11-21-2019, 11:20 AM
(11-21-2019, 10:14 AM)jamincan Wrote:(11-20-2019, 10:45 PM)MacBerry Wrote: Burlington is only part of The Hammer for political CMA data only. Burlington is part of Halton Region for planning and policy. The population of Burlington inflates the importance and CMA population of Hamilton and is therefore imply a paper inclusion. There is no reason to include Burlington in the Hamilton data except it makes the "CMA" seem to be larger and important.
MY point is it is time to change the CMA to reflect a reality that Hamilton is not what the CMA purports to tell. Propping up CMA Hamilton is last century. StatsCan didn't decide the areas, politicians did. Just change the data to reflect 21stC realities that Hamilton is not what politicians want everyone to believe. CMA fairy tales.
This is patently false. The criteria for inclusion in a CMA are well-defined and are not even remotely political except in so much as where municipal boundaries lie.
I don’t really have a position on this, but I have to point out that MacBerry said that “StatsCan didn't decide the areas, politicians did”.
You then said the criteria are “not even remotely political except in so much as where municipal boundaries lie”.
But who drew the municipal boundaries? It sounds like you are both agreeing and disagreeing with MacBerry in the same sentence.