CITC15H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sancton, Metrolinx, Neoliberalism
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Discuss fiscal powers of canadian municipal government in comparative perspective. Andrew sancton studying the local government inevitably comparison. The reason behind is that in canada each province and territory has its own local government system. For example, bc and ontario are opposites since ontario regulates and controls while. Bc does not much: ontario"s muncipalities carry more governemntal actions than bc, ontario"s history and origins start after the american revolution. How can we understand canadian fiscal powers through comapriosn: governemntal functions, autonomy, multi-purpose vs. single -purpose authorites, size (1)governmental functions. It must be clear that canadian provinces are not local governments. Canadian sub national governemtns ( provinces and local govenrments )are very strong, they provide the vast majority of actions. Canada"s local governemnts are weak in functional terms: ex) in on the local governements are low in providing support towards physically and mentaly disabled children, in outher eur countries these services would be seen as core.
