Regional Municipality of Peel
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|leader_title = Chair<br/>Governing Body
|leader_name = Emil Kolb<br/>Peel Regional Council
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|established_date = January 1, 1974
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The '''Regional Municipality of Peel''' encompasses three municipalities directly to the west of [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. The [[regional municipality]] is made up of the cities of [[Brampton, Ontario|Brampton]] and [[Mississauga]], and the town of [[Caledon, Ontario|Caledon]] <ref name="PeelMap">{{cite web
| title = Regional Municipality of Peel (map)
| work = Map 21-6 [Southern Ontario]
| publisher = Survey and Mapping Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources, Government of Ontario Canada
| date = [[1980]]
| url = http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/English/exhibits/maps/counties/rmpeel.htm
| accessdate = 2006-07-05 }}</ref>. [[Mississauga]] occupies the southernmost portion of the region, and is, with 668,549 residents, the largest in population (the sixth largest in Canada). It reaches from [[Lake Ontario]] north to near [[Highway 407 (Ontario)|Highway 407]]. In the centre is [[Brampton, Ontario]], a smaller city of 433,806 (ranked 11th by population). Finally, by far the largest in area and the most sparsely populated part of the region is Caledon, which is home to only 57,050 residents. The Region of Peel is the second-largest [[List of Ontario municipalities|municipality]] in Ontario after [[Toronto]]. The regional seat is in [[Brampton, Ontario|Brampton]]. Owing to immigration and its transportation infrastructure (seven [[400-Series Highways|highways]] serve Peel and [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]] is mostly within its boundaries), the Region of Peel is a rapidly-growing area with a young population and an increasing profile.
The Region of Peel was created by the government of [[Bill Davis]] in 1974 from the former [[Peel County, Ontario|County of Peel]], and was legislated to provide community services to the (then) rapidly urbanizing area of south [[Peel County, Ontario|Peel County]] (now Mississauga and [[Brampton, Ontario]]). The region is responsible for the services and infrastructure related to water delivery and wastewater treatment, waste collection and disposal, regional roads, public health, long-term care centres, [[Peel Regional Police]], [[Peel Regional Paramedic Services]], planning, public housing, paratransit, judicial and social services. Other municipal functions are provided by the three [[List of Ontario municipalities|local-tier municipalities]]. These responsibilities have changed over time, as functions have been uploaded and downloaded to and from the provincial and regional levels, as directed by the [[Province of Ontario]].
The [[Peel County, Ontario| County of Peel]] (and therefore, the Region of Peel) was named after [[Robert Peel|Sir Robert Peel]], the nineteenth-century [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].
==Government and Politics==
=== Senior administrators ===
*[[Emil Kolb]], Regional Chair and [[Chief Executive Officer]]
*David Szwarc, [[City manager|Chief Administrative Officer]]
*Kent Gillespie, [[Commissioner]] of Corporate Services and Regional Solicitor
*Mitch Zamojc, [[Commissioner]] of Public Works<ref name="management">{{cite web
| title = Executive Management Team
| work = Region of Peel website
| publisher = Region of Peel, Ontario Canada
| url = http://www.peelregion.ca/smt/index.htm
| accessdate = 2006-07-05 }}</ref>
===Notable government decisions===
*In 2005, Peel Region approved without tender a $557 million waste management contract commitment lasting 20 years that can potentially allow it to dump garbage in Ontario landfill sites if Michigan bans Canadian trash. ([[Toronto Star]], [[October 21]] [[2005]])
*In 2004, Peel Region began a more than $600 Million Water Works expansions by conducting invited [[public tenders]], one of Canada's largest in [[Ontario Clean Water Agency|water and wastewater infrastructure]]. ([[Brampton Guardian]] [[7 July]] [[2004]])
==The Region's future==
Seats on Peel Regional council are not assigned to member municipalities according to population or tax contributions, and this has produced considerable controversy within the region. [http://www.ontla.on.ca/hansard/committee_debates/38_parl/Session1/finance/F049.htm]
Mississauga currently comprises about 62 per cent of the region's population and says it contributes 66 per cent of the taxes, but had been assigned 10 of the 21 council seats (or 48 per cent) distributed among the municipalities, with Brampton receiving six and Caledon five. In June 2005, the provincial government passed legislation<ref name="SO2005">{{cite web
| title = Regional Municipality of Peel Act, 2005
| work = S.O. 2005, c. 20
| publisher = Canadian Legal Information Institute
| date = [[2005]]
| url = http://www.canlii.org/on/laws/sta/2005c.20/20060517/whole.html
| accessdate = 2006-07-05 }}</ref> that will revise the composition of the council. Beginning in the 2006 municipal elections, one additional seat will be assigned to Brampton and two additional seats will be assigned to Mississauga, giving Mississauga 12 of the 24 seats assigned to municipalities.<ref name="2006Rebalance">{{cite press release
| title = Peel Residents To Get Fairer Regional Representation
| publisher = Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
| date = [[2005-06-13]]
| url = http://press.arrivenet.com/government/article.php/652791.html
| accessdate = 2006-07-05 }}</ref> These numbers do not include the regional chair, who is appointed by council members.
These changes are the result of a provincially appointed impartial arbitrator <ref name="Provincial (Arbitration) Report">{{cite web
|url = http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_22741_1.html
|title = Regional Municipality of Peel Act, 2005 S.o. 2005, chapter 20
}}</ref> who noted:
{{Cquote2| Regional councilors, whether or not they also wear an area (local) hat, represent all taxpayers in that region...no one area municipality has a majority of regional councillors. This is also why Mississauga's claim for two more regional representatives was seen as vexing - Mississauga would then have a majority at the regional level. Mississauga magnified the control issue by complaining of a historic underrepresentation given that a majority of taxpayers in Peel reside and have resided within Mississauga .. [I] recommend a continuation of a structure that denies any one area municipality a majority at the region.| George W. Adams}}
Mississauga council, led by mayor [[Hazel McCallion]], has argued that Peel Region is an unnecessary layer of government which costs Mississauga residents millions of dollars a year to support services in Brampton and Caledon. Mississauga council unanimously passed a motion asking the [[Ontario|Province of Ontario]] to separate Mississauga from Peel Region and become a [[single-tier municipality]], arguing, among other things, the need to keep property tax dollars within the city of Mississauga for the good of the future of the City.<ref name="MayorsUpdate">{{cite press release
| title = Mayor's Update
| publisher = City of Mississauga, Ontario Canada
| date = 2004-04
| url = http://www.mississauga.ca/ecity/download/?repositoryKey=Ecity&itemDesc=file&dataName=data&mimeTypeName=mimeType&id=14400009
| accessdate = 2006-07-07 }}.</ref>
Opponents of Mississauga's position, including Brampton mayor [[Susan Fennell]], have argued that from the 1970s through the 1990s, Mississauga was the chief beneficiary of Peel's infrastructure construction projects — funded by taxpayers in all three municipalities — and it is now Brampton's turn to benefit, as it is growing faster than Mississauga, which is mostly built-out.<ref name="Debate">{{cite web
| title = House Proceeding: Regional Municipality of Peel Act, 2005
| work = 18:50 - 19:00. Debates of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
| publisher = Legislative Assembly of Ontario
| date = [[2005-04-26]]
| url = http://www.ontla.on.ca/hansard/house_debates/38_parl/Session1/L135B.htm
| accessdate = 2006-07-07 }}
</ref><ref name="GuardianArticle">{{cite news
|first = Sabrina
|last = Divell
|url = http://www.heartlakebeat.com/brampton_news/20-Region-will-grind-to-a-halt:-Mayor.html
|title = Region will grind to a halt: Mayor
|publisher = Brampton Guardian
|page = 01
|date = [[2005-04-01]]
|accessdate = 2006-07-07
}}</ref> As well, they have argued that common infrastructure, such as waste and water services, would be more efficiently managed at a regional level.
==Services==
===Law enforcement===
* [[Peel Regional Police]] (PRP) provides police coverage for the majority of the region.
* [[Ontario Provincial Police]] (OPP) mainly provides highway coverage and fulfills a contract to police the town of Caledon.<ref>[http://www.peelpoliceboard.ca/pages/where.htm Regional Municipality of Peel Services Police Board website] on the division of policing between the OPP and Peel Regional Police.</ref>
===Education===
{{mainarticle|Peel District School Board|Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board}}
===Other services===
Emergency medical services provided by Peel to the region's municipalities:
''[[Peel Regional Paramedic Services]]''
Formerly administered by the province, now in the hands of the region.
''Child Care''
Day care centres are operated for residents in Peel:
*Brampton West Child Care Centre
*Howden Child Care Centre
*Greenbriar Child Care Centre
*Chinguacousy Child Care Centre
*Collegeside Child Care Centre
*Streetsville Child Care Centre
*Malton Child Care Centre
*Ernest Majury Child Care Centre
*The Valleys Child Care Centre
*Cooksville Child Care Centre
*Ridgeway Child Care Centre
*PLASP Daycare Centre
''Long Term Care''
Facilities are for seniors and others with long term health needs:
*The Davis Centre
*Malton Village
*Peel Manor
*Sheridan Villa
*Tall Pines
''Social Housing''
Peel is the largest landlord in the Region. Its non-profit housing company, [[Peel Living]], is one of the largest in Canada.<ref name="PeelLiving">{{cite web
| title = Housing - Peel Living
| publisher = Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario Canada
| date = [[2007]]
| url = http://www.region.peel.on.ca/housing/peel-living/index.htm
| accessdate = 2007-07-05 }}</ref>
''Public Works''
Peel manages the regions public works needs including:
* garbage and recycling programs
* water works
* road maintenance — non provincial roads
''TransHelp''
The Region of Peel's unique transportation service for people with disabilities, [[Transhelp]] was formerly run for [[Mississauga Transit]] and [[Brampton Transit]] but is now operated solely by the Region.
==Highways==
Seven [[400-Series Highway]]s border or pass through Peel Regional Municipality making it one of the best [[suburb]]an freeway networks in [[Ontario]] and [[Canada]]. These freeways are among the busiest and most modern of [[Ontario]], mostly constructed since the 1970s, and have contributed significantly to the rapid growth of the Region. One of the welcome signs of Brampton has the slogan "All roads lead to Brampton" and shows six 400-series numbers (401, 403, 407, 409, 410, 427).
===400-series freeways===
*[[Highway 401 (Ontario)|Highway 401]]
*[[Highway 403 (Ontario)|Highway 403]]
*[[Highway 407 (Ontario)|Highway 407]] (ETR)
*[[Highway 409 (Ontario)|Highway 409]]
*[[Highway 410 (Ontario)|Highway 410]]
*[[Highway 427 (Ontario)|Highway 427]]
*[[Queen Elizabeth Way]] (QEW)
===Other highways===
*[[Highway 7 (Ontario)|Highway 7]]
*[[Hurontario Street]] ([[Highway 10 (Ontario)|Highway 10]])
==Demographics==
''([[Statistics Canada]], [[2006]])''
*Population in 2006: 1,159,405
*Population in 2001: 988,948
*1996 to 2001 population change (%):17.2
*Land area (square km): 1,241.99
*Percentage of Provincial Population: 9.53%
==Surrounding census divisions==
*[[Dufferin County, Ontario|Dufferin County]]
*[[Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario|Halton Region]]
*[[Simcoe County, Ontario|Simcoe County]]
*[[Toronto]]
*[[Wellington County, Ontario|Wellington County]]
*[[Regional Municipality of York, Ontario|York Region]]
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== External links ==
*[http://www.peelregion.ca Peel Region]
*[http://www.peelpolice.on.ca/ Peel Regional Police]
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