POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rachel Dolezal, Rob Ford, Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms
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Main political division on municipal politics in toronto (urban vs suburbs) Old system favored suburbs (majority of wards in suburbs) Reform system: increase wards in downtown area to equalize power between suburbs and core. Suburbian people tend to be more conservative. Aug 2018: passing of bill 5: the better local government act. Reduces number of wards from 47 to 23. Sept 10: justice edward ballabaga: bill 5 is unconstitutional. Notwithstanding clause: allows province to override certain portions of the charter; ford threatened to exercise this. Court of appeals said ford"s bill is not unconstitutional and can proceed. Ward boundaries now the same as riding boundaries. Rob ford thought the council was too large, inefficient. Michael ford will run against vincent crisanti incumbents running against each other. Using ranked balance system for first time. In system, voters mark their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice candidates.
