TORONTO — Ontario has handed laws that enables Toronto and Ottawa to enact sure bylaws even when a minority of councillors are in favour, capping off a whirlwind of extensively criticized housing-related strikes.
The newest invoice permits the province to nominate the regional chairs in Niagara, Peel and York, and boosts so-called sturdy mayor powers that the federal government gave to Toronto and Ottawa earlier this yr.
The first set of powers allowed the leaders to veto council selections deemed to hamper the creation of latest houses, put together and desk town’s funds, in addition to hiring and firing division heads, and the brand new powers enable them to suggest housing-related bylaws and move them with the help of one-third of councillors.
However, whereas Toronto Mayor John Tory has stated he’ll use the powers in a restricted and accountable approach, Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe has stated he’s not all in favour of utilizing them.
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The laws follows one other housing regulation that angered municipalities as a result of it cuts charges builders pay that they use to construct infrastructure for brand new houses and upset environmentalists who say it weakens the position of conservation authorities.
As effectively, the federal government has proposed to take away land from 15 totally different areas of the protected Greenbelt so that fifty,000 houses will be constructed, whereas including acres elsewhere.
