07-07-2015, 01:12 PM
Amalgamation of Kitchener with Waterloo would make it very difficult to maintain a two-tier municipality here, as the lower tier would be dominated by one city. I think the Regional Municipality of Waterloo is a shockingly competent and forward-thinking government as compared with almost all peers in Ontario, and I don't think it would be able to maintain its big picture thinking without being an upper-level municipality.
Secondly, in my opinion there are a lot of benefits to a friendly competition between Kitchener and Waterloo on things like food trucks, streetscape design, etc. You get more innovation potential and more risk-taking than you would if they were combined into one bigger government with one council.
Secondly, in my opinion there are a lot of benefits to a friendly competition between Kitchener and Waterloo on things like food trucks, streetscape design, etc. You get more innovation potential and more risk-taking than you would if they were combined into one bigger government with one council.