Former Toronto Mayor David Miller has been appointed as a “particular adviser” to provincial NDP Chief Marit Stiles, the occasion introduced Wednesday.
Miller, who was the town’s mayor from 2003 to 2010, will likely be advising Stiles on “crafting a brand new deal for municipalities,” based on a information launch.
“On daily basis in our cities and cities we see the results of Provincial downloading and interference — from decaying rural bridges, to struggling transit programs, to an absence of inexpensive housing,” Miller mentioned in a press release.
“We have a as soon as in a decade probability to repair that with Marit Stiles and the Ontario NDP, and we have to take it.”
The NDP says Miller will seek the advice of with native governments and mayors, in addition to maintain “open consultations” to debate challenges and make suggestions to Stiles.
Stiles lauded Miller in her personal assertion, saying he’s identified throughout the province as a “foremost advocate for native authorities.
“His deep information of municipal and provincial relations in Ontario and skill to pay attention and convey individuals collectively round a typical imaginative and prescient will likely be instrumental in serving to us to organize for an NDP authorities,” she mentioned.
