Experts say new powers would keep the mayor under the province’s thumb.
unveiled details of his plan to grant big-city mayors sweeping new powers last week, and some of them come with strings attached.
Experts who spoke to the Star said linking the new powers to provincial policy isn’t an element of strong-mayor systems in other jurisdictions. They warn it could hamstring mayors’ ability to use their new authorities in their cities’ best interests, while keeping the leaders of Ontario’s most populous municipalities under the province’s thumb.
Under the legislation, the government would formally designate priorities to which the mayor’s veto, which could only be overruled by a two-thirds vote of council, would apply. The province says its goal of building 1.5 million new homes over the next 10 years, and the construction and maintenance of major infrastructure such as transit and highways, would be on the list. The government could add additional priorities as it sees fit.
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