02-13-2015, 01:26 AM
(02-13-2015, 12:31 AM)white_brian Wrote: I'm gonna throw a dirty word out there to straighten all these politicians up.... AMALGAMATION!! After all the hoopla we went through with LRT and now the water and sewage fiasco these people need to get there sh*t together. The region (the residents/voters) could save a whole lot of money if one tier was taken away!!
That doesn't need to be a hypothetical scenario. Other municipalities had forced amalgamation, and the experience in those jurisdictions just does not support the claimed savings.
Given the quality of governance we have here and forward-thinking approaches on land-use and transportation planning, I think we have a pretty good deal relative to other municipalities in Ontario, even the amalgamated ones. (How's that working out for Toronto and Hamilton, by the way?)
Sometimes, getting your act together requires investing in infrastructure for the future. It's not necessarily pleasant, but the alternative is worse.