Foundations of Governance : : Municipal Government in Canada's Provinces / / ed. by Andrew Sancton, Robert A. Young.

• MitwirkendeR: Archambault, Julie,; Belley, Serge,; Bherer, Laurence,; Bourgeois, Daniel,; Braun-Jackson, Jeffery,; Bulger, David,; Cameron, David M.,; Carter, Tom,; Chiasson, Guy,; Collin, Jean-Pierre,; Feehan, James P.,; Garcea, Joseph,; Gilchrist, Donald,; Hamel, Pierre J.,; Hamel, Pierre,; Hobson, Paul A. R.,; Lesage, Edward C.,; McMillan, Melville L.,; Penney, Ronald,; Rivard, Mathieu,; Sancton, Andrew,; Sentance, James,; Siegel, David,; Smith, Patrick J.,; Stewart, Kennedy,; Strain, Frank,; Tomblin, Stephen G.,; Young, Robert,
• HerausgeberIn: Sancton, Andrew,; Young, Robert A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (453 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Contributors --; Preface --; Introduction --; 1. Ontario --; 2. Quebec --; 3. Nova Scotia --; 4. New Brunswick --; 5. Manitoba --; 6. British Columbia --; 7. Prince Edward Island --; 8. Saskatchewan --; 9. Alberta --; 10. Newfoundland and Labrador --; Conclusion --; Appendix: Municipal Financial Data for Canada and by Province --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442697874
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442697874
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Andrew Sancton, Robert A. Young.

Municipalities are responsible for many essential services and have become vital agents for implementing provincial policies, including those dealing with the environment, emergency planning, economic development, and land use. In Foundations of Governance, experts from each of Canada's provinces come together to assess the extent to which municipal governments have the capacity to act autonomously, purposefully, and collaboratively in the intergovernmental arena.Each chapter follows a common template in order to facilitate comparison and covers essential features such as institutional structures, municipal functions, demography, and municipal finances. Canada's municipalities function in diverse ways but have similar problems and, in this way, are illustrative of the importance of local democracy. Foundations of Governance shows that municipal governments require the legitimacy granted by a vibrant democracy in order to successfully negotiate and implement important collective choices about the futures of communities.