03-05-2016, 07:01 PM
(03-04-2016, 05:22 AM)plam Wrote: Does that ever really work? Economies of scale I mean.
Ever? Yes, absolutely. Always? Absolutely not. A lot of it depends on how small the pre-existing units are, and how well the amalgamation is done.
In our case, the benefits would be less as we already have a strong regional government that provides a lot of services: those would not see any benefit at all. In fact, I think the way to go forward for Waterloo Region would be to gradually move more services to the regional level, while allowing all the cities and townships to keep their own identities.