Ottawa mayor: ‘Strong mayor’ legislation undemocratic

Ottawa mayor Jim Watson says the province's proposed 'strong mayor' powers are undemocratic.

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25 comments

  1. Ford needs to poke his fat finger into everything.
    He doesn’t concentrate on the issues he needs to healthcare.

    Most of the legislation he brings in has some link to when he and his brother were councilors in Toronto and couldn’t quickly get what they want.

    Usually to change stuff like this they usually do studies or research the issue before making laws to ram and ramming it through

  2. It’s bad enough as it IS, but I certainly would not want a pro-french Mayor in Ottawa(and, ya GOTTA KNOW they’re lined up already, right?)….no…but thanks.

  3. Ability or response ability.

    hmm.

    “Veto” is a word that, when uttered, should be cause for every human being to cry foul.

  4. You should never give total power like this to only one person…..they will always make it in their favour and no one else. Again the rich will get richer while they screw the working class deeper into the ground

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