Doug Ford delivers new law that will give sweeping powers to ‘strong mayors’ in Toronto and Ottawa

On Wednesday, Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark tabled the bill — called the, Building Homes Act — and it will be in effect for the new municipal council terms that begin Nov. 15.

Clark said the reforms are “part of the government’s plan to build more homes,” empowering the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa to expedite construction. It has not yet been determined whether posts like the head of the Toronto Transit Commission would be at the mayor’s purview. The Tory legislation is part of a continuum started in 2006 when then-Liberal premier Dalton McGuinty passed the City of Toronto Act giving the provincial capital greater autonomy over its affairs, including increased taxing authority.

The premier, a former city councillor whose late brother, Rob Ford, was Toronto mayor from 2010 until 2014, has long championed a change in civic governance.

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Worked for many mayors over my career. Never had a bad one but lots were frustrated with some councillors. I believe a strong mayor system is a good move. There are lots of checks and balances in the new system.

This is great for Ontario. Ford is giving up power, this is incredibly rare in Canadian politics, and politics writ large. Now if we could only get the Federal government to start giving up some power we’d have a free nation again.

Fascist Ford endowed RW mayors will now be free to complete the full privatization mandate and begin the removal of equal rights at the municipal level.

MuddingtonIII Fascism is as fascism does.

Weasel Tory is salivating.

they need it.

This new law won’t make a difference to Toronto lame duck mayor. Because 98 percent of the time Toronto city council voted for the mayor demands.

I might be for it if it wasn't fordnation enacting it. There's an agenda here and it can't possibly be good. Yep, that's adhominem. Ad a lot of hominems. | kristynwongtam

The mayors of Toronto and Ottawa would have sweeping new authority over municipal budgets and the hiring and firing senior staff under Premier Doug Ford’s “strong-mayor” legislation.

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