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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 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] jerkface 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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 3 points 1 week ago

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