{"id":5904,"date":"2009-08-06T15:55:58","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T19:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=5904"},"modified":"2009-08-07T02:05:17","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T06:05:17","slug":"corrections-in-royson-james-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/08\/06\/corrections-in-royson-james-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Corrections in Royson James’ article"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As one of the many sites collecting daily articles from the local papers, Spacing received a press release from City Hall today correcting some factual errors in Royson James’ piece<\/a> in today’s Star, specifically regarding the powers of the Mayor of Toronto given to him by the City of Toronto Act, which James stated were “beyond those of any other mayor in Ontario.”<\/p>\n

1. The City of Toronto Act gave no new powers to the Mayor of Toronto.
\n2. Besides taxing power and the requirement for accountability officers, the Province of Ontario’s updated Municipal Act is identical to the City of Toronto Act. There is no difference in the statutory provisions that every mayor, reeve or warden in Ontario operates under.
\n3. Toronto City Council gave the power to appoint Chairs of Committee to the Mayor of Toronto by way of a Council procedures bylaw, not through the City of Toronto Act.
\n4. Executive committee members are appointed based on a procedural bylaw that states the Chairs of the City’s committees sit on the executive committee along with four other members-at-large appointed by City Council.<\/p>\n

These facts can be found in the City of Toronto Act<\/a> and the City of Toronto Council procedures bylaw [ PDF<\/a> ].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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