As a newsman who covered the early days of Metro government beginning in 1954, I remember only too well that it was supposed to be a stop-gap rather than a type of government that was to remain forever. It took a strong and stubborn guy like Mike Harris to take that final giant step to merge the whole mess into one city and not be afraid of the political uproar that could have happened. Well, the voters gave Harris the clear-cut power to finish a vital job of reforming Ontario's major services while keeping control of taxes. It's no small task. Ontario's people deserve such an effort from everyone elected yesterday.
Democracy deserves no less.
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