Ontario plans to apply strong mayor powers in 169 more municipalities (www.theglobeandmail.com)

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The powers, which critics decry as undemocratic, include allowing heads of council to propose bylaws and pass them with the support of one-third of councillors, veto bylaws and hire and fire department heads.

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago

This might be useful in conjunction with a Carney government's agenda to build housing.

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There's no reason mayors should be more powerful than any other member of their council. But municipal governments are just toys the provinces play with so who cares I guess.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

I'm just thinking of a silver lining. Generally not a huge fan of the strong mayor powers.

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