POLS 3270 Lecture Notes - Centre Wellington, Ontario, Metropolitan Toronto, Greater Toronto Area

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3270
• Professor: Tim Mau

Document Summary

Province institutions within a province: gives provinces control over municipal, s. 92(13) gives the provinces power over property, demographic shift made it so that urban governance became a key political area rights and civil rights. Baldwin act (1849) first municipal act: represented the first attempt to organize municipal government. Control; economic development: greater accountability, ongoing consultation, *inclusion of natural persons power which. Of wellington: 16 member council (mayors of 7. Ward councillors: city of guelph is not a part of the. Lower-tier: urban city, town, village, rural township, parish, rural. Upper-tier: county rural areas, regional municipality / Metro toronto: created jan. 1, 1953, originally 13 municipalities - 12. Seats: indirectly elected, no city was part of an upper tier municipality before 1953. The gta halton, peel, york & durham. Office of the gta created in 1988: report to cabinet minister, foster communication between upper tiers (1988). Common sense revolution: 4 key elements. Too much overlap and duplication amongst the gov"ts.