The GTA mayor leading the charge against Ford’s developer friendly system

Photo from the City of Burlington

It’s problematic and broken. It’s nonsense and serves no viable purpose. It’s anti-democratic. 

As a journalist for more than two decades, the current mayor of Burlington, Marianne Meed Ward, says all of that about the Local Planning Appeals Tribunal (LPAT), and could come up with more choice words. 

However, Meed Ward is using more than just talk to try to see LPAT abolished. With the help of her local and Halton Region Council counterparts, she is launching an offensive to end a system she says handcuffs municipalities and hands over all power to decide how and where to grow cities to the development industry. 

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Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward wants the Local Planning Appeals Tribunal abolished. She’s encouraging other mayors to join her in the fight against an “anti-democratic” institution the Doug Ford government just strengthened.

For Brampton, a city trying to shift away from developer-controlled planning, the future of the LPAT will have sweeping implications.

Published on July 29, 2019 in The Pointer - Brampton