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“Today at the Region of Peel we had a lengthy discussion about regional governance and the Deloitte Report that was commissioned without Regional Council’s knowledge or endorsement. Mississauga Councillors supported a unanimous resolution at Regional Council that reflected the following: The Deloitte study was flawed and that it cannot be relied upon for decision making; That the Region of Peel,...

The first Budget of Ontario’s Government for the People sets out a five-year path to a balanced budget to protect critical public services like health care and education. In the nine short months since taking office, the government has already reduced the deficit by $3.3 billion, going from $15 billion to a projected $11.7 billion for the 2018–19 fiscal...

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Mississauga and Brampton, warning of lots of snow and cold temperatures that will make for icy roads and parking lots. “Southwestern Ontario and the Golden Horseshoe is expected to be on the northern fringe of a major winter storm tracking south of the Great Lakes this weekend,” the national weather agency...

To the outside world it’s a match made in heaven, a picture-perfect, four-decades-old municipal union that garners awards and praise for government efficiency and excellence. But internally, Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon are locked in an intractable civic conflict that threatens to break up the Region of Peel. Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie wants out, taking her nearly 800,000 residents with her, to...

The Region of Peel’s 24 Regional Councillors appointed Nando Iannicca as Regional Chair for the 2018 – 2022 term. The election was held by an open vote at the 2018 Inaugural meeting of Regional Council at the Region of Peel headquarters. “The Region of Peel is a very special institution. What we do, we do well. We are so well-positioned...

Former Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown has made his political comeback – in Brampton. Brown was elected as the mayor of Brampton on Monday, defeating incumbent Linda Jeffrey. CP24 declared the close win for Brown just after 9 p.m. Brown appears to have secured about 44.4 per cent of the vote compared to 40.7 per cent for Jeffrey. Brown secured just under...

Incumbent mayor Bonnie Crombie has been re-elected in Mississauga for a second term, while the GTA city has also added a person of colour to its council. Crombie garnered 91,422 votes — about 77 per cent of the ballots cast — to easily beat out seven challengers, although none was predicted to pose a legitimate threat. Crombie became mayor in 2014...

Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, once said: “Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.” That sentiment can be perfectly applied to Ontario’s controversial Drive Clean program. Introduced in 1999, Drive Clean was to be a temporary program aimed to get the worst-polluting vehicles off the road. But here we are, nearly 20 years later and Drive Clean is...

Mayor Crombie attended the grand opening of global technology company Cognizant’s new Mississauga facility on West Credit Avenue. “As Mayor, I’ve made it a top priority to foster and attract innovative businesses like Cognizant to our City and support them so that they can scale-up and thrive. Too often, Mississauga is left out of the discussions about the so-called ‘innovation...

Two years ago, the Liberals said it was in the public interest to mandate elections for the regional chair in York, Peel, Muskoka and Niagara. On Friday, just hours before the nomination deadline, Premier Doug Ford cited the same argument in announcing that the elections are being scrapped, and that regional councils will go back to appointing their own...