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Peter V. Tretter ✅ 🇨🇦4 Ontario municipalities turn down strong mayor powers | Globalnews <a href="https://bit.ly/3QSSiIz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3QSSiIz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StrongMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrongMayor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Newmarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newmarket</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewTecumseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewTecumseth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorfolkCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NorfolkCounty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HaldimandCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HaldimandCounty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onpoli</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/ontariogreens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ontariogreens</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/onpoli" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@onpoli</a>

GGa leaked letter from MPP Paul Calandra suggests that Premier <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DougFord</a> and various Cabinet ministers have doubled down to make the mayors of "lower-tier municipalities" accomplices to the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Greenbeltscandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greenbeltscandal</a> by having them rubber-stamp the Conservative government’s forced farm, forest and wetland eating boundary expansions. “There is simply no non-corrupt way to justify further extension of settlement boundaries"<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Bill23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bill23</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RCMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RCMP</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ontario</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/StrongMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrongMayor</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://environmentaldefence.ca/2023/11/03/leaked-letter-reveals-ontario-government-scheme-to-recruit-small-town-mayors-as-lackeys-for-forced-sprawl/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://environmentaldefence.ca/2023/11/03/leaked-letter-reveals-ontario-government-scheme-to-recruit-small-town-mayors-as-lackeys-for-forced-sprawl/</a>

Peter V. Tretter ✅ 🇨🇦Crombie uses strong mayor powers to override decision on building of fourplexes in Mississauga | CityNews Toronto <a href="https://bit.ly/3Fo8OtE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3Fo8OtE</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BonnieCrombie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BonnieCrombie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mississauga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mississauga</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StrongMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrongMayor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onpoli</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/ontariogreens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ontariogreens</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/onpoli" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@onpoli</a>

Elaine AndersonIf anyone wants a good explanation from a lawyer of "strong mayor" powers, this is worth your time. <a href="https://video.isilive.ca/play/welland/2023-09-12.mp4?fbclid=IwAR0qX0O8fRun8cKT8Gmv7ADKCRsofFm3W7Ge-l170bxejmWgoBVhtefnCis#GreenbeltScandal" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://video.isilive.ca/play/welland/2023-09-12.mp4?fbclid=IwAR0qX0O8fRun8cKT8Gmv7ADKCRsofFm3W7Ge-l170bxejmWgoBVhtefnCis#GreenbeltScandal</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CityOfWelland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CityOfWelland</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LandGrab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LandGrab</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StrongMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrongMayor</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnPoli</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DougFord</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DemocracyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DemocracyMatters</a>

Peter V. Tretter ✅ 🇨🇦Ontario to expand 'strong mayor' powers to smaller cities, launches $1.2B home-building incentive fund | CBC News <a href="https://bit.ly/47DZ9fw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/47DZ9fw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OntarioMunicipallities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OntarioMunicipallities</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StrongMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrongMayor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OMA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Housing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onpoli</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/ontariogreens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ontariogreens</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/onpoli" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@onpoli</a>

Dimitri DrekonjaNothing says “well-run city” like closing down a popular pedestrian/running/biking bridge in the heart of the summer🤦🏻‍♂️ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/strongmayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strongmayor</a>

Jim Patterson 🇨🇦<a href="https://mstdn.social/@canayjun" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@canayjun</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Barrie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Barrie</a> was recently granted <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/StrongMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrongMayor</a> powers as well, meaning if the mayor wishes he could push this through with just one-third of council supporting it <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onpoli</a> <a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2023/06/16/doug-ford-gives-strong-mayor-powers-to-26-more-ontario-cities-including-brampton-mississauga-markham-and-oshawa.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2023/06/16/doug-ford-gives-strong-mayor-powers-to-26-more-ontario-cities-including-brampton-mississauga-markham-and-oshawa.html</a>

Peter V. Tretter ✅ 🇨🇦Ontario government grants ‘strong mayor’ powers to Barrie <a href="https://bit.ly/42F6UOw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/42F6UOw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Barrie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Barrie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StrongMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrongMayor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlexNuttall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlexNuttall</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DougFord</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onpoli</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/ontariogreens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ontariogreens</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/barrie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@barrie</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/onpoli" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@onpoli</a>

GGIs your mayor in the pic? Here are the newly-minted 'Strong Mayors' of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ontario</a>.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DougFord</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/strongmayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strongmayor</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/topoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#topoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/bill23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bill23</a> <a href="https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ford-government-expected-to-expand-strong-mayor-powers-to-more-municipalities-sources-1.6443707" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ford-government-expected-to-expand-strong-mayor-powers-to-more-municipalities-sources-1.6443707</a>

GG"That's 26 additional mayors for Doug Ford's donors to grease."<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ontario</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/dofo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dofo</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/strongmayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strongmayor</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/topoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#topoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/bill23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bill23</a> <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/asifintoronto" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@asifintoronto</a> <a href="https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ford-government-expected-to-expand-strong-mayor-powers-to-more-municipalities-sources-1.6443707" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ford-government-expected-to-expand-strong-mayor-powers-to-more-municipalities-sources-1.6443707</a>

GG"Strong Mayor powers include new authority that have ZERO to do with housing -- including the power to hire/fire department heads, appoints to local boards & committees, complete authority to table a budget & veto council decisions unrelated to housing. This is not about building housing faster." - Leanne Caron, City Councillor, Guelph.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/StrongMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrongMayor</a> powers are a way to shut down critics & quickly muscle-in Doug Ford's agenda across the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GTA</a>. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/bill23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bill23</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ontario</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/topoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#topoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservatives</a>

GGPremier Ford, Mayor of Ontario..."The Doug Ford <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservative</a> govt is enacting 'strong mayor' powers in 26 Ontario municipalities on Canada Day. 👉 Meaning just 26 individuals will have the power to set budgets impacting millions."<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ontario</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onpoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/undemocratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#undemocratic</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/strongmayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strongmayor</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/dofo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dofo</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/topoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#topoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/colindmello" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@colindmello</a>

Peter V. Tretter ✅ 🇨🇦Ford government to expand 'strong mayor powers' in Ontario <a href="https://bit.ly/442bvLP" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/442bvLP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OntarioMunicipallities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OntarioMunicipallities</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StrongMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrongMayor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DougFord</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HamOnt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HamOnt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onpoli</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/ontariogreens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ontariogreens</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/onpoli" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@onpoli</a>

GG<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VoteTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VoteTO</a> "Tory’s final “strong mayor” order was to delegate powers to the City Manager to “determine the organizational structure of the City.” That order was issued on Feb 17, the same day Tory resigned. 😳 "To recap: through a series of *unfortunate events*, Premier Doug Ford’s “strong mayor” legislation has ended up giving broad powers over the structure of the City of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Toronto</a> to the City Manager ... an unelected bureaucrat." <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/strongmayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strongmayor</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abuseOfPower</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/topoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#topoli</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onpoli</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@GraphicMatt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@GraphicMatt</a>

MauraFile under: Disgusting But Not Surprising. MPD hires cop with racist and violent record, without so much as a google THIS JANUARY. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StrongMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrongMayor</a> <a href="https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/04/19/mpd-hired-officer-who-tasered-struck-an-unarmed-black-man-days-after-george-floyds-murder/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/04/19/mpd-hired-officer-who-tasered-struck-an-unarmed-black-man-days-after-george-floyds-murder/</a>

Dimitri DrekonjaHonestly, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/strongmayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strongmayor</a>, skip the photo-op of you filling potholes in your dress shoes and slacks and let the pros do their job 🤦🏻‍♂️

Dimitri DrekonjaPlease read the whole story- the headline is the least egregious of many things this officer said and did. And he’s still on the force. Thanks, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/strongmayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strongmayor</a>Woman says MPD officer told her Black Lives Matter is a terrorist organization - Minnesota Reformer<a href="https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/03/14/woman-says-mpd-officer-told-her-black-lives-matter-is-a-terrorist-organization/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/03/14/woman-says-mpd-officer-told-her-black-lives-matter-is-a-terrorist-organization/</a>

Dave Askins<a href="https://bsquarebulletin.com/2023/02/26/column-in-bloomington-serving-as-mayor-is-a-big-job-so-get-ready-to-vote/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsquarebulletin.com/2023/02/26/column-in-bloomington-serving-as-mayor-is-a-big-job-so-get-ready-to-vote/</a><a href="https://masthead.social/tags/BloomingtonMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BloomingtonMayor</a> <a href="https://masthead.social/tags/2023Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#2023Elections</a> <a href="https://masthead.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vote</a> <a href="https://masthead.social/tags/StrongMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrongMayor</a> <a href="https://masthead.social/tags/WeakMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WeakMayor</a> <a href="https://masthead.social/tags/CandidateForums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CandidateForums</a> <a href="https://masthead.social/tags/DonGriffin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonGriffin</a> <a href="https://masthead.social/tags/SusanSandberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SusanSandberg</a> <a href="https://masthead.social/tags/KerryThomson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KerryThomson</a>

MarkG<a href="https://ottawa.place/@plantarum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@plantarum</a> There was some commentary on BT that made a similar point. So, Tory is now free of any obstacle his questionable behaviour may have provided, to push through Ford's agenda at the upcoming budget meeting. If he did leave now, the deputy mayor would not have the strong mayor powers that Ford gave the mayor.<a href="https://twitter.com/canmericanized/status/1625701532749398016" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/canmericanized/status/1625701532749398016</a><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/StrongMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrongMayor</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/JohnTory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JohnTory</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Toronto</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TOpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TOpoli</a>

Tyler SmithThis makes more sense. <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/JohnTory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JohnTory</a> has resigned in the sense that there's no point criticizing him: he's already taken responsibility for his poor judgment. But he most definitely hasn't resigned in the sense that he will stop doing his job, and so will continue exercising his dubious judgment on issues that will impact the lives of the 4 million people living in <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Toronto</a>.<a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/StrongMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrongMayor</a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Shameless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shameless</a>

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