Mar 8, 2018
Build Canada's progressive future at the municipal level
Victoria Fenner
From the Press Progress Summit 2017, an exploration of how to build Canada’s progressive future at the most local of political levels – our cities and towns.
municipal government
Mar 8, 2018
Municipal victories: Rebuilding Canada's progressive future
Needs No Introduction
From the Press Progress Summit 2017, an exploration of how to build Canada’s progressive future at the most local of political levels – our cities and towns.
Oct 12, 2016
Lil MacPherson won't be elected mayor of Halifax, but that was never the point
Stephen Kimber
It will come as a surprise to no one -- least of all to Lil herself -- when I predict Lil MacPherson will not be mayor of Halifax after all the votes are counted. So why then did she even bother?
Emancipating the municipality: Community-directed development and the structural reform of goverance
Feb 10, 2016 to Feb 11, 2016
Regent Theatre Lecture Hall
50 King Street East
Parking 1 block east of the theatre.
Oshawa
, ON
Canada
43° 53' 53.1492" N, 78° 51' 42.9912" W
See map: Google Maps
Ontario CA
This forum will focus on the enhancement of municipal governance through the creation of new structural linkages.
Sep 22, 2014
Feds and provinces push billions in costs down onto towns and cities
Keith Reynolds
From public transit to sewage treatment, many local issues are connected to the growing crisis confronting towns and cities in Canada facing growing costs and limited revenues.
Mar 28, 2014
Upcoming B.C. municipal elections: Business as usual?
Janet Newbury
With municipal elections on the horizon in British Columbia, it is worth paying attention to the nature of political discourse in this province -- and considering its implications and alternatives.
Mar 27, 2014
Not Rex: Unions fight back against amalgamation
Former Ontario Premier Mike Harris said amalgamation would decrease the cost and size of government. But, you don't make things bigger to reduce their size and cost, do you?
Mar 17, 2014
How many will vote in the November 2014 local government elections?
Keith Reynolds
Voter turnout has been falling federally and provincially. At a local level it is already very low. Why should we care?
Mar 3, 2014
4-year municipal elections: Are we trading long-term planning for accountability?
Keith Reynolds
The B.C. government has announced changes to the way local government elections will be run. One of the changes will be four-year municipal elections.
Sep 4, 2013
'We have to make sure that economically we're free': Worker self-management in Jackson, Miss.
Ajamu Nangwaya
A look at the potential for worker self-management in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, following the historic election of Chokwe Lumumba as mayor.
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