Ottawa mayoral candidates should vow not to use 'strong mayor' powers, Jim Watson says ottnews ottawa
Let Toronto pilot system there if it's needed and leave Ottawa out of it, mayor and councillors agreeMayor Jim Watson, seen here delivering his state of the city address on Jan. 29, 2020, is not running for re-election this October. He says all candidates for mayor should vow not to use strong mayor powers if they're passed in the provincial legislature.Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark introduced legislation called the Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act.
City council would be able to override a mayor's veto of any budget amendments and bylaws with a two-thirds majority vote. Council would also be able to propose amendments to the municipal budget. Toronto Mayor John Tory and Ontario Premier Doug Ford speak at a news conference after a closed-door meeting at Queen's Park in Toronto on June 27, 2022.
More funding from the federal and provincial governments would better increase housing supply, he said. "I understand this is something that the province is exploring in order to get more homes built as quickly as possible."Coun. Jeff Leiper of Kitchissippi called the move "fundamentally anti-democratic," and added that Ottawa city council is already "very development-friendly."
"For me a strong mayor is a mayor that can work with the other parties in the room, create a majority around the table, and get their agenda through in that way," Egli said.
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