Strong mayor powers used in Windsor, Toronto most often compared to other big Ontario cities

Windsor and Toronto have used controversial strong mayor powers 82 times each, more often than in any other big city in Ontario.

Under Premier Doug Ford, the Progressive Conservative government created the Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act to help municipalities construct more homes and tackle other provincial priorities.

The special powers — which became active for Toronto and Ottawa in November 2022, followed over time by dozens of other communities less than a year later — allow most mayors to make certain decisions with or without council's involvement.

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Each time a mayor uses one of those powers, it's chronicled on the municipality's website.

CBC collected the data from each of the province's 10 largest cities