01-16-2019, 01:52 PM
(01-16-2019, 01:18 PM)robdrimmie Wrote:(01-16-2019, 01:00 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: I don't know that I would be so quick to make that decision. If and I say If, it was to occur, at a minimum I would think they would allow the people to decide the name through a plebiscite.
Did the province allow the people to decide the name of amalgamated Toronto and Hamilton? Precedent isn't everything but it is a meaningful indicator.
In both of those cases, the decision had been made beforehand to some extent; Metro Toronto was sliced off of York County in the 50s, and Wentworth County was renamed as the Region of Hamilton-Wentworth in the 70s. We've always just been Waterloo (County, then Region).