The Milton Record

Mohammad Tariq

Withdrawn candidate for Mayor · withdrew Aug. 21, 2026

Withdrawn.This candidate filed for the 2026 election and later withdrew. They are not on the ballot.

As filed with the Town Clerk

Office soughtMayor
StatusWithdrawn

Source: the Town's certified candidate list. Contact details are those the candidate themselves gave the Clerk.

Where they stand, theme by theme [8 themes]

For each theme: what the candidate answered, what their own website says, and what the council record shows if they have sat on Council. The three are set beside each other and left there. Nothing is scored, and no conclusion is drawn on the reader's behalf.

Where their own site speaks to one of these questions the sentence is quoted under that question. Everything else it says is set out in From their site.

No questionnaire response. No contact address was filed with the Town Clerk for this candidate, so the questionnaire could not be sent. That is not the same as declining to answer, and it should not be read that way. If you are this candidate, or know how to reach them, please write to [email protected] and the questions will be sent straight away. Every candidate is asked the same questions, and a candidate who does not answer is marked, never omitted.

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Growth & the New Official Plan

Do you support the Official Plan as adopted? If not, what specifically would you seek to change?

No answer to this question.

Where in Milton do you believe higher density belongs — and where doesn't it?

No answer to this question.

When a development application conflicts with community opposition but complies with the Official Plan, how do you decide?

No answer to this question.

Housing Supply & Affordability

Milton is hitting its housing targets. Is that the right target, too low, or too fast?

No answer to this question.

What is one concrete action council can take to improve attainability for first-time buyers and renters, not just supply volume?

No answer to this question.

Should Milton use tools like inclusionary zoning, pre-zoning around transit, or reduced parking minimums? Which, and where?

No answer to this question.

Transit & Transportation

What, specifically, can a Milton council member do to advance all-day two-way GO service beyond passing motions?

No answer to this question.

Would you support increasing Milton Transit's budget and service hours, and how would you pay for it?

No answer to this question.

What is the single worst traffic pinch point in Milton, and what is your fix?

No answer to this question.

Infrastructure, Taxes & Fiscal Management

Growth-related revenue is shrinking. Rank your preference: higher property taxes, more debt, deferred projects, or reduced service levels — and defend it.

No answer to this question.

What tax increase range do you consider acceptable for 2027, and what would justify exceeding it?

No answer to this question.

Name one Town expenditure you would cut, or one you would add.

No answer to this question.

Community Services Keeping Pace

Healthcare and schools are not municipal responsibilities, but residents feel the gaps locally. What is your advocacy plan, and how will residents measure whether it worked?

No answer to this question.

What is your position on the Milton Education Village's priorities and timeline?

No answer to this question.

What recreation or community facility gap would you prioritise next, and where?

No answer to this question.

Rural Milton, Environment & the Escarpment

How should council balance aggregate and quarry operations against groundwater and community concerns?

No answer to this question.

What is your commitment to rural Milton on roads, internet, and service equity?

No answer to this question.

Should Milton's urban boundary expand further within this term? Under what conditions?

No answer to this question.

Leadership, Governance & Trust

Would you use, or support the use of, strong mayor powers? Under what circumstances?

No answer to this question.

What is one specific change you would make to how council engages residents between elections?

No answer to this question.

What does Milton need more right now — continuity or change — and why are you the answer?

No answer to this question.

How would you use the mayor's budget-proposal power differently than the status quo?

No answer to this question.

What is your working relationship plan with Halton Region, or its successor structure given the provincial regional-governance review?

No answer to this question.

Data centres

Would you support large-scale data centres being developed in our municipality, and what would make you support or oppose a specific project?

No answer to this question.

How would you weigh the economic benefits of a data centre against its use of land, electricity, water, and other municipal infrastructure?

No answer to this question.

Should the municipality actively pursue data-centre investment, or only consider proposals as they come forward?

No answer to this question.

From their site

No campaign website was filed with the Clerk.

Many candidates campaign without a website. Its absence says nothing about them.

In the news

No coverage found that names them.

This searches a named set of local news feeds for their full name, or their title and surname together. A bare surname is never matched, so coverage that only says “the councillor” does not appear here, and neither does anything the feeds do not carry.

What this page is not

This is a record of what the Town certified and what the candidate publishes themselves. It contains no rating, ranking or endorsement, and no assessment of any candidate. Corrections are welcome and acted on within 48 hours — see the methodology page.

Who is on the ballot for Mayor instead

Everyone else on this ballot line, in alphabetical order.

Elsewhere on this site

16 of the 44 candidates who could be reached have answered the same 26 questions. Replies are open until Sunday 11 October 2026. 1 other candidate publishes no contact address anywhere, so they could not be asked. Read the answers, and who has answered → · the questions

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