Mississauga residents have an opportunity at a town hall meeting Monday night to weigh in on the council’s plan to separate from Peel Region.<\/p>\n
“Missi-Exit, Peel Off, M-Exit, or Prexit, whatever you choose to call it, it’s time for Mississauga to leave the Region of Peel and become an independent city,” Mayor Bonnie Crombie said in a\u00a0news\u00a0release Monday.<\/p>\n
“Together, we will become one unified city, with one unified, powerful voice. The world will know Mississauga.”<\/p>\n
Mississauga, a city of nearly 800,000,\u00a0\u00a0is currently a part of the Region of Peel along with Brampton and Caledon. In late March, Crombie’s bid for the city to separate from Peel Region won the support of council. The provincial government is currently reviewing motion by council in favour of the move and would have to approve the request.<\/p>\n
At Monday night’s meeting, the only public town hall on the subject expected so far, a clearer picture began to emerge about what an exit from Peel might look like.<\/p>\n
If the motion were passed, Mississauga\u00a0would be considered a “single-tier” municipality, governed municipally and not be subject to a second layer of regional governance.<\/p>\n
The city would still intend to share the Peel Regional Police service with Brampton, though the exact terms of that relationship would need to be renegotiated.<\/p>\n
“From growth and planning, to transit planning and building affordable housing, the region,\u00a0Brampton<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0Caledon<\/span>\u00a0get to tell us how and what to do,” she said.<\/p>\n “This prevents\u00a0Mississauga<\/span>\u00a0from achieving our goals and building a world-class city. It’s time for\u00a0Mississauga<\/span>\u00a0to be one city, with one voice.”<\/p>\n