Disbanding Regions is HOT topic of Local Elections of 2006:

[iamcanadian2]

Disbanding Regions is HOT topic of Local Elections of 2006:

The HOT topic for the 2006 municipal elections for Ontario is the disbanding of the Regions to allowing local governments to become more democratic and easier to control and manage the public's interest the way the voters want. A move away from the Region Big Corporate Culture mentality that is exemplified by problems with the City of Toronto and similar problems being exported elsewhere throughout the GTA.

[iamcanadian2]

I agree in principle, I am just a little bit worried that regionalization will make it even easier for the province to get it's way with municipalities. The lack of constitutional status for municipalities needs to be addressed aswell, you can see that?

I think that the whole lack of constitutional status which makes municipalities problematic is compounded by the addition of the Regional level which is too far removed from the voters to have any democratic influence affect them.

At least in smaller managable Cities (say arround 500,000 you can still manage democratically with one member of Council for each 25,000 people and have a council of 20 sit and pay attention to the citizens problems.

When you add on top of them a Region which is not at all receptive to the needs of any citizen or any one component Town or City, without elected majority or Leadership, the Big Bureaucratic Public Spending Business Organization that result tend to run away on their own volition and do whatever they please regardles what anyone wants.

The Province that has elected representation is removed from influencing them because Regions are directed by the Municipalities and the Municipalities have no influence because none of them have controlling say and therefore no accountability for what Regions do.

Together in Ontario the Nine of them with over $30 Billion in unfetered control of anual public spending beyond any Auditor General or possible public scrutiny, Regions basically get away with butchering the public interest and the public's trust on a daily basis.

[iamcanadian2]

Toronto Sun 24/03/06

Sun columnist Mike Strobel pondered a megacity of Toronto then asked Hazel McCallion for an opinion. He got it!! She would probably say the same about a City of Halton.

"Don't bother me with such a stupid idea," says everyone's favourite Hurricane.

"What you're promoting is big government and if there's one thing that never works, it's big government."

Bigger city, sure, but simpler, cheaper ...

"No. The system now is so screwed up, the poor citizen has no idea who does what. You'd just take a convoluted system and make it bigger."

[iamcanadian2]

Province has Moral, Ethical & Legal Obligation to Citizens:

The Province of Ontario has the moral, ethical and legal obligation to look after the citizens of Ontario in all matters and issues that arrise from the activities of Municipalities, Regions and Boards created by Acts of Provincial Parliment.

The Constitution of Canada recognises only TWO LEGAL governments with direct and total responsability and accountability to all of its citizens.

All lower forms of governmental organizations created by Acts of Parliment are subordinate divisions on the TWO LEGITIMATE forms of government.