Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he is “not in favour” of consolidating York Region into one big city.
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“It's not up to the one mayor to go up there and say you want to build your empire. This is about all the seven different cities,” Ford said at an unrelated news conference in Whitby, Ont. on Thursday morning. Ford's remarks come after Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti issued a statement on Wednesday pushing for the amalgamation.
“Consolidating into one city would result in significant savings in both operating and capital budgets,” Scarpitti said. York Region is made up of nine municipalities—Markham, Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King Township, Richmond Hill, Vaughan, and Whitchurch-Stouffville.with an amalgamation and were never consulted prior to Scarpitti publicly putting forward the idea.
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