Doug Ford is Premier of Ontario. Why does he want to be Mayor of Toronto?
This spring, when Doug Ford ran for re-election as premier of Ontario, he neglected to mention he had a side hustle in mind: mayor of Toronto.
The obfuscation about means and ends begins with the name of this peculiar legislation, the Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act. Theit as “empowering mayors to build housing faster.” We’ve been calling for more housing, faster, for years. But Mr. Ford has all the legislative authority, at Queen’s Park, to do what’s needed on housing. Instead, he’s chosen to spend time squeezing cities, and their mayors.
More notably, the bill gives the mayor the power to veto council decisions – but only on issues that fit “with a prescribed provincial priority.” The “strong” mayors could also unilaterally put an issue on the council agenda – but, again, only to “advance a prescribed provincial priority.”
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