Diigo Bookmarks 07/16/2008 (p.m.)

“Get set – the future starts now” by Christopher Hume (Toronto Star)

Well, don’t say I didn’t tell you so:
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“Politically,” Miller continues, “cities in Canada don’t exist, especially at the federal level. As far as I know, this is virtually unique in the world. Throughout the world, federal and national governments invest in cities, but we don’t see that here. All cities in Canada are suffering from lack of federal spending.”
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This is so distressing, from where I’m sitting — because Victoria has the additional burden of being one of 13 municipalities in an urban conglomeration (the CRD), and has the additional burden of being a “lefty” NDP hold-out in BC Liberal Party-land. It shouldn’t BE this partisan, and yet it seems to be…

tags: christopher_hume, thestar, cities, municipal_funding