty much
every day, but I will say it's the signs of
just a great vibrant community, always always happy to lend
a hand wherever you know I possibly can, and you know,
it's just a real testament to everything that we have
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going on right across our amazing city. And for example,
we had several events over this past weekend. One was
a fiftieth anniversary of the City of Mississauga hosted by
the Creative Hub thirteen fifty two at the Small Arms
Inspection Building, which was just absolutely fantastic. There was also
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our Indigenous Network had a gala dinner also over the weekend,
which is just wonderful as well. It was a great
celebration and also for truth and reconciliation as well.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Yeah, definitely and much to look forward to coming up.
Absolutely on the horizon. Here is there refreshment memory, Steve,
And I probably asked you this last time. You probably
answered it, and I promptly forgot what you answered, And
that is this when it comes to holiday shopping ward one.
In the past there has been free parking along Lake
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Shore actually just to encourage people to come and stroll
and enjoy their time and not feel so rushed when
it comes to visiting some of the retailers, which I
know all need a real bump obviously and can really
use the support in holiday shopping this year? Is that
continuing here in twenty twenty four?
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Absolutely? And what I passed last year was we would
always go each and every year to council. I'd bring
emotion before me, other counselors brought a motion forward and
it was always uniformly agreed to to have waving of
parking fees. So what I brought forward last year was
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to do it, and this would be each and every
year from essentially November kind of a third week in November,
I believe it is right out until the second week
of January. There would there would be a parking holiday
fee holiday, if you will. And so that that is
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going to be each and every year. So yes, that
is coming back this year. So all the all the
shops that everybody is uh you know, coming to enjoy
and all the restaurants you've got shops from uh Zest
Impressionable Gifts, laugh Tree, there's so many dimension and of
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course all the restaurants and coffee shops. There's a brand
new place that just opened up as well, called Marry
Me Mochi, which is just a really interesting take on
on donuts, the kind of a premium type of donut,
a really interesting place. It's uh, this is actually their
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tenth store and uh and they are this is their
first one in Port Credit.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
Oh, I've got to check that one out. Marry Me Mochi.
Is that the name of the.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
Store, Marry Me Mochi.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
I love it. I love it. There is now I
remember I was saying you before coming on the air. Here.
It's like there was something in the news I wanted
to ask you about, and now I remember what it was.
And I picked up this story Stephen from Mississauga dot com.
I know you're familiar with it and also the Mississauga News.
Let me read just a little piece of it and
then I'll ask you your thoughts on it. And that
is this. The City of Mississauga, as you know, has
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scheduled public consults for plans that could see more compact
housing allowed in Mississauga neighborhoods. This affects Ward One obviously.
City of Mississauga officials are holding three online meetings which
we as residents can participate in. So currently the city.
Currently the city does not permit semi detached homes in
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many residential areas in Mississauga without an application to change
local zoning rules. These meetings are about plans to allow
more semi detached homes and smaller single detached houses in
neighborhoods that have those zoning rules. For War one and
all the wards they all have, they're represented on different evenings,
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but for Ward one, for example, that's called Southern Mississauga
Ward one, two and eight as you know Thursday November
twenty first, six pm till seven thirty pm through the
city's website Mississauga dot ca. And I'm just wondering what
your thoughts are on this in your ward when it
comes to building smaller homes potentially more compact housing as
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they call it, in the neighborhoods that you are living in.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
Stephen, Well, we happen to live in a ward and
I represent the ward of the city that has the
most development applications and what they call infield development, So
we have forty percent of all the development applications and
development in the city. We also have over a third
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of all the Committee of Adjustment applications, and that's mostly
towards what they would call infill development. So that's taking
a house, knocking it down, sometimes severing a property or
things of that nature. So I will say from somebody
that goes through it on a daily basis, there are
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areas that lend itself and there's zoning in place for it.
There's rules that go in there along with infrastructure, et cetera.
Neighborhood character that lend itself to what they call gentle intensification,
this type of thing. There are other areas that you know,
I don't think really lend themselves well to it. For me,
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there's a home here in Mississauga that we want, you know,
pardon the pun, for everybody, and that means housing of
all different types and so making sure that we get
things right, but wanting to make sure that we listen
to everybody in the community to get that feedback in
to know that we're making those right decisions. I'm a
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firm believer in measuring twice and cut once.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Yeah, yeah, definitely, So you're going to be a part
of the meeting. I'm assuming in those meetings, Is that right?
Speaker 3 (20:07):
Yeah, I'll all be attending the meeting on the twenty first,
as a matter of fact, and that's for a housing meeting.
As you mentioned, there are a few that are going
on in the city. We also have on the twentieth
we have our city's budget town hall as well, so
there's lots of different things that are ongoing this current
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you know, this month, and so that will be on
the twentieth as well.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
Yeah. I like that. I mean it's another way for
us to follow along and in some cases even participate
in the feedback, so it's appreciated. Well, what else is
going on? Do you want to talk about anything? Plug
anybody here or discuss what's happening in ward one Stephen.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
Oh, always, I'll always have to, you know, plug something
that's going on. And you know, as I was mentioning
November thirtieth, between six pm and nine pm, that's definitely
the place to be. Pork Credits Memorial Park right where
the skating trail is. There's a lot planned and you'll
see more and more of it getting closer to the date.
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And then of course, for this is the forty seventh year.
If you can imagine the forty seventh year that the
Lions Club is going to be hosting as well their
annual Christmas Caroling in the Park on December ninth. They're
going to get tuned up on November thirtieth. They'll be
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participating in the thirtieth, but also they will be singing
carols on the ninth. And if you haven't been to
it before, it's really something to behold. And if you've
come before, come on out again. So that is going
to be on December ninth.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
That sounds amazing. Yeah, we look forward to that. Follow
Stephen Dasco online at Dasco Ward one. Go to Stephen
Dasco dot com for all the updated information on everything,
including much of what we've been talking about during this
segment too. You know, for example, the road closures, the
temporary road closures that on along Lake Shore there but normous.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
If I have a chance for one last thing, of course,
I promise is what I've heard from a lot of
residents that are around school areas thirty you know where's
it goes down to thirty kilometers an hour and then
they have automated speed enforcement that goes with it. Yes,
what I keep hearing is you know that I can
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appreciate that during school hours, but why does that have
to be the way that is outside of school hours.
And it's something that I've been I've been very tuned
into worked on behalf of the community, and I will
I will say that as of this past week, and
you'll see some changes coming in the near future. But
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last week what I was able to get through council
is between the hours of six am and six pm,
it will be thirty kilometers an hour. Automated speed enforcement
will be available to be implemented in those areas because
it's for school zones. And then from six pm until
six am, it will go to forty kilometers an hour
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that was the previous default speed, and automated speed enforcement
will be available for that as well. So for me,
it's making practical decisions to keep our road safe, to
keep people safe. But at the same time, I never
want to have safety being perceived as a cash grap.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
You've been advocating for this for a long time, haven't you.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
Yes, I have, Yes, I have, because to me, I
think it's a common sense approach to making policy. And again,
I never want to have it where people say, oh,
the only reason why that the city's doing it is
for a cash grab, and instead of people taking that road,
they'll go around it and they'll go and they speed
and possibly put other people in peril.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Yeah, no, they're sure. Yeah, there'd be definitely some spillover
effects there. Well put my friend well, Steve, and I
hope you have a great rest of the month. I
look forward to speaking to the beginning of December. It'll
be a whole new thing then, for sure once again,
and we will be on It'll be just after the
November thirtieth event that you've got planned too, so we
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look forward to getting caught up at that time.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
Yes, I'm looking forward to it already me too.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
All right, Steven, thanks very much. Thanks for doing this
as always, taking time out of your very busy, hectic,
crazy schedule. I don't know how you do it, and
stay strong and healthy of course, which is what we
wish for you and everybody at counsel. I had a
chance to meet the mayor for the first time the
other night, by the way, which was great, and seeing
I think everybody, all the counselors actually was nice that
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you guys are It seemed like a pretty tight knit
group whether you always agree on everything or not. It's
nice to see democracy in action though. Mississauga Council, so yeah,
congrats on everything going on there. So we'll talk next month, Steven,
thanks very much for this.
Speaker 3 (25:07):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
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Speaker 2 (00:33):
I'm Norm Murray and you're listening to News Talk Saga
nine sixty. Great to have you along again today as
always here in the hour that we call the norm,
which is my way of just looking at what is
the norm? What is the new normal, the new norm
of the day, if there is even such a thing
as normal anymore. I don't even know what the word means,
honestly in our world, because it seems to shapeshift on
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a daily, if not even hourly basis some days. But
you know what, here we are an election day in
the United States, and who knows what the future is
going to be bringing us after the norm is figured
out for tomorrow for the next four years. All I
know is this firmly cemented into his plans in Ward One.
It's great to have our friend Stephen Dasco with us,
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who is the Ward one counselor of course, and has
been for years now, many years, and it's always a
pleasure to hook up with them every The beginning of
the month typically is when we speak and find out
what's happening in his part of the city as well
as in council in general. So, Stephen Dasco, how are
you today?
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Norm? I'm doing terrific and in a time of a
lot of change, what's nice to see is that Norm
you're holding down the norm.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Okay, So let me just throw this at you. I mean,
you know, you went through the recent municipal elections back
in June and such, and I'm very proud of you
and knowing you and what you stood for and continue
to stand for in the city of Mississauga. Plus you're
a friend. But I will ask you this to night
big decision in the United States and it has a
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global impact, certainly here in Canada. Can you give us
the Stephen Dasco prediction? What do you think is going
to happen? Stephen?
Speaker 3 (02:13):
You know the craziest thing about these types of elections
sometimes the most unpredictable things can happen. And so I
will tell you firmly that I am one hundred and
ten percent sure that that Mississauga is the greatest city
in the world and Ward one is really the spot
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that I think deserves all all of our attention. So
you know, it's interesting because I always look at what
happens around the world and through south of the border
is a popular topic, especially with election day today, But
I'll look at you know what, what can you look at?
You know? What's so important to people? And it's it's
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truly when you walk out of your front door, what
affects your day to day life? And this is this
is what I live and breathe for. I absolutely love it.
I've got a passion for it. To look at what
we're doing here and so I can't control what happens
so the border or anywhere else, But the biggest focus
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is is all the residents that are right here in
ward one.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
All right, So you're avoiding a prediction which is totally understandable.
That's okay that you're allowed that because I don't even
know either. I don't know if anybody even has a
real idea. It's been such a tight race. And I
guess the reason I bring it up is it does
affect Canada, And I wondered if it affects you know,
local municipal you know, politics, if you will, and counsel
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and if anything would change anything in any way, or
is it just more of an eyebrow raiser, like, oh,
I didn't see that coming, or yeah, I kind of
knew that was going to happen, you know what I mean,
like tomorrow morning or whenever, or whenever we get the
final results on this. And I'm not even convinced it's
going to happen tonight. It could take an extra day
or two. You never know. But what happens at council
after a major election like this, Is it even addressed?
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Is it brought up at all? No?
Speaker 3 (04:09):
You know, we we really stick to, you know, to
to what what we have at hand, and we we
have running a city at hand, and that's really our focus.
My my biggest thing is whoever becomes the next president
of the United States or Prime Minister of Canada or
Premier of Ontario, is that is that you know, they
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do things that that that I see as having the
best interests of our of our community south of the border.
You look at things like sometimes different different regimes that
come in bring in protectionist policies and things like that.
I wouldn't want something like that to be coming in
that that hurts our local businesses as well, you know,
So that that's the Lens that I look at it
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from is what's what's good for uh, for Ward one,
what's good for the city of Mississauga.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Yeah, and it is what it is, I guess. But anyway,
you it will be interesting going forward, that is for sure.
It always is. And then we've got our own to
look forward to in about a year or so. So
let's get back home though, to Ward one in Mississauga.
And how your last month has been. Here we are
in November. Hey, how was your Halloween? For example?
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Oh? It was? It was fun. This is one where
Miss Maria her favorite holiday of the year is Halloween,
so for her it's she always pulls out all the
stops and has a great old time of it. And
I always get pulled into that orbit as well, and
so it was it was great fun. I had a
(05:37):
really nice event at the Army Navy Air Force Club,
which they do every year. It's a great you know,
Halloween party, but at the same time they raise money
and food for the Compass Food Bank as well, and
there's a just a great local bank called Delayed Reaction
(05:57):
which which plays every year. They're kind of the whole
of the event, and that was great fun for that.
By the way Miss Maria had had her and I
going as Elvis and Priscilla.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Oh, I love it. That's awesome, that's great.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
It's great fun.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Oh, fun fun. Yeah, that's amazing. Good one too, great
costumes for the two of you. That's awesome, good stuff.
What else has been going on in the last month
or so? I mean, you know, we're gearing up towards
colder temperatures. Believe it or not, you wouldn't really know it,
but I guess you know, you've got Christmas on the horizon,
or at least the horizon rather at least a holiday
season for those who are celebrating all the wonderful and
(06:40):
different holidays that we have to celebrate. Is that affect
some of the plans that are happening in ward? One?
What are some of the things we can look forward
to here?
Speaker 3 (06:50):
Well, right now, we just finished, you know, going through
and celebrating at Duwali, and then of course, yes, we
have the holidays kicking off. And what I'm really really
looking forward to is when it does get nice and
cold out, we'll be able to start making ice down
in pork Credit for the skating trail that's down there.
(07:14):
Very excited about it this year because we'll have it
lit up again. I've got a few surprises as well
that I've been working with the Port Credit BIA the
Business Improvement area on and so that's one that I
will say, reserve your calendars for November thirtieth between six
pm to nine pm Pork Credits Memorial Park. Bring your skates,
(07:38):
just come on down if you don't have skates. There's
a lot of things prepared for that night. I think
you're going to be absolutely blown away on what's going
to be down there as well. It's something pretty magical
that we've got set up, and so that's most definitely
November thirtieth is the place to be.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Yeah, that'll be awesome. I look forward to that definitely,
and it'll really by then, you know, winter will be
in the air, or at least a holiday season and such.
And now that it's dark every day, it seems like
we're up in the dark, we come home in the
dark and such. You know, it's like all this left
is for some of the snow to start falling, which
will be coming eventually.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
We know that this time of year, it very much
is that and it's actually right now. Depending on where
you are in the city. We do have our vacuum
Leaf program that is that is often running their first pass.
There's two passes. Their first pass is underway this week,
all depending on what color card you have that you've
(08:39):
received in the mail, so you know you will see
that you will have that coming around. Also an indicator
just to if you do have those leaves and you
are in an area where the vacuum Leaf program is operational,
please get your leaves down into you know, at the
end of the end of your boulevard there and they'll
(09:00):
be by to come and pick up the leaves. Another
one that I did want to mention, especially if you
happen to be in the southern end of Mississauga, especially
for those that are in more than one. We do
have for two weeks started today, and that's a full
(09:21):
closure of Lake Shore Boulevard and that's to do sewer
work and also water work that goes directly north south
right across Lake Shore. So you know, if we could
have possibly kept even a lane open in Lake Shore
on Lake Shore, we would have been able to do that.
(09:42):
But we do have team a team of crew that's
out there working twenty four to seven to get that
all connected and then get people moving again. So for
those that are in the communities, just be a little
extra patient going through and doing that. And also if
(10:03):
you are a motorist, please be very careful with going
through some of the areas we've got pedestrian sorry. You know,
local neighborhoods that don't use this type are not used
to this kind of traffic, and so we do have
(10:24):
more signage and things like that that are going out
and more patrols. Police are going to be on hand
as well, so please just drive carefully and take your
patients with you and then we'll have this open again
within two weeks.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
We're speaking with Stephen Dasco. Here's the Ward one counselor
for Mississauga and you can find him online Stephendasco dot
ca a stephendasco dot com. It's the same website. Great website,
by the way, full of wonderful information, easy to navigate
and bringing you up to day as to what's happening
in Ward one. And you can also follow him all
(10:59):
over media at Dasco Ward one and of course here
we are the first few days of November. I absolutely
have to ask you if you know off the top
of your head if you have it right there, Stephen,
what's happening for Remembrance Day in Port Credit or in
Ward one, I should say? Or is it more of
a city wide attendance or attention to rememberance day that
(11:21):
you'll be attending to.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Absolutely there are different events across the city, including City
Hall at Streetsville for example. But I will say from
a Ward one perspective, we do have two significant events
on of course November eleventh, Port Credit Senataph. There's a
(11:44):
parade if you will, that goes from the Port Credit
Legion and that will continue along Lake Shore up to
Staybank to the new Senataph, the renewed Senatap there and
there will be again afterwards people gathered back over at
the Legion the day before on the tenth, the Army
(12:09):
Navy Air Force Club on Third Street will be having
their Remembrance Day parade as well and also gathering along
with moments of silence, a sorry moment of silence and
laying of the wreaths that will also be done at
the Army Navy Air Force Club. And that is right
(12:31):
on Third Street.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Where can we find you on that day? Are you
going to be moving around a bit or are you
going to be a city hall.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
No, I will be on the tenth. I will be
in Lakeview at the Army, Navy, Air Force Club, and
then of course on Remembers Day, I'll also be at
Poor Credit at the Legion and at the Cenotaph for
ceremonies there as well.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Yeah, Stephen Dasco was joining us. He is the Ward
one counselor here in Mississauga. And it's always great to
bump into Stephen whenever he's out and about and I
happen to be out and about, which isn't as often,
not nearly. Oh my goodness, that's an insult to Steven.
Steven's out like six seven days a week, honestly. But
(13:13):
I know there's always some sort of an event happening,
and I know over the next several weeks it probably
gears right up, probably ramps right up as we get
through into a holiday time and such, and there's a
real demand on your time, not to mention the regular
day to day. I don't know how you stay healthy
and juggle this sort of thing. Do you have any
(13:34):
tips for anybody? Because you are the hardest working man
in politics as far as i'm concerned, What would you say, Yes.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
Honestly, I absolutely love every second of it. Yes, they
do tend to be very long days and pretty much
every day, but I will say it's the signs of
just a great vibrant community, always always happy to lend
a hand wherever you know I possibly can, and you know,
it's just a real testament to everything that we have
(14:03):
going on right across our amazing city. And for example,
we had several events over this past weekend. One was
a fiftieth anniversary of the City of Mississauga hosted by
the Creative Hub thirteen fifty two at the Small Arms
Inspection Building, which was just absolutely fantastic. There was also
(14:25):
our Indigenous Network had a gala dinner also over the weekend,
which is just wonderful as well. It was a great
celebration and also for truth and reconciliation as well.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Yeah, definitely and much to look forward to coming up.
Absolutely on the horizon. Here is there refreshment memory, Steve,
And I probably asked you this last time. You probably
answered it, and I promptly forgot what you answered, And
that is this when it comes to holiday shopping ward one.
In the past there has been free parking along Lake
(15:03):
Shore actually just to encourage people to come and stroll
and enjoy their time and not feel so rushed when
it comes to visiting some of the retailers, which I
know all need a real bump obviously and can really
use the support in holiday shopping this year? Is that
continuing here in twenty twenty four?
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Absolutely? And what I passed last year was we would
always go each and every year to council. I'd bring
emotion before me, other counselors brought a motion forward and
it was always uniformly agreed to to have waving of
parking fees. So what I brought forward last year was
(15:44):
to do it, and this would be each and every
year from essentially November kind of a third week in November,
I believe it is right out until the second week
of January. There would there would be a parking holiday
fee holiday, if you will. And so that that is
(16:07):
going to be each and every year. So yes, that
is coming back this year. So all the all the
shops that everybody is uh you know, coming to enjoy
and all the restaurants you've got shops from uh Zest
Impressionable Gifts, laugh Tree, there's so many dimension and of
(16:27):
course all the restaurants and coffee shops. There's a brand
new place that just opened up as well, called Marry
Me Mochi, which is just a really interesting take on
on donuts, the kind of a premium type of donut,
a really interesting place. It's uh, this is actually their
(16:48):
tenth store and uh and they are this is their
first one in Port Credit.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
Oh, I've got to check that one out. Marry Me Mochi.
Is that the name of the.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
Store, Marry Me Mochi.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
I love it. I love it. There is now I
remember I was saying you before coming on the air. Here.
It's like there was something in the news I wanted
to ask you about, and now I remember what it was.
And I picked up this story Stephen from Mississauga dot com.
I know you're familiar with it and also the Mississauga News.
Let me read just a little piece of it and
then I'll ask you your thoughts on it. And that
is this. The City of Mississauga, as you know, has
(17:21):
scheduled public consults for plans that could see more compact
housing allowed in Mississauga neighborhoods. This affects Ward One obviously.
City of Mississauga officials are holding three online meetings which
we as residents can participate in. So currently the city.
Currently the city does not permit semi detached homes in
(17:44):
many residential areas in Mississauga without an application to change
local zoning rules. These meetings are about plans to allow
more semi detached homes and smaller single detached houses in
neighborhoods that have those zoning rules. For War one and
all the wards they all have, they're represented on different evenings,
(18:05):
but for Ward one, for example, that's called Southern Mississauga
Ward one, two and eight as you know Thursday November
twenty first, six pm till seven thirty pm through the
city's website Mississauga dot ca. And I'm just wondering what
your thoughts are on this in your ward when it
comes to building smaller homes potentially more compact housing as
(18:27):
they call it, in the neighborhoods that you are living in.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
Stephen, Well, we happen to live in a ward and
I represent the ward of the city that has the
most development applications and what they call infield development, So
we have forty percent of all the development applications and
development in the city. We also have over a third
(18:53):
of all the Committee of Adjustment applications, and that's mostly
towards what they would call infill development. So that's taking
a house, knocking it down, sometimes severing a property or
things of that nature. So I will say from somebody
that goes through it on a daily basis, there are
(19:13):
areas that lend itself and there's zoning in place for it.
There's rules that go in there along with infrastructure, et cetera.
Neighborhood character that lend itself to what they call gentle intensification,
this type of thing. There are other areas that you know,
I don't think really lend themselves well to it. For me,
(19:35):
there's a home here in Mississauga that we want, you know,
pardon the pun, for everybody, and that means housing of
all different types and so making sure that we get
things right, but wanting to make sure that we listen
to everybody in the community to get that feedback in
to know that we're making those right decisions. I'm a
(19:57):
firm believer in measuring twice and cut once.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Yeah, yeah, definitely, So you're going to be a part
of the meeting. I'm assuming in those meetings, Is that right?
Speaker 3 (20:07):
Yeah, I'll all be attending the meeting on the twenty first,
as a matter of fact, and that's for a housing meeting.
As you mentioned, there are a few that are going
on in the city. We also have on the twentieth
we have our city's budget town hall as well, so
there's lots of different things that are ongoing this current
(20:27):
you know, this month, and so that will be on
the twentieth as well.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
Yeah. I like that. I mean it's another way for
us to follow along and in some cases even participate
in the feedback, so it's appreciated. Well, what else is
going on? Do you want to talk about anything? Plug
anybody here or discuss what's happening in ward one Stephen.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
Oh, always, I'll always have to, you know, plug something
that's going on. And you know, as I was mentioning
November thirtieth, between six pm and nine pm, that's definitely
the place to be. Pork Credits Memorial Park right where
the skating trail is. There's a lot planned and you'll
see more and more of it getting closer to the date.
(21:10):
And then of course, for this is the forty seventh year.
If you can imagine the forty seventh year that the
Lions Club is going to be hosting as well their
annual Christmas Caroling in the Park on December ninth. They're
going to get tuned up on November thirtieth. They'll be
(21:32):
participating in the thirtieth, but also they will be singing
carols on the ninth. And if you haven't been to
it before, it's really something to behold. And if you've
come before, come on out again. So that is going
to be on December ninth.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
That sounds amazing. Yeah, we look forward to that. Follow
Stephen Dasco online at Dasco Ward one. Go to Stephen
Dasco dot com for all the updated information on everything,
including much of what we've been talking about during this
segment too. You know, for example, the road closures, the
temporary road closures that on along Lake Shore there but normous.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
If I have a chance for one last thing, of course,
I promise is what I've heard from a lot of
residents that are around school areas thirty you know where's
it goes down to thirty kilometers an hour and then
they have automated speed enforcement that goes with it. Yes,
what I keep hearing is you know that I can
(22:35):
appreciate that during school hours, but why does that have
to be the way that is outside of school hours.
And it's something that I've been I've been very tuned
into worked on behalf of the community, and I will
I will say that as of this past week, and
you'll see some changes coming in the near future. But
(22:57):
last week what I was able to get through council
is between the hours of six am and six pm,
it will be thirty kilometers an hour. Automated speed enforcement
will be available to be implemented in those areas because
it's for school zones. And then from six pm until
six am, it will go to forty kilometers an hour
(23:18):
that was the previous default speed, and automated speed enforcement
will be available for that as well. So for me,
it's making practical decisions to keep our road safe, to
keep people safe. But at the same time, I never
want to have safety being perceived as a cash grap.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
You've been advocating for this for a long time, haven't you.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
Yes, I have, Yes, I have, because to me, I
think it's a common sense approach to making policy. And again,
I never want to have it where people say, oh,
the only reason why that the city's doing it is
for a cash grab, and instead of people taking that road,
they'll go around it and they'll go and they speed
and possibly put other people in peril.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Yeah, no, they're sure. Yeah, there'd be definitely some spillover
effects there. Well put my friend well, Steve, and I
hope you have a great rest of the month. I
look forward to speaking to the beginning of December. It'll
be a whole new thing then, for sure once again,
and we will be on It'll be just after the
November thirtieth event that you've got planned too, so we
(24:21):
look forward to getting caught up at that time.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
Yes, I'm looking forward to it already me too.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
All right, Steven, thanks very much. Thanks for doing this
as always, taking time out of your very busy, hectic,
crazy schedule. I don't know how you do it, and
stay strong and healthy of course, which is what we
wish for you and everybody at counsel. I had a
chance to meet the mayor for the first time the
other night, by the way, which was great, and seeing
I think everybody, all the counselors actually was nice that
(24:51):
you guys are It seemed like a pretty tight knit
group whether you always agree on everything or not. It's
nice to see democracy in action though. Mississauga Council, so yeah,
congrats on everything going on there. So we'll talk next month, Steven,
thanks very much for this.
Speaker 3 (25:07):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
I'm Nora Murray. You're listening to News Talk SAGA nine sixty.
We've got more ahead right after this.
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