01-12-2018, 03:15 PM
(01-12-2018, 03:03 PM)DHLawrence Wrote: I think it's more the thought of merger than rebranding for people in Waterloo - though using that name would make the merger go down easier for some. Cambridge would be a harder sell - not that anyone's really attached to the identity of Cambridge, but they don't really want to be part of Kitchener, even if it's called Waterloo. (Oddly enough, when the Cambridge merger was imminent, Preston and Hespeler threatened to join Kitchener instead of Galt.)
I think we should just gradually upload services to the Region. Over time, the cities might slowly lose their relevance but we don’t need to be in a rush to upload everything to the Region (which is what a merger really is — just move everything to the Region and rename it to City).
The fire service and libraries are two obvious areas where I think there might be an actual benefit to uploading.
If in the long run the cities still have significant responsibilities, that’s OK too.