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Decentralized Democracy

Ontario Assembly

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
September 27, 2023 09:00AM

Just a quick follow-up on that labour piece: It’s my understanding that there had to be a tool implemented for municipalities to have those cross-border conversations, if you will. This isn’t necessarily intended to infringe on anyone’s bargaining; it’s actually to allow that to happen. For example, if Wheel-Trans in Toronto was going to drop somebody off in York region, there wouldn’t be an ability for York Region Transit to then link up, or they have to stop at the Steeles border, if you will, because they’re not allowed to operate in another municipality.

Again, let’s take the politicization out of it, which I know for you and I sometimes can be a little challenging. I just want to offer that this isn’t something malicious. This isn’t something that the government—you guys use the term “poison pill” fairly often; this isn’t something that is that. This gives municipalities the ability to then go ahead and negotiate those types of contracts. I think that’s an important piece that we need to be able to do to have that more seamless transit for people here in the province.

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