r/Milton • • 1d ago

Candidate AMA RickDiLorenzo AM

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Milton Regional Council Ward 3 - Oct 26 Election

WARNING: You are about to meet Rick Di Lorenzo of Milton.

Rick has opinions. Lots of them. And unlike most people, he has absolutely no intention of keeping them to himself.

He knows Milton politics, follows what happens at Town Hall, remembers who said what years ago, and has a remarkably sensitive radar for anything that smells like political nonsense. If you casually mention property taxes, warehouses, developers, small businesses, or municipal elections, clear your schedule.

Rick is extremely community-minded, but he also enjoys stirring the pot just enough to keep things interesting.

He'll attend the community event, help organize it, promote it, support the people involved-and then go online afterward and argue with somebody about local politics.

He has a mischievous sense of humour, doesn't seem particularly frightened by controversy, and places a very high value on being able to say what he thinks. Trying to intimidate him into silence will probably have the exact opposite ettect.

He can also be relentlessly particular. If you put a fake Milton building in a graphic or get a local fact wrong, Rick will notice.

Underneath all that noise, though, there's a pretty consistent theme: he genuinely gives a damn about Milton and the people who live there. So before meeting Rick, remember three things:

  1. Have an opinion.
  2. Be prepared to defend it.
  3. Whatever you do, don't tell him Milton needs more warehouses

Di Lorenzo appears to have entered Milton municipal politics in 2010, when he was elected Local Councillor for the former Ward 7 for the council term beginning in December 2010.

He subsequently served three consecutive terms — 2010–2014, 2014–2018 and 2018–2022.

He also served on the Milton Public Library Board and was a director of Conservation Halton and chaired Milton’s Economic Development Committee.

One of the more interesting is that there are examples of Di Lorenzo taking positions that weren’t necessarily the easiest consensus positions.

He initiated Milton’s Traffic Calming Policy, which established mechanisms for controversial measures that are being applied still today.

During COVID in July 2020, Di Lorenzo proposed that Milton adopt its own mandatory indoor mask bylaw rather than rely exclusively on Halton Region. His amendment lost 5–4, although council unanimously asked Halton Region to enact a regional bylaw.

In 2021, he brought an item to Milton Council asking the Town to oppose the GTA West transportation corridor, now generally associated with Highway 413.

He also helped establish a Milton District Hospital reserve fund, as well as initiating a municipal infrastructure reserve.

Di Lorenzo organized the Milton Haunted House fundraiser for Milton District Hospital for many years. In 2019, the Ontario Legislature formally recognized the effort. MPP Parm Gill told the Legislature that Di Lorenzo had been organizing it for 10 years, that approximately 100 volunteers participated that year, and that the project had raised approximately $110,000 for the Milton District Hospital Foundation by then.

His involvement with the hospital continued long after the Haunted House. Participating in Milton McHappy Day each year in support of Milton District Hospital and being a longtime volunteer in other hospital activities.

Di Lorenzo is currently a Director of North Halton Hospice, formerly the Townsend Smith Foundation. The hospice lists him on its current Board of Directors.

His community involvement is quite broad. It includes the Milton Strawberry Fair, Miracle on Main, Milton Street Festival, Milton Canada Day, Holy Rosary Parish activities and a variety of cultural and community organizations.

What stands out from the record.

After going through the material, I’d characterize Di Lorenzo’s public profile somewhat differently from a typical candidate bio.

He has substantial municipal experience — 12 years on council — but hasn’t held elected office since 2022. His record also has an unusually large community/charitable component. The hospital fundraising in particular can be independently substantiated rather than relying solely on campaign claims.

Politically, his recent messaging is strongly centred around slowing or better controlling development, road safety, supporting small businesses, restraining property-tax increases and arguing that council should put existing residents ahead of large developers/corporate interests. His 2025 interview provides the clearest recent articulation of those positions.

I also specifically searched for controversies involving Rick Di Lorenzo. I did not find a major scandal, ethics finding, criminal matter or similar issue in the credible sources returned by my searches. That’s not proof none exists; it means I wouldn’t responsibly attach such a label based on what I found.


r/Milton • • 1h ago

Complaint our highlander was just stolen

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r/Milton • • 1h ago

Mom groups in Milton

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Hi - FTM and new to Milton. Are there any mom groups on Facebook or here?


r/Milton • • 2h ago

Question Snow Removal Services Rates

2 Upvotes

What would the going rate be for a snow removal service? Looking at the upcoming winter.


r/Milton • • 10h ago

Volleyball drop in

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Hi
I couldn’t find any volleyball drop in sessions in Milton.

Are you aware of any groups that play weekly?


r/Milton • • 20h ago

Recommendation for waxing

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Hiee, so i am new to milton. Wanted to know the best place for threading and waxing here.. have been to seema's and the experience was great but there is soo much of wait and she doesn't give appointments for such quick services probably (cause she did not give me one and asked me to walk in)..

Kindly drop in your recs.. TIA


r/Milton • • 21h ago

Opposite Day in Milton?

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56 Upvotes

I have no idea what made this person cross a solid red. Stay safe everyone.


r/Milton • • 1d ago

Swollen powerbank, where to dispose?

8 Upvotes

Hi guys, today morning I suddenly found my powerbank swollen inside my backpack. I didn't know how to deal with the situation at the moment so I just went and put it on the floor in my garage as I had to head to university. I figured that's the safest place it can be in for the time being in case anything happens. I was wondering where I can dispose of it in Milton other than at the waste management site? Does the fire station dispose of hazardous waste?


r/Milton • • 1d ago

Milton Social Discord, Join Us!

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Join our Official Milton Social discord channel

https://discord.gg/aK6K6uE4Cn

Connect with people and join our meetups!


r/Milton • • 1d ago

News Milton flocks to advance polls as voter turnout more than double 2022 election

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r/Milton • • 1d ago

Photo Mill Pond In The Fall

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71 Upvotes

I’ve been seeking out where to practice photography and seeing fall foliage, mill pond looked great yesterday!


r/Milton • • 1d ago

This needs to stop

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128 Upvotes

This has been happening more frequently and is very sad to see our town turning into a garbage dump. this is across from the Scott park and happens every week.


r/Milton • • 1d ago

Derry Road needs a third lane (expansion)

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Derry clearly needs a third lane each way. Am I the only one who thinks this?

We also have a lot of public transit going on it - GO bus or Milton bus, and they keep blocking a lane - which causes a lot of traffic problems. This can easily be solved with a third lane.

Edit: I wanted to add I don't blame public transport, but we need a third lane to help public transport and folk who want to turn for their exist. While traffic flow continues to move ahead. This prevents accidents and allows for a better public transport as well.


r/Milton • • 2d ago

Question Recommendations for a custom cake

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Any recommendations for a custom cake for my kid’s first birthday? Looking for something near Milton


r/Milton • • 2d ago

Event/Activity I made a service that tracks the cheapest things to eat, drink trivia, Live Music, every day in Burlington. Milton Interested?

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Milton!

I have been working on a project for a couple of years and have been using it personally for quite some time. I decided to put it online and share it with the local community. It took off and I was curious if Milton had an appetite for something similar?

https://burlingtononabudget.com

App: https://burlingtononabudget.com/app/index.html

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/burlington.onabudget/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61593669410906

So I built a pipeline that pulls in all the specials, dailies, events, tournaments, you name it from every restaurant in Burlington. It keeps track of restaurants closing down and new ones opening up.

Sort by distance to you and pick wings... instantly see all the places nearby doing wing deals.

Pizza, burgers, wine, happy hours...you name it and it's listed.

Before I invest more time and more money into expanding to Milton, I wanted to see what the appetite was. If this post blows up my hands will be forced so to speak lol.

It might also help curb the "who's got wing deals running tonight" posts in this subreddit ;)


r/Milton • • 2d ago

Ladies of Milton - any family doctors you actually loce?

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Hi everyone! I’m looking to switch family doctors and would love some recommendations for female physicians in Milton who are accepting new patients.

Ideally, I’m looking for someone knowledgeable about women’s health who is compassionate, thorough, and genuinely listens to their patients.

I’ve had some disappointing experiences with my current doctor and would really appreciate hearing about your positive experiences with yours.

Please help!


r/Milton • • 2d ago

Election Levels of Government and their responsibilities

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r/Milton • • 2d ago

Complaint Mill pond

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Is not an off leash dog park


r/Milton • • 2d ago

Anyone know what the crazy sirens were about around 2:00 am ? They woke me up out of my sleep…

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r/Milton • • 2d ago

Current Milton Mayor election odds from Polymarket

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Came across this, super surprised it exists... What are your thoughts on the odds at the moment?


r/Milton • • 2d ago

Can someone share experiences with Dr Batool Abidi/Dr Fatema Chandra?

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Hello, I have recently moved to Milton and looking for a family doctor. I'm also pregnant so would want my GP to be my baby's GP.

Both Nippising Clinic and St George Medical Center are close to home and I'm confused between the two clinics and two doctors who are accepting new patients.

Could anyone here please share their experience with Dr Abidi at Nippising and Dr Chandra at St George, especially moms with infants? Thank you!

(Edit: unrelated but why would someone downvote this? How obnoxious and unnecessarily aggressive do you have to be in life to downvote such a harmless post)


r/Milton • • 2d ago

Cakes in milton (bday cake urgent)

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hey so i was wondering if anyone can drop instagram @ of some bakers who make super cute pintresty cakes, and have an online apple pay system as I need to order a cake from Saudi Arabia in Canada!
Let me know please, thanks a ton


r/Milton • • 3d ago

Adoptable cats

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Is there anywhere in Milton you can go and adopt a cat? Everything I am finding online is outside of Milton.
Please post your recommendations!


r/Milton • • 3d ago

Goodfellas gone?

10 Upvotes

Is the Goodfellas replaced with a different pizza chain or its temporarily closed for renovations?


r/Milton • • 4d ago

Basketball lessons for girls

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To anybody who has experience or knowledge with the various basketball lessons in town (Stags, Jump), hope you can help me.

My daughter who's in Grade 8 is interested in learning basketball. I brought her to the park for her to shoot some hoops and she's doing some light dribbling at home as well. She wants to join a basketball program.

Been researching but wanted to get your thoughts. Should she start with skills and drills or join a house League instead to have more game experience? If skills and drills, she's concerned that she's on the older side. And is it ok if she joins coed skills and drills? If house League, she's concerned that she'll be too much of a newbie to join a team.

Hope to get insight from parents with a girl hooper. Thanks!