2025 Mississauga Federal Election Candidate Profile: Bushra Asghar, NDP Mississauga-Streetsville
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With the upcoming 2025 Federal election happening on April 28th, Modern Mississauga Media has reached out to all Mississauga candidates inviting them to answer the same questions so voters can become more familiar with them.
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What are your top 3 campaign priorities and why?
Creating a Federally-Guaranteed Jobs Program: Canadians are facing a decade-high unemployment rate and this is affecting young people disproportionately. With the threat of tariffs from the US, finding a job is harder than ever. However, we have a solution: jobs provided by the government. If elected, I will advocate for a “Youth Climate Corps”. This is where anyone under the age of 35 who wants a job, can get one. These jobs would be secure, pay a living wage, and provide training in climate adaptation and mitigation work.
Stop Funding Wars: Canada should end military interventions, including selling weapons to regimes committing war crimes and brutal human rights abuses. There’s no reason for us to get involved with wars overseas. Instead, we should pursue peace through diplomacy, not weapons. Let’s redirect the money we spend on war into our own communities. We can reinvest it into schools, libraries, transportation, and make life easier here at home. Let’s end wars, genocides, and violence to build more affordable and vibrant Canadian communities.
Breaking Monopoly Power: We have allowed monopolies, such as grocery tycoons and telecommunications companies to get too large and too powerful in this country. This has left us with astronomically high food prices, phone bills, and other expensive essentials. The working class is being drained while corporate fat cats like Galen Weston rake in obscene profits year after year. It’s time to redistribute power back into the hands of everyday Canadians.
How do you plan to actively involve and include residents in community decisions?
I would want the people of Mississauga-Streetsville to hold me accountable. They would pay my salary, after all. I would make sure to answer every email and phone call within a reasonable time frame. I’d encourage my constituents to book meetings with me to share their concerns, their ideas on how to improve our community, and to give me feedback on my work as an MP. I’d be sure to communicate with my constituents about the goings-on in Ottawa and ensure that they understand how Parliamentary decisions affect them as residents of Mississauga. There are several barriers to accessing democracy - especially for young people. I want to help break those barriers down by keeping people in the loop, empowering them to participate in politics at every level, and giving them the tools to make their voices heard. I want to be accessible, approachable, and accountable - that’s my goal.
What sets you apart from the other candidates?
I believe I best represent the interests of the average, working class citizen of Mississauga-Streetsville. My platform revolves around core issues of affordability, employment, jobs, and healthcare. The other candidates in Mississauga-Streetsville have not committed to fighting for policies that will benefit the average Canadian. In fact, their political track record proves otherwise. Sue McFadden, the Conservative candidate for the riding, voted to increase property taxes in the riding by more than 9% to fund an increase in the police budget this year, as Ward 10 city councillor. There are hundreds of families who can’t afford to cover such a dramatic jump in property taxes - especially those retired or hoping to retire soon. We don’t need to increase the police budget in Mississauga-Streetsville. Instead, we need to fund public parks, libraries, social programs, and public transit. Speaking of public transit, my Liberal opponent Rechie Valdez, has voiced her support for “Canadian cars” in a recent tweet. What about Canadians who can’t afford a car and rely on buses instead, like me? I have relied on Mississauga transit for years and I’d like to represent those Canadians who are tired of commuting for two hours to reach their workplace. What sets me apart is that I have faced the struggles that trouble the working class Canadian, such as taking the bus, having to pinch pennies to make ends meet, and feeling a lack of job security. I know that a rising tide lifts all boats: fighting for the working-class people of Mississauga will make our community more vibrant, equitable, and affordable for all.
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