CITB04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sanctuary City, Low-Carbon Economy, Census Geographic Units Of Canada
CITB04-Lecture 4: What are City Powers in Relation to Other Governments:
Midterm:
-Will be provided w a list of concepts, definitions, and essay questions
oThe exam will be taken from this worksheet
Review:
-History of restructuring:
oMultiple municipal boundaries that factor into politics
oThere are policy objectives that play a role
oBoundaries are impacted by multiple factors, such as law and history
o
-Arguments in favour of restructuring cities:
oCensus metropolitan area: helpful for researchers because that is where we
extract our data from (gov uses this data)
oUpper tier: municipality is more than 50% of the census m.a
oLower tier only: small municipalities, limited population
oTwo-tier:
Direct:
Indirect:
oAmalgamation:
-Main topics:
oProvince’s decision whether they want to amalgamate or not
oStrong local opposition that derails the province’s plans
See the light after the residences speak up
Not always
oSometimes they decide that there is a direction they want to go in, and they do.
No reason need to be given
o“ghosts” of pre-amalgamated areas can remain
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-New vs. Old Regionalism:
oImportance of this approach of the government is moving past just providing
“boundaries”
Effects of Amalgamation:
-Some benefits did occur in Toronto
What Powers do Cities Have?
-Some are based in the constitution
-Other factors:
oIndividual places of legislation
-The city steps into say “we wish to play a role in this area”, minus any legislation or
constitutional pressures
Under Legislation:
1. Prescriptive Powers:
a. Detailed list what the municipality can do
b. Anything outside of the list of things it can do, it CANNOT do
2. Spheres of Jurisdiction:
a. Broad subject areas which the municipalities can act
b. These areas provide lots of discretion as to how it will exert that authority
c. Courts have empowered municipalities even more to have power with matters
more out of their domain
d. There are multiple aspects as to where the courts will stop some decisions and
participation, although the municipalities do act out of their natural responsibilities
at times
3. Toronto must enforce immigration laws, sanctuary city status
a. When someone wants a park permit, the staff will not ask you if you are an
immigrant or not
Cats and Beavers analogy:
-Beavers: prescriptive powers
-Cats: spears of jurisdiction
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Document Summary
Citb04-lecture 4: what are city powers in relation to other governments: Will be provided w a list of concepts, definitions, and essay questions: the exam will be taken from this worksheet. History of restructuring: multiple municipal boundaries that factor into politics, there are policy objectives that play a role, boundaries are impacted by multiple factors, such as law and history o. Main topics: province"s decision whether they want to amalgamate or not, strong local opposition that derails the province"s plans. See the light after the residences speak up. Not always: sometimes they decide that there is a direction they want to go in, and they do. No reason need to be given: ghosts of pre-amalgamated areas can remain. New vs. old regionalism: importance of this approach of the government is moving past just providing. Other factors: individual places of legislation.
