05-27-2023, 02:15 PM
(05-24-2023, 07:16 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: [quote="nms" pid="109158" dateline="1684893507"]
Peel is being de-amalgamted? I'm not sure I understand what that would mean for them, but possible I am missing some context.
Amalgamation has almost never ended up achieving the stated goals of cost savings. It has always achieved its actual goals of diluting and reducing the power of cities in favour of more conservative suburbs.
It's not really a deamalgamation as much as it is an end to the regional layer in Peel, giving Mississauga and Brampton greater independence, for better or for worse.
The amalgamation of Metro Toronto into a single-layer city has made a lot of sense in the long term, I think. The patchwork of individual cities was quite confusing to many people -- and without signs, it was impossible for most people to know which city they were in.