Ontario close to final Peel Region plan that could come with a cost for Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon [Video]

Taxpayers in Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon are only a few weeks or months away from learning how the now-scrapped dissolution of Peel Region might impact their pocketbooks.

Ontario’s Minister of Housing Paul Calandra says the province is nearly ready to release the details of its walked-back breakup of the Region of Peel that would have left Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon as stand-alone municipalities.

According to reports the updated plan will see each of the three Peel municipalities pick up the tab for their own roads and waste collection, while water and sewage services for Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon would be run by a new provincial agency.

The Region of Peel would still oversee social services like child care, as well as Peel Regional Police and paramedics.

The original plan to breakup the municipalities was a promise Ontario Premier Doug Ford made to former Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallionon her deathbed – a …