Premier Doug Ford says the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa will be given enhanced powers that could only be overruled by a two-thirds vote at city council.
, Ford wants a “strong-mayor” system for Ontario’s two largest cities to ensure more authority for the chief magistrates over financial matters and appointments.
Ford, who has long been a proponent of a strong-mayor governance model, insisted it is not a scheme to wrest influence away from city councils. “And no matter if it’s a good decision or a tough decision that they make, they have to be accountable and just allows them the ability — not the power, because I always say you have a tremendous amount of responsibility and ability — to make the appropriate changes.”“We’ll get into the details later but … two thirds of the council can overrule the mayor,” the premier said.
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