The Canadian Municipal System : Essays on the Improvement of Local Government

Cover Title Copyright Preface Contents Introduction: The Municipal System and the Need for Change Part One: Local Government and Administration 1. Our Forms of Urban Government 2. Do We Need the Manager Plan? 3. Do We Have the Manager Plan? 4. Reform the Board of Control System 5. Extend the Municipal Vote 6. Better Civic Personnel 7. Public Relations Officers for Cities? Part Two: Municipal Finance 1. The Need for Improving Assessment 2. Improving the Tax System 3. Revamp the Business Tax in Ontario Part Three: Provincial-Municipal Relations 1. Trends and Problems 2. The Equalization of Grants 3. Provincial Supervision and Leadership 4. The Problem of Implementing Proposals Part Four: Metropolitan Areas 1. Trends and Problems 2. Should Cities be Limited in Size? 3. Planning and Metropolitan Government 4. Halifax: A Case for a Metropolitan Authority 5. Toronto and Montreal Should be Provinces Part Five: A Federal Territory for Ottawa-Hull ? 1. The Case for a Federal Territory 2. The Argument Against a Federal Territory 3. The Problems of Governing Federal Capitals Part Six: Proposals for Municipal Regions 1. The Case for Municipal Regions 2. The Concept of Regional Government 3. A Proposal for Ontario Conclusion Appendices 1. Proposals of Byrne Commission 2. Criticism of Byrne Report 3. Proposals of Michener Commission 4. Criticism of Michener Report 5. Regional Government for Ontario 6. An Analysis of the Smith Proposal Bibliography Note on Author