In our opinion strong mayor powers clarify accountability:
With the Burlington line on our tax bills increasing by over 44% over the term of this council is accountability important?
Do our mayoral candidates understand how to prepare the city budget under the Strong Mayor Powers Legislation? Joe Gaetan explores what we’ve heard from the candidates …
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Democracy is not a spectator sport, but in Ontario, it has increasingly become a target…
Continue Reading Strong Mayor Powers: The Stratford Case for Democracy
At Burlington’s upcoming Committee of the Whole meeting on May 11, Council will consider Agenda…
The Made-in-Canada Housing Crisis Ontario’s housing crisis – and the introduction of Strong Mayor Powers…
Second in a Four-Part Series Municipal governance in Ontario entered a new era under the…
Continue Reading Strong Mayor Powers – How They Actually Work
Third in a Four-Part Series Introduction The first article in this series examined how strong…
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The Fourth and Final Instalment of the Series It Started with the Housing Pledge: On…
Continue Reading Opinion – Strong Mayor Powers – A Burlington Case Study