10-28-2019, 01:58 AM
Amalgamation would do a disservice to the various municipal relationships that already exist. Hamilton's amalgamation did not go well for the rural parts of the new city as the urban members generally outvoted the rural members when it came to deciding who got what amount of funding for existing or new services.
I could also foresee that it would be very difficult to build marquee arts or sporting venues in the amalgamated unit as it would be a dance to decide which legacy city was going to get the next one on the list. Inevitably, I would expect that Kitchener would end up with everything with the argument that they are central to the Region while Waterloo and Cambridge would be left out. (Just ask Preston, Galt and Hespeler about how easy it was to place a new sports facility!)
I could also foresee that it would be very difficult to build marquee arts or sporting venues in the amalgamated unit as it would be a dance to decide which legacy city was going to get the next one on the list. Inevitably, I would expect that Kitchener would end up with everything with the argument that they are central to the Region while Waterloo and Cambridge would be left out. (Just ask Preston, Galt and Hespeler about how easy it was to place a new sports facility!)