Ministers face the mayoral music at AMO
And fresh Greenbelt complaints
ABOVE THE FOLD
LONDON CALLING — Mayors, councillors, reeves and wardens from across the province are flocking to London for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario’s annual conference — which comes at a time when civic relations with the Ford government are super volatile.
That’s thanks to the PCs Greenbelt land swap, aggressive housing targets and developer-fee-scrapping Bill 23. Cities, meanwhile, are cash-strapped and dealing with high homelessness, among other things.
Over the next three days, local politicians will have the chance to grill Premier DOUG FORD and his front bench on a laundry list of problems — with housing top of mind.
What mayors want: At an opening Sunday afternoon presser with Ontario’s Big City Mayors, chair and Burlington Mayor MARIANNE MEED WARD — who was singled out by Ford for relatively slow housing targets — said the key word is “collaboration.”
“The federal government has all the power, the province has all the money, and municipalities h…