Ontario close to announcing final details of watered-down Peel Region split [Video]

Ontario is close to announcing a final decision on how it will handle the dramatically watered-down separation of a three-municipality region directly to the west of Toronto after more than a year of back-and-forth.

Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Paul Calandra told Global News he was expecting to wrap the process soon after the mayors of Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga were given a briefing on how the government plans to change the Region of Peel.

“I’m finalizing some of the work, doing some additional work with Peel and the three cities specifically,” Calandra said Tuesday.

“I am hoping over the next number of weeks to come forward with some additional recommendations and the next steps for us in terms of Peel.”

Senior leaders in Peel Region were briefed recently, Global News has learned, on how the government would handle the future of an area that is home to roughly 1.5 million people, living …