Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I The Legal and Political Framework
1. What Is Local Government?
Municipal Corporations in English Cities
Evolution of Canadian Municipal Government
Different Kinds of Canadian Municipalities
What about
Indigenous Governments? (NEW!)
Special-Purpose Bodies
Financial Significance of Local Government
Conclusion
Resources
Study Questions
2. Why Local Government?
Imagining Provinces without Local Government
Functions of Canadian Local
Governments
Conclusion
Resources
Study Questions
3. Provinces and Municipalities
Provincial Statutes Relating to Local Government
Provincial Ministries and Ministers
Administrative Tribunals
Money
Reasons for Provincial Involvement in Local
Issues
Municipal Organizations
Conclusion
Resources
Study Questions
4. Municipalities and Other Governments (NEW CHAPTER!)
Indigenous Governments
The Federal Government
International Municipal Organizations and Initiatives
Conclusion
Resources
Study
Questions
5. Special-Purpose Bodies (previously chapter 4)
School Boards
Police Boards
The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
Library Boards
Local Transit Systems and Utilities
Inter-municipal Special-Purpose Bodies
Intergovernmental Special-Purpose
Bodies
Local Special-Purpose Bodies with No Municipal Involvement
Conclusion
Resources
Study Questions
Part II Adapting to Urbanization
6. Population Centres, Rural Areas, and Causes of Metropolitan Growth (prev. chapter 5)
Approaching Urban-Rural
Differences
Population Centres
Census Metropolitan and Census Agglomerations
The Greater Golden Horseshoe
CMAs and Provinces
Causes of Growth in Canada's Largest CMAs
Conclusion
Resources
Study Questions
7. Annexations (previously chapter 6)
The
Expansion of a Hypothetical Urban Settlement
Montreal
Edmonton
London, Ontario
Calgary
Regina
Conclusion
Resources
Study Questions
8. Two-Tier Metropolitan and Regional Governments (previously chapter 7)
Consolidationist versus Public Choice
The
Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto
The Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg
Regional Municipalities in Ontario
Urban, Regional, and Metropolitan Communities in Quebec
Regional Districts in British Columbia
Regional Service Commissions in New Brunswick
Metropolitan
Partnerships in Edmonton and Calgary
Conclusion
Resources
Study Questions
9. Amalgamations and De-amalgamations (previously chapter 8)
The Windsor Precedent
Winnipeg's Unicity
The Early 1990s: Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick
Cape Breton
and Halifax
Ontario
Quebec
Victoria (NEW!)
Conclusion
Resources
Study Questions
Part III Politics and Management in Canadian Urban Government
10. Municipal Politics, Councils, and Elections (previously chapter 9)
Municipal Politics and Political
Parties
The Era of Municipal Reform
Local Political Parties in Canada
Size and Structure of Municipal Councils
Openness of Meetings and of Votes in Municipal Councils
Is Being a Municipal Councillor a Full-Time Job?
Municipal Electoral Systems, Terms of Office, Turnout, and
Minority Representation
Financing Municipal Campaigns
Conclusion
Resources
Study Questions
11. Developers, Councillors, and Citizens (previously chapter 10)
How Rural Land Has Become Urban in Ontario
Shopping Malls versus Downtowns
Old Buildings versus New
Buildings
Neighbourhoods versus <"Cataclysmic Change>"
"New Reformers" and the Development Industry
The Development Industry Today in Toronto
Citizen Participation
Conclusion
Resources
Study Questions
12. Mayors and Local Political Leadership (previously chapter
11)
Legal Status of Mayors
Executive Committees
How Mayors Become Powerful
Urban Pluralism and Urban Regimes
A Model of Mayoral Power in Canada
Conclusion
Resources
Study Questions
13. Policy-Making (previously chapter 12)
Responding to Federal and
Provincial Governments
Responding to Pressures for Economic Growth
Responding to Disruptive Technological Change (NEW!)
Responding to Climate Change (NEW!)
Responding to Pressures from Citizens
Municipalities and Precommitment
Implementing Municipal Policy
Decisions
Conclusion
Resources
Study Questions
14. Senior Management and Labour Unions (previously chapter 13)
Distinctive Features of Municipal Management
The Role of City Managers and CAOs
CAOs and Municipal Malfeasance
Contracting Out
Public-Private
Partnerships
Municipal Unions
Conclusion
Resources
Study Questions
Part IV Financial Issues
15. Budgets, Grants, and User Fees (previously chapter 14)
Local Government Finances
Municipal Budgets
Users Fees
Financing
Water
Conclusion
Resources
Study Questions
16. The Property Tax (previously chapter 15)
How Much Property Tax?
Determining Tax Payable for Individual Property Owners
Alternative Assessment Systems
Exempt Property and Payments-in-Lieu of Taxes
Who
Pays?
Other Demands on the Property Tax
Alternatives to the Property Tax
Conclusion
Resources
Study Questions
17. Conclusion: Canadian Local Government in Comparative Perspective (prev. chapter 16)
Governmental Functions
Multi-Purpose versus Single-Purpose
Authorities
Autonomy
Size
Why Canadian Local Government Is Important
Assessing Canadian Local Government
Resources
Study Questions
Endnotes
Index
PowerPoint Slides
- 20-30 slides per chapter
Image Bank:
- Including figures, maps, and tables from throughout the book.
Andrew Sancton is a professor emeritus of political science at Western University.
Canadian Democracy - Stephen Brooks
Inside Canadian Politics - Alex Marland and Jared J. Wesley
Making Sense in the Social Sciences - Margot Northey, Lorne Tepperman and Patrizia Albanese
First Nations People in Canada - James S. Frideres
Intergovernmental Relations in Federal Systems - Johanne Poirier, Cheryl Saunders and John Kincaid
