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"Lame duck" council

Restricted acts after nomination day in Ontario

by DEAN F
Published in October 2013 - Page 35

The “lame duck” council provisions that restrict council’s powers were completely rewritten in Ontario’s Municipal Act, 2001 and amended further in 2006. What follows is intended to provide members of council and municipal staff a summary of the lame duck restrictions and what preparations need to be made in advance of the election period. Two questions must be asked when looking at section 275. First, when does a council become “lame duck”? That is, under

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