01-19-2019, 01:27 AM
(01-18-2019, 10:04 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(01-18-2019, 06:14 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Yes, not efficiently anyway.
This is why we have lower levels of government.
So we should really have more levels of government, not fewer? An urban government separate from the suburban one? Maybe a smaller unit yet who can consider the priorities of the Victoria Park heritage district without worrying about other areas? Where does one draw the line?
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.
By the way, I do in fact have more levels of government, I have one between the city and me, namely, the building I live in.