Issue
Small business
The City shapes the conditions small businesses operate in: permits, licensing, by-law enforcement, parking, and how planning decisions affect main streets and plazas. Candidates for city office cannot fix every business pressure, but the ones the City owns matter daily.
- Business licensing and by-law enforcement
- Building permits and renovation approvals
- Parking availability and rules near business areas
- Planning decisions that shape main streets, plazas, and employment lands
Region of Peel
- Public health requirements that affect food and personal care businesses
Province and federal government
- Most tax, labour, and financing rules. Confirm specifics with each level.
Ask any candidate
Questions residents can reuse
Reusable as written. They do not favor a candidate, and they work in an email, at a door, or at an all-candidates meeting.
- What is the hardest City process for a small business here, and how would you change it?
- How should the City balance by-law enforcement with helping businesses comply?
- What would you do to keep older plazas and main-street strips viable as the city grows?
- How will you stay reachable to business owners in this ward area after the election?
Source receipts
Responsibility split based on the service listings each government publishes. Where responsibility is unclear or changing, the text says so instead of guessing.