POLI 352 Lecture 5: chapter 7 reading notes
15 Jun 2018
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Chapter 7 Notes
Objective of the chapter: understand the nature of the disagreement between 2 positions:
1. Consolidationist position: it has been that in the absence of continuous annexation, an
alternative solution to governing the entire urban area is to establish a metropolitain level of
municipal government on top of the existing municipalities to provide a level of government
that can address problems facing the whole area.
2. Public choice
Consolidationists versus Public choice
Consolidationist:
- Believe that each metropolitan area needs a municipal government capable of making decisions
on at least some of the municipal issues facing the entire area.
- 19th century
- 4 arguments are made:
o Efficiency
o Planning for infrastructure and environmental protection
o Equity
o Economic development and promotion
- The consolidationist position is built on at least two major assumptions:
o Central governments are unwilling or unable to step in themselves and attemot to solve
whatever policy problems result from having more than one municipality in the same
metropolitan area
o Having multiple municipal governments in the same urban area creates only problems
and not advantages -- main target of those who favor the public-choice position
The municipality of Metropolitan Toronto
- early proposals for a two-tier form of metropolitan government emerged at the same time as
annexation was losing its appeal.
- Lorne Cumming announced that he was recommending a compromise solution: the creation of
a two-tier federated form of municipal government comprising the city of Toronto and 12
surrounding municipalities. (1950)
- 1954 Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto came into being
- Metro Toronto served as the model for the regional governments of Ottawa-Carleton (1969),
Hamilton-Wentworth (1974) and the metropolitan corporation of Greater Winnipeg (1961-71)
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Document Summary
Believe that each metropolitan area needs a municipal government capable of making decisions on at least some of the municipal issues facing the entire area. 4 arguments are made: efficiency, planning for infrastructure and environmental protection, equity, economic development and promotion. The municipality of metropolitan toronto early proposals for a two-tier form of metropolitan government emerged at the same time as annexation was losing its appeal. Lorne cumming announced that he was recommending a compromise solution: the creation of a two-tier federated form of municipal government comprising the city of toronto and 12 surrounding municipalities. (1950) 1954 municipality of metropolitan toronto came into being. Metro toronto served as the model for the regional governments of ottawa-carleton (1969),
