27 h. ago Ontario's strong mayor powers: Who wants them – and who doesn't

The Ontario government's strong mayor powers, now a couple years old, have been expanded to even more municipalities and some are not happy about it.

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6 d. ago Randall Denley: Attacking Poilievre’s Conservatives will come back to bite Doug Ford

If conservatives want future political success, their federal and provincial leaders will need to grasp the fact that they have more in common with each other than they do with the Liberals

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9 d. ago Conservative MP Jamil Jivani unloads on Doug Ford: ‘Couldn’t stay out of our business’

'I see Doug Ford as a problem for Ontario and for Canada,' the newly reelected MP said

Economics

9 d. ago ‘Hype man for the Liberal party’: Ontario Tory Jamil Jivani unloads on Premier Doug Ford

'I see Doug Ford as a problem for Ontario and for Canada,' Conservative MP Jivani said

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3 w. ago Randall Denley: Ford helping Carney’s Liberals won’t help him take over the federal Conservatives

If Ford does see himself as the next Conservative leader, he’s doing a poor job of laying the groundwork

Transport

3 w. ago Ford Conservatives’ Expansion of “Strong Mayor Powers” Further Undermines Local Democracy and Worker Rights

TORONTO — The announcement by Doug Ford’s Conservatives of the expansion of “strong mayor powers” to an additional 169 municipalities is further undermining the fundamentals of democracy in our communities and enables personal political agendas to “trump” democratic process. “This expansion is disguised as a way to speed up housing and infrastructure projects, but make […]

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4 w. ago Ontario plans to apply ‘strong mayor’ powers in 169 more communities

Ontario is proposing to more than triple the number of mayors who have so-called strong mayor powers, looking to add 169 municipalities to the list.

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4 w. ago Power still being restored across central Ontario after damaging ice storms

Hydro workers continue to restore power around the clock after communities in central Ontario were hit by two ice storms late last month. In Orillia, Mayor Donald McIsaac called the efforts to restore power in his city “Herculean” after heavy rain froze on tree branches and power lines and knocked them down more than a […]

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