‘Any chance of a call?’: Inside Ford government’s lurch to cancel Peel Region split

considered backing away from dissolving Peel Region, the man tasked with managing the government’s decision suddenly found himself out of the loop.into three separate cities was on the edge of being cancelled but John Livey, chair of the Peel Region Transition Board, wasn’t even being offered a meeting with the government to ask what was going on.

Ultimately, during the first two weeks of December and after an intervention from Livey and the premier’s office, the government settled on a watered-down plan for the Region of Peel, downloading some powers to its three members: Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga.The Ford government’s plan to dissolve the Region of Peel — which would have granted late Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion a lifelong dream — didn’t last for long.

As questions continued, the government kept a tight circle. Sources in Brampton, Caledon, Mississauga and the Region of Peel insisted they weren’t briefed until the very last minute.Even Livey and the transition board, the group supposed to advise the government over the split, were kept in the dark.

Bringing the chair of the transition board back into the process also changed the plan. The government seemed to shift from potentially scrapping its transition team altogether to working out how to recalibrate its approach.Joly says Israeli Rafah invasion would be ‘unacceptable,’ urges ceasefire “The memo is attached, as well as the zip folder referenced with summaries of working group meetings with the four municipalities, mediated by Justice Lederer,” the email said.

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