Proposed Charter City Constitutional Amendment

[TheTigerMaster]

Don’t think there’s a thread for this. MPP Vaughan has announced that the federal Liberals are on board with proposals enshrine the City of Toronto with constitutional protections. Mayor Tory appears cautiously supportive of the initiative as well. Assuming the PC government is removed from office in 2022, we could be on our way to a new constitutional amendment

Proposal to empower Toronto finds support from MP Adam Vaughan, John Tory and academics

Liberal MP Adam Vaughan called a Toronto group’s push for a city charter an “incredibly important initiative.”

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[lenaitch]

It will be interesting to see how this play out and fits in WRT our Constitution. Charter municipalities are fairly common in the US but if I'm not mistaken it's new ground here. I think the goal of some to have a 'province-in-all-but-name'; however, might be a bridge too far.

 

[Johnny Au]

That could be the closest Toronto could be into being a province.

It would also be interesting if Ottawa and Gatineau were to form a National Capital Region, just like the District of Columbia in the United States.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Star Editorial Board: Toronto should have control over its future

The people behind the push to make Toronto a ‘charter city’ with much greater powers to govern itself have nothing on their side except facts, logic and history.

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