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Prior to the election, the province of Ontario passed the Strong Mayors Act, which granted the office of mayor additional powers including the development of the budget, creating council committees, appointing the chairs and vice chairs of those committees, the power to reorganize departments, appointing department heads, and appointing the city manager.
The role of the executive committee is to set the City of Toronto's priorities, manage financial planning and budgeting, labour relations, human resources, and the operation of City Council. The committee existed in the old City of Toronto beginning in 1969. Before that Toronto had a Board of Control, as did former cities North York and Etobicoke.
The powers of the City of Toronto are exercised by its legislative body, known as Toronto City Council, which is composed of 25 members and the mayor. The council passes municipal legislation (called by-laws ), approves spending, and has direct responsibility for the oversight of services delivered by the city and its agencies.
Nunziata in 2011 (on the right) Frances Nunziata (/ ˌ n ʊ n t s i ˈ ɑː t ə / ⓘ NUUNT-see-AH-tə, Italian: [nunˈtsjaːta]; born c. 1950) is a Canadian politician who has served as the speaker of Toronto City Council since December 1, 2010.
A member of council's progressive wing, he sits on Planning and Growth Management Committee, Affordable Housing Action Committee, The Toronto Arts Council, The Police Services Board and other committees and is also the Vice Chair of The Toronto and East York Community Council.
Gary Crawford (born July 15, 1960) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2010 city council election to succeed Brian Ashton in Ward 36. [1] He held onto the seat in the 2014 municipal elections.
The Canadian Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional Research (ICURR), located in Toronto, Ontario was established in 1968 following a Federal-Provincial Conference on Housing and Urban Development for the purpose of exchanging information between policy-makers on urban, rural and regional matters between provincial governments across Canada and at all levels of government.
He received an endorsement from the Toronto Star and was once again re-elected in Ward 14, over nine other candidates. In his second term, Perks was named chair of the Toronto and East York Community Council. [9] In the 2014 municipal election, Perks was re-elected for a third term. He once again was endorsed by The Star. [10]