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Mississauga councillor Sue McFadden is trying to re-open the recent appointments of colleagues to internal and external boards and committees. Opposition councillors were kept off key bodies such as the Enersource (hydro) board and the Audit Committee. The whole appointment process, Ms. McFadden charges, lacked transparency.

But what committees should Mississauga have and what positions should be available to councillors and citizens? That ought to be the question of the moment.

Mayor Hazel McCallion owes her rise to power to loose, small-town committee structures, with many poles of profile and influence for aspiring politicians. She owes her mayoral longevity in part to a tight committee structure, with few openings for up-and-comers.







There’s a lesson in all this: The seemingly mundane mechanics of municipal government can determine a city’s future for a generation — or more.