Ontario to take steps to break up Peel Region
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The Ontario government will provide details Thursday on how it plans to break up the Region of Peel.
Ontario is set to provide details on how it will break up the Region of Peel on Thursday.
CTV News Toronto learned a day earlier the government will begin to take steps to dissolve Peel Region, effectively making Brampton and Mississauga independent cities.
It's unclear what will happen to Caledon, the third city that makes up Peel Region. Mayor Annette Groves said that as of Wednesday evening, she hadn’t been briefed about the proposal.
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark will hold a news conference Thursday alongside the three mayors at 1:30 p.m. This will be live streamed on CTVNewsToronto.ca and on the CTV News app.
Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie has long called for separation from Peel Region, suggesting the city has outgrown its counterparts and would save much-needed revenue by standing on its own two feet.
She has suggested the move could save taxpayers in her city about $1 billion over the next decade.
However, Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown has been less supportive of the idea, saying that while he supports the idea of streamlining governance, he doesn’t want his city to be shortchanged.
