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Ontario plans to apply ‘strong mayor’ powers in 169 more communities

Ontario plans to apply ‘strong mayor’ powers in 169 more communities

TORONTO — 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. 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 […]

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