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EMPOWER AND
​PROTECT TORONTO


C H A R T E R   C I T Y   T O R O N T O   I N   T H E   M E D I A 


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​Dear Toronto:
​We need to talk about city charters


By Zack Taylor
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​​In defense of Toronto becoming a Charter City
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By Doug Earl

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Toronto Star: The Big Debate

IS A CITY CHARTER THE BEST WAY FORWARD FOR TORONTO?

How much authority should Toronto, and other Ontario cities, have to run their own affairs
without interference from the province?



​Doug Earl argues the city should have a lot and the powers should be entrenched in a Toronto city charter. 
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​Political science professor 
Kristin R. Good writes that increased municipal autonomy is a good idea, but the charter goes too far.



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​TORONTO STAR/Jennifer Pagliario
PROPOSAL TO EMPOWER TORONTO FINDS SUPPORT FROM MP ADAM VAUGHAN, JOHN TORY, ACADEMICS
Coteau: Includes a conversation about constitutionally-protected powers
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TORONTO STAR/Editorial
TORONTO SHOULD HAVE CONTROL OVER ITS FUTURE
Charter City proponents "have nothing on their side except facts, logic and history"

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CBC NEWS/Nick Boisvert
HOW A TORONTO CITY CHARTER COULD FEND OFF 'POLITICAL INTERFERENCE' FROM QUEEN'S PARK
Proposal comes after city, province battle over council cuts, subway control
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GLOBE AND MAIL/Oliver Moore
RESIDENTS' GROUP UNVEILS PROPOSAL FOR A TORONTO CITY CHARTER
The power imbalance of cities vis-à-vis the provinces laid bare in recent years.

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TORONTO STAR/Jennifer Pagliaro
RESIDENTS' GROUP HAS A PLAN TO GIVE TORONTO MORE POWER.  NOW IT WANTS YOUR IDEAS
Not a final set of ideas, but rather the start of a conversation
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BIG CROWD FOR CHARTER CITIES
1,40O pack a church on St Clair Ave to hear about a City Charter for Toronto
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THE BIG STORY PODCAST
Toronto Star reporter Jennifer Pagliaro explains Charter Cities on the Big Story
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CCTO ON TVO
​CCTO's Doug Earl and York Prof Tricia Wood talk Charter Cities with TVO's ​Steve Paikin.
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WITHIN REACH
Charter City's John Sewell in conversation with former chief City Planner and Mayoral Candidate Jennifer Keesmat.
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CCTO AT CITY COUNCIL
​City Charter could help get Toronto's governance back, CCTO's Doug Earl tells city committee.
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CCTO ON SPACING RADIO
Former Mayor John Sewell and CCTO's Doug Earl talk about Charter Cities on spacing radio.
​(STARTS AT 16 MINUTES IN)

T H E   B R O A D E R   D I S C U S S I O N


ALBERTA BUDGET SHOWS WHY:

CITY CHARTERS NEED CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION

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​CBC NEWS
BUDGET 2019: PROVINCE 'RIPPED UP' CITY CHARTER DEAL WITH CITY:  EDMONTON MAYOR

​24 Oct 2019
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​​GLOBE AND MAIL
ALBERTA GOVERNMENT REVOKES CITY CHARTER FISCAL FRAMEWORK FOR CALGARY, EDMONTON

​25 Oct 2019
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​CALGARY HERALD
CHARTER FUNDING FOR CALGARY TAKES HIT IN ALBERTA BUDGET

​24 Oct 2019

POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR EMPOWERED CITIES

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Liberal Leadership Candidate Backs
​Charter Cities


16 Aug 2019
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NDP:  Curb Province's Power Over City Governance

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3 June 2019
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Federal Greens 
Endorse 
Charter Cities


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19 July 2019




Globe and Mail
Why Canada’s federal elections ignore cities
20 Oct 2019
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​TVO's The Agenda
Constitutional amendment 'Only Way' to ​protect new deal for cities
20 Aug 2019



​iPOLITICS
Feds should double Gas Tax for cities, FCM Says​
23 July 2019
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TVO's The Agenda

Why Ontario cities
are struggling
​to make ends meet

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23 July 2019
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TORONTO STAR

Could ‘charter city’ status protect Toronto from provincial meddling?

​Jennifer Pagliaro
19 June 2019

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HUFFINGTON POST

The Very Way Cities Like Toronto Are Run Is Making Inequality Worse

Brittany Andrew-Amofah
17 June 2019

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ABACUS DATA
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For Canadians:
cities perform
better than provinces 


Spring 2019
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TORONTO STAR
​
Toronto urgently needs a city charter

Edward Keenan
21 June 2019

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TORONTO STAR

Ford's War on Toronto

Editorial
​6 May 2019
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GLOBE AND MAIL

Doug Ford’s misguided war on Toronto

Editorial
​13 May 2019


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TORONTO STAR
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Ford’s strategy of hitting municipalities with budget cuts, service downloads is ‘risky’ politics, expert says

David Rider
​3 May 2019
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GLOBE AND MAIL

City Manager: provincial cuts will cost Toronto
nearly $180M in 2019


Oliver Moore / Jeff Gray 
​9 May 2019
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TORONTO STAR

List of Municipalities Against
Public Health Cuts
​Grows Across Province


Mitch Potter
​5 May 2019

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CANADIAN PRESS

28 Ontario mayors slam province for downloading costs, forcing tax hikes
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30 April 2019
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​CBC NEWS

Oakville residents take stand against 'horrible' prospect of amalgamation
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Nick Boisvert
​2 May 2019
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TORONTO STAR

Ford government restores OMB rules for development disputes

Tess Kalinowski / Jennifer Pagliaro
2 May 2019

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​TORONTO STAR

Toronto council makes decisions and Doug Ford’s government keeps changing them
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Jennifer Pagliaro
17 April 2019
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CBC NEWS

Ontario leaves Toronto hanging on housing;
​Creates more budget uncertainty at city hall
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Matt Elliott
​12 April 2019
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CANADIAN PRESS

​Ford reveals plan for Toronto transit
​ without city's mayor

LRTs LRTs LRTs
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​10 April 2019

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NOW MAGAZINE

​Doug Ford's subway takeover: an expensive
​train wreck 
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​David Miller
30 March 2019
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TORONTO STAR

Mississauga asks province
​for independence
​from Peel
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Ali Raza
21 March 2019
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MACLEANS​

Toronto is continually shortchanged on gov't funding
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​Armine Yalnizyan

​31 Jan 2017

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BLOGTO
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New, smaller TO council
costing more than previous


​4 March 2019
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inhalton​
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Oakville mayor fearful of Doug Ford’s
​"hidden agenda"
 

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​Paige Petrovsky
3 March 2019
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CANADIAN PRESS
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Toronto doesn't think like rest of Ontario,
​researchers say

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​Allison Jones
​22 Feb 2019

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spacingTORONTO

Subway upload:
​Negotiating when ​you have ​no cards to play

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John Lorinc
​Dec 2018
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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

A sales tax could raise $2.5 billion for GTHA
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29 Jan 2019

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PEMBINA INSTITUTE
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​How proposed changes to the Planning Act will impact Ontarians

​Carolyn Kim
​Dec 2018


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GLOBE AND MAIL

Toronto used to be a metropolis model.
​So what happened?
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Jack Diamond
10 Oct 2018​
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CTV NEWS

Cities make power play for new fiscal order with eye to 2019 federal election
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Jordan Press
24 ​Sept 2018
TORONTO STAR

Toronto
​deserves its
independence


​Royson James
21 Sept 2018

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YOUR MORNING.CA

​Toronto could become a
Charter City
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Sept 2018
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Josh Matlow, City Councillor

My motion to establish
Toronto as a
Charter City
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13 Sept 2018

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​GLOBE AND MAIL

​Our municipal crisis goes beyond Ford and Toronto

​​Doug Saunders​

14 Sept 2018

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PRESS PROGRESS

Doug Ford Says the government of Ontario need not respect the Constitution or the
​rule of law​
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​​11 Sept 2018
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​HILL TIMES
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Toronto council cuts
show "paternalistic'
​city-province relationship:
​Edmonton Mayor

By Beatrice Paez​
29 Aug 2018
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​MACLEAN'S
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​Chretien, Romanow and McMurtry attack Ford’s use of the notwithstanding clause


​14 Sept 2018

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TORONTO STAR

​Turning Doug Ford’s attack on Toronto into a movement for democratic renewal
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Dennis Pilon, Roger Keil,
​Bryan Evans, Greg Albo

29 Aug 2018
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GLOBE AND MAIL

What is the most democratic and effective way to govern a city the size and economic import of Toronto?
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Richard Florida + Alan Broadbent
19 Aug 2018
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iPOLITICS

​Ford government skipping all public consultation on bill to slash Toronto city council​

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Marieke Walsh
10 Aug 2018
 

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DEFEND TORONTO

So, what just happened?
​And what’s to be done about it?
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Adam Vaughan
​MP Spadina-Fort York

7 Aug 2018
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TORONTO STAR

Why Canadian cities deserve more autonomy and respect
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​Shawn Micallef
​24 Aug 2018
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TORONTO STAR

​Basic constitutional principles should prevent Ontario from interfering with Toronto’s election
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Craig Scott 

2 Aug 2018

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NATIONAL OBSERVER

No one is coming
to save us
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​Desmond Cole 
31 July 31 2018
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​MACLEAN'S

3 ways Toronto could become more autonomous from Ontario
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Michael Mendelson 
31 ​Jul 2018
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​TORONTO STAR​​
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Nearly half of Torontonians oppose Ford’s council cuts


Jennifer Yang
29 July 2018

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SPACING TORONTO

The legal case against Ford’s assault on local democracy
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Alexandra Flynn / 30 July 2018
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​CBC NEWS

​Calgary finally has
​its city charter
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Scott Dippel / ​6 April 2018
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​CP24
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Tory urges 'complete rethink' of city's tax powers for 2018 budget​


​Chris Fox / ​16 Feb 2017

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CALGARY HERALD

Calgary City Charter
may be no cure-all, academics warn
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2 June 2015
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GLOBE AND MAIL

​It’s time to re-examine
​the scope of municipal powers
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Marcus Gee /22 Oct 2014

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TORONTO STAR
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Should Toronto
​Go It Alone?


​Vanessa Lu /16 Mar 2010



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Since forming in September 2018, we have advocated for the adoption of a constitutionally protected City Charter for Toronto. 
 
More About Us
  • The Charter City Proposal
    • Proposal Overview
    • Why A City Charter
    • Protecting the City
    • Governing the City
    • City Authority
    • City Resources
    • Equity
    • Indigenous Relations
    • The GTA and Beyond
    • Endorsements
  • News and Events
  • In the Media
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  • FAQ
  • About Us
  • Donate