'Misinformation' on election changes has Ontario mayor on offensive

Whitby mayor responds to debate around changes to municipal election process

Whitby Mayor Elizabeth Roy is defending Town Council's decision to start electing regional councillors on a ward-by-ward basis. "Whitby isn’t the small tow

'Misinformation' on election changes has Ontario mayor on offensive

Electing regional councillors by ward is about “refining democracy, not reducing it,” said Whitby Mayor Elizabeth Roy in a statement released Friday in an attempt to dispel “misinformation” in the community about the town’s decision to elect its four regional councillors by ward instead of at large. “This is not a radical or new idea. It’s the standard across most medium and large Ontario municipalities, the mayor said of the May 28 council deci…