- interesting that Hume castigates the ward system, which Sue Woods (candidate for Victoria council) proposed as a possible solution to our amalgamation (or: avoidance of amalgamation) issues. Victoria is currently 13 municipalities, each its own fiefdom, each with its own mayor and council. But the city would benefit from a stronger provincial and national presence through amalgamation (which is fiercely resisted by Oak Bay and most of Saanich, however). But would a ward system really alleviate the feudal mentality? According to Hume, it hasn't done so in Toronto...
- happily, I don't think we have a BC equivalent of this organization, which sounds frightening in terms of its ability to interfere in municipal self-governance.
- we do have this; we have probably about 5 levels of government owning and interfering in Victoria's waterfront: the Feds, the Province, the Port Authority, the CRD, the City.... the military (or is that the Feds again?, probably), and so on...
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