Ontario Expands Mayor Power

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’Crazy idea:’ Ontario councillors push back as strong mayor powers reach small towns

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Ontario 's government extended strong mayor powers to 169 new municipalities last month .

As of May 1 , another 169 mayors in the province can now veto bylaws, pass new ones with just one-third of council in favour.

Some municipalities are taking active steps to reject the powers now that they have been granted more widely.

Councillors in Stratford and Quinte West are concerned about what could happen in the future.

Before last month , there were only 46 so-called strong mayors in Ontario .

High-profile examples include Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath advancing affordable housing development on two municipal parking lots in April 2024 , and Mississauga ’s former mayor Bonnie Crombie passing bylaws to build fourplexes in October 2023 .

A professor of geography and planning said the uptake of the powers has been “fairly underwhelming”.

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