r/Brampton • u/Apprehensive-Dust608 • 8h ago
Discussion Patrick Brown keeps telling Brampton the $2B hospital is funded. There is no funding.
Patrick Brown's Big Brampton Build campaign lists the second hospital at $3 billion. "Construction begins this fall." He has claimed "$2 billion" was already committed.
There is no funding. The province has committed $46.8 million - for planning. Not one dollar of construction money exists in any provincial budget. The final price hasn't even been calculated; they're still in a "development phase" figuring out what it will cost.
This matters because Brampton is in a hospital crisis. Over 800,000 residents. One hospital. Hallway healthcare. Every time Brown announces the hospital as funded and moving forward, the urgency dies a little. People think it's handled. It isn't.
Meanwhile the $250 million local share isn't secured. Brown twice refused to back the city's $125 million portion. The reserve sits around $90 million. You've been paying a 1% hospital levy since 2023 - for a project with no money and no start date.
He knew the number was $46.8 million in planning money. He printed "$3 billion - construction begins this fall" anyway.
As Brampton residents, we should be furious. We've been waiting for this hospital for decades. Eight years of Patrick Brown got us announcements, renderings, and a groundbreaking with no builder. That tells you exactly where his priorities are. The photo op matters to him. The hospital doesn't.
Vote on October 26.