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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.
On December 16, 2024, the mayor shuffled her committee appointments, and Bradford was replaced as vice-chair by Frances Nunziata. [11] Despite the shuffle, Chow stated that "Councillor Bradford is an important voice in housing at the City and will continue his work on the Planning and Housing Committee". [12]
Perks has written and co-authored a number of publications including The Green Consumer Guide (1989), Waste Less Now (1987) and Oil Drop (1989). [4] [5] In addition, he has written articles for Alternatives magazine and he wrote an environmental column for Torstar-owned Eye Weekly newspaper from 2003 to 2011.
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 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.
In his role as Toronto city councillor, Di Giorgio was appointed budget chief under Mayor Rob Ford in 2013. [2] During the mayoralty of John Tory, he also held important Council committee positions. He was a member of the Executive Committee [3] and sat on the Board of Directors for Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) as the Mayor's ...