Author: Tom McDowell

Dr. Tom McDowell is an instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University in the Department of Politics and Public Administration. He is the author of Neoliberal Parliamentarism: The Decline of Parliament at the Ontario Legislature.

Ontario’s Strong Mayor Reforms: A New Shell for Urban Neoliberalism

Last month, Ontario’s Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell affixed her signature to Bill 39, the Better Municipal Governance Act, conferring Royal Assent upon the most substantial reconstruction of local democracy since … Keep reading »

Canada • January 6, 2023 • Tom McDowell