Another screeching U-turn from the Ford Government as Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Paul Calandra abandons plans to dissolve Peel Region. 

In a news release earlier today Calandra talks about "recalibrating" the mandate of the Peel Region Transition Board to focus on local government efficiency and responsiveness instead of dissolution.

The Government forged ahead with plans to break up Peel without considering the costs of a huge municipal reorganisation. And the Bill was rushed through the Legislature with no opportunity for the public and experts to comment. This is the result.

Calandra says:

“While we originally thought that the best way to achieve our goals of better services and lower taxes was through dissolution, we’ve since heard loud and clear from municipal leaders and stakeholders that full dissolution would lead to significant tax hikes and disruption to critical services the people of Peel Region depend on. This is something our government will never support.”

Oh dear! The Government is becoming a laughing stock. One step forward. Two steps back.

I am left wondering how much this pointless exercise cost the taxpayers.

The new Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, the Mayor of Mississagua, will be spitting feathers. 

Too bad. She was always on the wrong side of the argument.

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Update on 13 December 2023: From Newmarket Today: Audit of Newmarket among Ford Government walk-backs