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Following the 2022 election, Bradford was appointed as the chair of the planning and housing committee. [18] [19] Following the election on Mayor Olivia Chow, Bradford was named vice-chair. [20] On December 16, 2024, she dismissed Bradford from his role as vice-chair of the committee and replaced him with Frances Nunziata. [21]
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.
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 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.
Urban planning, Land economics, Housing First woman to have received a PhD in Planning in Canada [35] She was the City of Vancouver's co-director of Planning and led the community consultation of city of Vancouver's first citywide plan. [36] Ann has been a global planning advisor for many fast growing cities in China, Sweden and Australia.
Ana Bailão (born August 10, 1976) is a Canadian politician who represented Davenport on Toronto City Council from 2010 until 2022. She was the deputy mayor of Toronto representing Toronto and East York from 2017 to 2022.
After the 2010 mayoral election, Vaughan was an outspoken critic of then-Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. As a member of City Council Vaughan sat on the Toronto Police Services Board, [6] the Planning and Growth Management Committee, the Toronto Arts Council, Artscape Board, the Board of Trustees for the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Harbourfront ...
In 1998, following amalgamation, Works and Emergency Services Department established the Toronto Emergency Planning Office, which inherited ownership for emergency management planning and administration of the Toronto Emergency Planning Committee [2]. In 2001, a new Emergency Operations Centre was established.