Safety That Reaches the Business Owner
The families and businesses who left because they didn't feel safe, our job is to bring them back.
In 2026, the Extortion Task Force arrested 17 people on 106 charges tied to a campaign of extortion, arson and shootings targeting South Asian businesses across Peel, 324 rounds discharged across the linked incidents.
Source: peelpolice.caBrampton's deputy mayor said extortion crimes drove an exodus of residents and businesses from the region.
Source: cbc.caThe 2026 Peel police budget is $837.3M, a 9.9% increase funding 175 new officers.
Source: cbc.ca
Stand up a business-facing reporting and support channel owners will actually use, keep public pressure on task-force resourcing, and fix what the city directly controls: lighting, by-law response, property standards, safe plazas.
Policing is regional, the mayor's seat at the Peel board gets used loudly and in public, not quietly.
We won't promise crime disappears, the causes run deep and policing is regional. We promise the city's part gets done, and the pressure never lets up.
Launch the business safety channel as a pilot within 100 days, designed with the owners who'll use it, in their languages.