This page was exported from Caledon Citizen [ https://caledoncitizen.com ] Export date:Thu Jul 18 9:22:23 2024 / +0000 GMT ___________________________________________________ Title: Bill coming to elect Regional Chair? --------------------------------------------------- By Bill Rea The notion of electing regional chairs at large has been discussed at some length in the past, but it now seems the Province might be ready to step in and settle the issue. The Citizen learned early yesterday (Wednesday) from Mayor Allan Thompson that there was a plan to introduce legislation at Queen's Park later that day that would call for the election of the chairs of all regions, and that would take effect for the start of the next term, due to commence late in 2018. There had been no confirmation of such a bill at press time. “I have a very reliable source,” Thompson said. The current practice in Peel is for Regional councillors to elect a chair at their first meeting after the municipal elections. December 2014 saw Mississauga Councillor Frank Dale emerge on top of a five-way race to take the job. This was after 23 years with former Caledon mayor Emil Kolb as Chair. Thompson said there will be more details to come. “It's definitely going to change a few things,” he commented. Thompson also observed there are some who are calling for the Region to be broken up, commenting that if the Province is going ahead with having chairs elected, it indicates to him Queen's Park wants the Region to continue. “That really tells it's not really in the Province's books right now,” he remarked. --------------------------------------------------- Images: --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Post date: 2016-11-16 16:31:12 Post date GMT: 2016-11-16 21:31:12 Post modified date: 2016-11-25 10:23:00 Post modified date GMT: 2016-11-25 15:23:00 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Export of Post and Page as text file has been powered by [ Universal Post Manager ] plugin from www.gconverters.com