Full Description
Municipalities are responsible for many essential services and have become vital agents for implementing provincial policies, including those dealing with the environment, emergency planning, economic development, and land use. In Foundations of Governance, experts from each of Canada's provinces come together to assess the extent to which municipal governments have the capacity to act autonomously, purposefully, and collaboratively in the intergovernmental arena.
Each chapter follows a common template in order to facilitate comparison and covers essential features such as institutional structures, municipal functions, demography, and municipal finances. Canada's municipalities function in diverse ways but have similar problems and, in this way, are illustrative of the importance of local democracy. Foundations of Governance shows that municipal governments require the legitimacy granted by a vibrant democracy in order to successfully negotiate and implement important collective choices about the futures of communities.
Contents
Contributors
Preface Robert Young and Andrew Sancton
Introduction Andrew Sancton
1 Ontario David Siegel
2 Quebec Serge Belley, Laurence Bherer, Guy Chiasson, Jean-Pierre Collin, Pierre Hamel, Pierre J. Hamel, and Mathieu Rivard with Julie Archambault
3 Nova Scotia David M. Cameron with Paul A.R. Hobson
4 New Brunswick Daniel Bourgeois and Frank Strain
5 Manitoba Tom Carter
6 British Columbia Patrick J. Smith and Kennedy Stewart
7 Prince Edward Island David Bulger and James Sentence
8 Saskatchewan Joseph Garcea and Donald Gilchrist
9 Alberta Edward C. Lesage, Jr. and Melville L. McMillan
10 Newfoundland and Labrador James. P. Feehan, Jeffery Braun-Jackson, Ronald Penney, and Stephen G. Tomblin
Conclusion Robert Young
Appendix: Municipal Financial Data for Canad and by Province
Index
