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After 40 years in politics, Mississauga’s newest mayor says she’s not done yet - Toronto | Globalnews.ca

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Carolyn Parrish resigned from a regional police board last fall , citing the need to be openly critical of the largest budget increase in the force’s history.

The 78-year-old former member of Parliament has always approached politics outspoken, bold and sometimes controversial.

Parrish, a former high school teacher, was elected to the House of Commons as a Liberal in 1993 and left federal politics more than a decade later as an independent, after getting kicked out of the Liberal caucus.

Three Mississauga councillors voted in favour of the 23.3 per cent budget increase for Peel police.

It was an unprecedented hike approved by Peel regional council after hours of heated debate in late January .

But Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown , who sits on the Peel Police Services Board , has argued that public safety outweighs concerns over tax hikes.

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