21st century city-state: Empowering municipality of future | Bo Kruk

By Bo Kruk ( April 30, 2021, 10:29 AM EDT) -- Municipalities have often found themselves the subject of political gamesmanship from the other levels of government. As the public has become disillusioned with federal and provincial governments, Canadians are turning more to this third level of government. While it is only the federal and provincial governments that are rooted in the Canadian Constitution, as part of this political gamesmanship candidates for provincial election have been advocating for “maximum municipal sovereignty” (spoiler: not a thing)....