TORONTO — Ontario plans to bring in a so\u002Dcalled “strong mayor” system for Toronto and Ottawa — and is considering expanding that to other cities — as it looks…
Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday that his Progressive Conservative government is aiming to have such a system in place before municipal elections planned for October.
“We’ve got a bit of time but the premier and I are both of the same mind. We need to make sure that especially in major cities that those mayors and those councils have the tools they need.” Toronto Mayor John Tory, who is seeking re-election, signaled his support for such a system, saying he had previously said he was in favour of a “strong mayor” structure as well.
“My desire would, of course, be to continue the consensus building that Mississauga council has a long history of doing on a wide variety of issues, with any special powers being reserved for cases where decisive action is needed,” Bonnie Crombie wrote in a statement. Ottawa mayoral candidate and Coun. Catherine McKenney, in a tweet, called the proposal an “anti-democratic move” that would strip decision-making power from residents and their council representative.
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