POL 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Scientific Reports, Pesticide
17 Nov 2014
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Pol203 - politics of the environment - lecture 8: pesticides. Municipalities have no constitutional standing in canada. Municipalities are incorporated under provincial legislation and can only create policy within areas specifically delegated by province. There is a complex relationship with the federal government; and there is an issue of political underrepresentation. Municipalities do not have the fiscal resources to commensurate. Combined revenues in 2002 of . 7 billion but spent . 4 billion (lightbody, There are limited fiscal tools, including uncertainty (i. e. think infrastructure planning and how complex it is). The city of toronto manages one million tons of solid waste a year. That waste is shipped to facilities all over ontario. Waste water is also a serious issue. Example: toronto collects and treats 428 billion liters of water a year alone. Energy consumption also plays an important role with regards to resource management. The average consumption of electricity in toronto was 3,900 mw out of ontario"s.
