Bonnie Crombie pitches TTC subway extension to Mississauga as mayoral centerpiece

Mississauga mayoral candidate Bonnie Crombie is asking voters to back her vision for a TTC subway connection. On Thursday, she unveiled a transit plan dubbed Mississauga Moves 2.0, with a headline proposal: extending the TTC's Line 2 subway west from Kipling Station through Sherway Gardens into downtown Mississauga.

"Mississauga residents are spending too much of their lives sitting in traffic," Crombie said. "It is time to bring the subway to the heart of Mississauga, get our transit projects finished and make our roads work better for everyone."

If elected, Crombie said she would spend her first year in office pursuing a formal partnership with the Ontario government, Metrolinx, the TTC and the City of Toronto to study the extension. The business case would examine possible routes, station locations, ridership projections, costs and construction options. Crombie emphasized that portions of the route could potentially be built above ground along the Dundas corridor rather than entirely underground — a move that could significantly reduce costs.

Line 2, also known as the Bloor-Danforth line, currently ends at Kipling. Crombie noted that Vaughan is on the subway map, Scarborough is getting a major subway extension, and other municipalities have secured rapid-transit investments. "Mississauga should be part of that conversation too," she said. Mississauga's population and density exceeds Markham, Vaughan and Richmond Hill combined, she argued.

Crombie calls the proposal "aspirational" and said she hopes provincial and federal governments would cover the costs. The broader plan also includes more frequent MiWay service, better connections to Pearson International Airport and Brampton, expanded Milton GO service, and greater accountability on the north-south Hazel McCallion Line, which is set to be completed by 2028.

Rival candidates offered competing visions. Dipika Damerla, councillor for Ward 7, proposed adding stops in Mississauga to GO Transit's existing Lakeshore West line — a cheaper, faster approach she called a "surface subway." She also wants free transit transfers extended from two to three hours and more LRT lines. "It's much simpler, much faster, much cheaper and really elegant," Damerla said.

Alvin Tedjo, councillor for Ward 2, said he's glad Crombie is now focused on transit but noted the issue never surfaced during her decade as mayor. "Welcome to being a transit advocate," he said. Current Mayor Carolyn Parrish, running for re-election, did not respond to requests for comment.