Democracy

The Ontario government’s recently tabled Bill 39, The Better Municipal Government Act is a sweeping attack on local democracy in the direct service of private corporate developers. It is a cynical use of the housing crisis to increase corporate profit and restructure governance in Ontario, and it must be blocked. The legislation Read more…

Under the guise of “efficiency” and the need “to build homes faster”, Doug Ford has introduced a bill that would significantly transform the role of Toronto and Ottawa’s Mayors.

By declaring that municipalities have no basis in the Constitution and are mere creatures of provincial governments – creatures that can be created, changed, merged or dissolved according to political whim – the Supreme Court has clearly signalled the urgent need for democratic constitutional change.