Sister: Ga, Ont
( OHIO • TUESDAY. DECEMBER 12. 1995 sister: BLADE PHOTO BY QREQ HORVATH ga, Ont. BY DAVID JACOBS some better-known municipali Mississauga is Canada's ninth- BLADE STAFF WRITER ties." largest city, Mrs. McCallion said. A sister city relationship with Its population is projected to grow Mississauga, which hopes to Mississauga, a city of 560,000 justt o 800,000 by 2031, which could surpass Toronto as Ontario's mosoutsidt e Toronto, would be Toledo'smak e it Ontario's largest city. populous city within 35 years, fifth. "Anyone who refers to Missis wants to hitch its rising star to Existing relationships are in sauga as a bedroom community [of Toledo. place between Toledo and Toledo,Toronto ] obviouslv doesn't know Hazel McCallion, mayor of Mis Spain; Qinhuangdao, China; the facts," Mrs. McCallion told the sissauga, Ont., said yesterday thaSzegedt , Hungary, and PoznanRotar, y Club crowd of 300 in the she wishes to sign an agreemenPolandt . Zenobia Shrine. that would lead to a sister city Mississauga's only sister rela Mississauga's mayor since 1978, relationship with Toledo. tionship was established in 1981sh e believes in }ow taxesj private "I think we have a lot in com with Kariya, Japan. sector involvement in government, and a "pay-as-you-go" system. Mississauga Mayor Hazel mon," said Mrs. McCallion, who Mrs. McCallion's visit to Toledo McCallion said Toledo and her capped a two-day visit to Toledo bywa s the result of Mayor That means the city does notcit y have much in common. meeting with Mayor Carty Finkbeiner's three-day trade visit borrow money to pay for construc Finkbeiner and speaking to thet o Canada in late September Thetio n projects.
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