Resume Subscription We are delighted that you'd like to resume your subscription. Please click confirm to resume now. Sponsored Offers. Most Popular News. Most Popular Opinion. While the efficiency argument still remains an important component of the debate on municipal consolidation, proponents of this reform have also advanced other arguments supporting the merger of smaller municipalities. Advocates of consolidation have argued that municipal consolidation can also lead to improvements in equity, regional planning, economic development, and citizen access to services, bureaucracy, and elected officials.
With numerous municipal consolidations taking place in Canada in the mid- to late- s, including the consolidation of two major urban regions -- the Halifax-Dartmouth Region, Nova Scotia and Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario -- the importance of this reform initiative within Canada remains unquestionable. However, the realisation of anticipated governance and service delivery improvements in efficiency, equity, regional planning, economic development, and citizen access have still not been convincingly demonstrated.
Articles in this special issue of the Canadian Journal of Regional Science will examine a number of recent consolidations in Nova Use this link to get back to this page. Provincial and municipal restructuring in Canada: assessing expectations and outcomes. Authors: Igor Vojnovic and Dale Poel. Date: Spring Publisher: Canadian Regional Science Association. Innhold Summary. The s and s. Ottawa Hamilton Sudbury and Toronto Again. Om forfatteren Andrew Sancton is professor of political science and director of the Local Government Program at the University of Western Ontario.
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