McKenney fought for progressive budgets as councillor, but wouldn't use new mayoral powers to make them happen

The Ontario Progressive Conservative government is proposing to give “strong mayor” powers to the heads of Ottawa and Toronto councils, with the ability for mayors to create and table annual city budgets and veto any changes passed by council.“As soon as I heard about the strong mayor bill, I assumed it would include powers around the budget, so I wasn’t surprised to see that detail,” McKenney said in an interview on Friday.

Sutcliffe has said special mayoral powers aren’t what’s needed to increase homebuilding, which is the rationale the PCs are using to overhaul municipal governance in the province’s two largest cities. If they win, McKenney could use the new budget powers to write the budget they have always wanted and swat away attempts by colleagues to dismantle it. A supermajority vote is the only thing that would stand in the way.

The membership of Ottawa council will be very different when the new four-year term begins Nov. 15, about three weeks after the Oct. 24 municipal election. At least nine councillors, including McKenney, aren’t seeking re-election in their wards. There will be a new mayor since Jim Watson isn’t seeking another mandate.Article content

Lies

Suuuuuuuure

Imagine political parties that said 'nahhh we don't want a majority...' 🙄🙄

🤣🤣🤣

I don’t believe that for one minute. CM will use whatever it takes to get her way. We will have taxes out the roof to pay for pet projects.

My goodness McKenney not a very popular choice.

“They” has bad ideas. I wish someone with some nutsack would step up and run.

She scares me!! I don't want to see my city ruined by a person/it. Who had no idea of their gender

Virtue signalling is all lip service.

Riiiight.

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