Grow Right

My Priorities

Five commitments for Ward 7 at Town Council and Halton Region. Planned, paid-for, and people-first growth.

Bilal Kader, Candidate for Regional Councillor in Oakville Ward 7

Responsible Growth

Build housing, but make sure infrastructure comes with it.

Ward 7 is where Oakville's future is being built. The question is not whether we grow. It is whether roads, schools, water, and services arrive with the people we approve.

Before major development proceeds, Council should show residents the capacity for transportation, transit, schools, parks, recreation, water, wastewater, pedestrian infrastructure, and emergency services, and when each piece arrives.

I'm not against density. I'm against growth without proper planning.

Mobility

Fix congestion. Build better transit, walking, and cycling connections.

Traffic is the issue residents feel on Dundas, Burnhamthorpe, Neyagawa, Trafalgar, Sixth Line, Eighth Line, and William Halton Parkway.

We need to build capacity ahead of growth: synchronized lights, better intersections, missing road connections, transit priority where it belongs, cycling links, and safe crossings.

Traffic should be measured after developments are occupied, not only in pre-construction projections.

Roads under pressure

Family & Community

Schools, parks, recreation, youth, and seniors that can keep up.

School capacity has not kept pace with new development, leading to portable classrooms. Large developments should come with a published population and school-capacity impact assessment before approval, not after.

Ward 7 already has an approved site for Northeast Oakville No. 1 High School at 103 Burnhamthorpe Road West. The next question is what happens when thousands more families arrive.

Recreation has to grow in proportion too: fields, courts, swimming, youth programs, community centres, and seniors programming.

Affordability & Accountability

Protect taxpayers. Make spending measurable and transparent.

Growth should help pay for growth. Residents are paying more in property taxes while much of the infrastructure may not arrive for years.

For every major development, residents should be able to see what infrastructure it requires, who pays what, and how Town taxes, Regional taxes, development charges, and user fees add up.

Halton Region has identified a $5 billion infrastructure need for 2031 to 2051. I will demand measurable spending and a clear public record before Council says yes.

Taxes rising, services lagging

Quality of Life

Safety, environment, neighbourhood character, and excellent services.

Safety, parks, schools, green space, and neighbourhood character are why people moved here. Growth has to protect them, not overwrite them.

Hospital services, paramedics, public health, mental health, and seniors' services need to expand at the same speed as the population. Growth must never mean more time waiting in the ER.

Sixteen Mile Creek, wetlands, woodlands, and wildlife corridors need protection that keeps pace with development and flood risk. Environment and stormwater are part of growing right.

What I’ll do

If elected, I will push Council to require a real infrastructure plan before saying yes to major development, not simply approve growth and hope the infrastructure catches up later.

I'll take that same fight to the Region, because many of the decisions that shape our roads, healthcare, schools, and other critical infrastructure are made at the regional level.