Cities and the Constitution: Giving Local Governments in Canada the Power They Need - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 022802207X ISBN 13 : 9780228022077

Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2024

Synopsis

Canada’s largest cities have faced exponential growth, with the trajectory rising further still. Due to their high density, cities are the primary sites for opportunities in economic prosperity, green innovation, and cultural activity, and also for critical challenges in homelessness and extreme poverty, air pollution, Indigenous-municipal relationship-building, racial injustice, and transportation gridlock. While city governments are at the forefront of mitigating the challenges of urban life, they are given insufficient power to effectively attend to public needs. Cities and the Constitution confronts the misalignment between the importance of municipalities and their constitutional status. While our constitution is often considered a living document, Canada has one of the most complicated amending formulas in the world, making change very difficult. Cities are thus constitutionally vulnerable to unilateral provincial action and reliant on other levels of government for funding. Could municipal power be reimagined without disrupting the existing constitutional structure, or could the Constitution be reformed to designate cities a distinct tier of government? Among other novel proposals, this groundbreaking volume explores the idea of recognizing municipalities in provincial constitutions. The first volume of a complementary pair, authored by renowned Canadian legal and urban studies scholars, Cities and the Constitution suggests contemporary solutions to one of our most pressing policy dilemmas.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Alexandra Flynn is associate professor in the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. Richard Albert is William Stamps Farish Professor in Law, professor of government, and director of constitutional studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Nathalie Des Rosiers is a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 022802207X
• ISBN 13: 9780228022077
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 300
• Éditeur: Flynn Alexandra, Albert Richard, Des Rosiers Nathalie
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