Ontario Premier Doug Ford appears to be planning to give Toronto and Ottawa mayors 'veto' powers over proposals drawn up by their councils
Tory told CP24 that all he knows about a plan detailed in the Toronto Star to grant the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa new powers to more unilaterally control personnel appointments and financial matters, is what he read in that news report.
“It came up almost in passing in the context of getting housing built," Tory said of the idea. "There have been no detailed discussions between myself and the premier on this ever.” Doug Ford has long admired the municipal system of governance employed by some U.S. cities, where a mayor can act on their own in financial matters and sometimes reject or “veto” proposals made by council.“There’s definitely need, we need to speed up the way we get things done at city hall. The bottom line is we need to get things done, more of them and faster, and that includes getting housing built.
Tory said that whatever change is made, he doubted it would involve some sort of veto or override where he could decide something against the wishes of most of council. “They changed the size of council the last time around, and I think if anything I have worked more closely with council after the change was done.”
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