The move by the Ford government to control seven regional municipalities and a county has been described as the province “installing cronies to run regional councils”.
“Regional municipalities are a core part of local governance and deliver essential services funded by property taxpayers. Regional leadership needs to be accountable. Chairs should either be directly elected or chosen by their elected peers,” yesterday said Ontario Liberal Critic for Economic Development, Tourism, Culture and Sport and Ajax MPP Rob Cerjanec on the upcoming changes to municipal governments.
“If the province believes regional structures are no longer working, it should commit to a formal review of regional governance every decade. One that reflects where people live and what they need informed by local input, instead of top down from Queen’s Park,” the MPP said.
“If the province wants to reduce the burden on property taxpayers and fix service delivery, start by delivering the services that were dumped on municipalities,” he said.
“That’s a serious conversation. Installing their cronies to run regional councils is not,” he added.
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