Complex sentence: Copps was a consistent opponent of "one-tier" municipal government and opposed plans in the 1990s to amalgamate the city with neighbouring suburbs in the 1990s, arguing that the city could lose its identity ("Spectator", 24 January 1992).
Split into simpler sentences: Copps was a consistent opponent of "one-tier" municipal government, and opposed plans to amalgamate the city with neighbouring suburbs in the 1990s. She argued that the city could lose its distinctive identity under such an arrangement ("Spectator", 24 January 1992).