Urban nation
Subtitle: why we need to give power back to the cities to make Canada strong
By: Alan Broadbent
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780002008839
Subjects: Municipal government; Urban policy; Urbanization; Emigration and immigration; Federal-local relations; Provincial-local relations; Administration municipale; Politique urbaine; Urbanisation; Émigration et immigration; Relations fédérales-municipales; Relations provinciales-municipales (Canada)
Description: "Canada&#x2019;s cities are crippled by a lack of financial and governing clout. Their infrastructures are crumbling and their citizens are disaffected by the inability of municipal government - or any government, for that matter - to act on the issues that influence their constituents&#x2019; lives. Cities generate a disproportionate amount of Canada&#x2019;s wealth and are home to the majority of the population, yet they have no means to control their own destinies.

Alan Broadbent suggests that the problem is a slavish devotion to a constitutional structure and a federal government that is ignorant of how crucial large cities are to our national prosperity and heritage. Canada&#x2019;s landscape has been changed by the forces of urbanization and immigration. If the country is to prosper, Broadbent argues, cities must be given the same amount of power as their federal and provincial counterparts. Thoughtful and provocative, Urban Nation ignites controversy among politicians and passion among citizens and action groups eager for practical urban reform solutions."--pub. desc.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 1. We see thee rise : from forest to farm to city; title: 2. From far and wide : the changing complexion of Canada; title: 3. Strong and free : twenty-first century challanges with nineteenth-century too; title: 4. Sons command : control of destiny fo our cities; title: 5. A lasting, rich reward : how to pay our own way; title: 6. Dominion : the right form of government to do the job; title: 7. Stand on guard for thee : where are the leaders of tomorrow?; title: 8. Keep our land : small steps that will work now; title: 9. Glorious and free : bigger steps for a brighter future; title: 10. The true north : a new Canada for the twenty-first century.