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Governing Toronto: Bringing back the city that worked

Governing Toronto: Bringing back the city that worked

by Redway, Alan
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In stark contrast to the dysfunctional megacity of today, The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was a city that worked. Some refer to this period from 1954 to 1998 as Toronto's "Golden Age".
This book traces the growth and governance of the city from its creation in 1834 through its successful Metro years to why and how the decision was made to establish the present megacity while at the same time either accidentally or deliberately turning the Ontario government into both a provincial government and a regional government, as well, for a significantly enlarged Greater Toronto Area.
Then it urges the provincial government to initiate a long over-due review of the governance of the city aimed at returning it to a city that works either by way of a de-amalgamation, as successfully achieved in Montreal, or at the very least by a decentralization of local responsibilities.

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BrandFriesenPress
Pub dateNov 25, 2014
ISBN-101460252004
ISBN-139781460252000
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions9 × 0.7 × 6 in
Weight1 lb
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