A look at one year of strong mayor powers in Ontario

Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to reporters at the Council of the Federation meetings in Halifax on Monday, July 15, 2024. In the year since so-called strong mayor powers were granted to the heads of council in a swath of Ontario municipalities, most mayors have used them sparingly — if at all — though in some corners a sense of unease with the sweeping authority remains.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese