This morning, Minister Clark announced the launch of an online public consultation as part of the Regional Governance Review being conducted by Michael Fenn and Ken Seiling.
https://www.ontario.ca/form/survey-regional-government-review
As you will note, the questions are highly general and are predominantly focused on open-ended feedback on the effectiveness and improvement of upper and lower tier governments on the following issues: performance, council representation, decision-making and service delivery.
Link: https://news.ontario.ca/mma/en/2019/03/government-invites-feedback-on-regional-government-review.html
“News Release
Government Invites Feedback on Regional Government Review
Ontario Launches Online Consultation for Residents, Businesses and Stakeholders
March 13, 2019 12:00 P.M.
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
TORONTO — The Ontario government is putting people first by seeking local input on how to improve governance, decision-making and service delivery for regional governments and member municipalities.
All people who live or work in the 82 upper- and lower-tier municipalities included in the review are invited to share their thoughts through the online consultation. The deadline to submit comments is April 23, 2019.
“We promised the people of Ontario that all levels of government would work harder, smarter and more efficiently,” said Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. “Our government is putting people first by seeking local input on how to improve governance, decision-making and service delivery for regional governments and their member municipalities.”
In addition to meeting with municipalities and stakeholder groups, Special Advisors Michael Fenn and Ken Seiling will assess the feedback received through the online consultation. They will provide their advice and recommendations to Minister Clark this summer.
“I look forward to receiving the recommendations and hearing what is working in the regions and Simcoe County, and what can be improved,” said Minister Clark.
The government is committed to working with municipalities to help ensure that they have effective local governance and decision-making, and are providing services quickly and efficiently.
Quick Facts
- Ontario’s system of regional government has been in place for almost 50 years.
- Ontario’s regional municipalities and Simcoe County’s combined populations have grown by more than 3 million people since the 1970s.
Additional Resources
Please check out BERLIN, TOKYO, NEW DELHI. They are big in size and have many times more population than ours. As far as I know each has only One MAYOR each. There are many municipal offices spread all over the towns which provide all municipal services required by the public yet they are controlled by one Head Office.
12 municipalities in Niagara Region
It should be down size to 5 Muncipalities and ONE
Niagara Regional Fire Dept with one Niagara Regional Fire Chief
But keep all the volunteer fireman in their areas
Downsize to 5 Cities
City of St Catharines join Thorold
Niagara Falls join Niagara On Lake
Welland join Port Colborne and Fort Erie
Grimsby joins Lincoln and West Lincoln
Wainfleet join Pelham