Mississauga mayoral candidates Dipika Damerla, pictured, Stephen Dasko and Alvin Tedjo take part in a live debate hosted by the CBC’s David Common, at the Living Arts Centre, on May 30, 2024.
Dipika Damerla is targeting her Mississauga city council colleague Carolyn Parrish on social media and her website, saying the frontrunner has "mused at city council about doubling land transfer taxes."Mississauga mayoral candidate Dipika Damerla released an ad on social media and her website this week saying Carolyn Parrish supports a municial land transfer tax for the city. Parrish says it's more complicated than that.
Parrish did not specifically refer to a municipal land transfer tax after making the comments featured in the clip circulated by Damerla's campaign. Earlier in the email exchange, Parrish pointed out that longtime former mayor Hazel McCallion proposed such a tax in 2012 as a way to boost revenues so property taxes could be cut. The idea met with fierce resistance from the real estate industry and was eventually abandoned.
A May 28 poll from Liaison Strategies suggests Parrish is the frontrunner, with 29 per cent of respondents saying they would cast a ballot for her. Damerla was second, with 24 per cent support among respondents. Mississauga city councillors Alvin Tedjo and Stephen Dasko were third and fourth, respectively.
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