POLS 4155 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Main Source, Urban Sprawl, Infrastructure Canada
31 Jan 2019
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Reading 1 carlo fanelli, how public policy is constraining ontario municipalities, Municipality"s weight of the neoliberal policies public service pressure on ontario cities has expanded under neoliberal policies. Years of funding cuts + transfer of provincial programs onto municipalities. Social and physical infrastructure, in disrepair + tax cuts. Pressure on ontario municipalities to find cost-savings = consumption-based taxes and user fees as well as property tax increases. Privatization + outsourcing of municipal services + assets + employment = privatization of formerly public sector jobs is correlated with more expensive and lower quality services as well as reduced public oversight. Inability of municipalities to meet their fiscal requirements. Federal involvements in municipalities" on necessity bases + federal policy still affect the municipalities. Federal + provincial neoliberal policies = stop the progress of municipalities. History: federal government tried to institutionalize federal-municipal relations not possible as neoliberal ideology gained popularity.
