The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

My Name is Mario Di Nardo, and Vaughan is my home. It’s the place my wife and I chose to raise our daughter and where I’ve dedicated many years of service.

 I’ve participated on parent council,  a director of the Greater Woodbridge Ratepayers Association, and sat on the City of Vaughan property standards committee.

I come to you with a background in real estate, insurance, and marketing. I’ve also acted on behalf of more than 1200 union members in various capacities throughout my career. I understand people and I know how to represent the interests of many. My business experience and community involvement have prepared me to represent the community of Vaughan with passion and integrity. As your Regional Councillor, I promise to listen to residents’ needs and make decisions with your best interest in mind

The City of Vaughan is a diverse and vibrant community, a community that is experiencing growth, an eclectic community that will drive prosperity into the future. To be a part of this growth is exciting to me, Vaughan has been my home for over 30 years, and this city means so much to me that, I want to give back to its residents by representing them as Regional Councillor.

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Our community needs a strong voice on council – a voice that believes in the community’s thoughts and opinions. We need a council that will act on concerns brought forward by residents with respect, sincerity, and understanding. As Regional Councillor, I promise to listen to ALL opinions and validate ALL concerns.

For a strong voice on council – the people’s voice – vote Mario DiNardo.

• Encourage the construction of bus bay lanes to alleviate traffic congestion. 
• Develop a standard operating process for the Committee of Adjustment. The Committee of Adjustment has no place making decisions that have a significant impact on our community. Many issues brought before the Committee of Adjustment should be deferred back to our elected officials. 
• Introduce video-taped Committee of Adjustment and Committee of the Whole meetings, which will be cataloged and archived for future and public access.
• Our aging population needs greater assistance. With the rise in dementia, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, many of our elderly are taking care of a spouse at home. Greater home care support is needed. Our aging community has done so much for us, it’s time to show our respect and appreciation to them.
• Encourage greater use of our transit system through the introduction of a transit express service. The express service would offer additional busses operating only in the peak hours when commuters are heading to school or work and back home again. The express service will offer a direct route to the subway, cutting down on the number of stops and transfers, thus reducing the time it takes to get to the subway and home.
•  Intensification should only be occurring on the main arterial roads. Intensification should not be invading our established communities, threatening our parks, golf courses, heritage places, and our way of life. We are creating an environment where we are bringing downtown uptown. Time to have a voice with common sense and just say NO. Not NO to development, but NO to an irresponsible approach.
• Further developing incentives that will attract business into our city.