01-19-2019, 09:41 AM
(01-19-2019, 01:27 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: You're implying there should be an easy obvious rule that always applies? It depends entirely on the specific contexts, and on what specific trade offs you want to make, there are no easy answers. I don't know where to draw the line, but people who study this for a living probably have a good idea what the right answer is. What I can say is that I see our region/city functioning better than areas that were amalgamated, and I also see specific reasons why our government here works well, that I would fear it would work more poorly if it was amalgamated.
And on top of this, it’s obvious that the Ford government is not the one to make any changes, even if changes are needed — one can have many valid opinions on the Toronto council shrinkage, but no-one can in good faith believe that the way they made the change was reasonable.