Local communities want and…

Local communities want and need local representation in all aspects of government, and especially so with the management and protection of our valuable water resources and wetlands.

Amalgamations have been a provincial project since the days of Premier Mike Harris. All have come with more pitfalls than benefits. Municipalities, School Boards, Hospitals, Health Units; all are amalgamation failures, leading to large, ineffective bureaucracies that make them vulnerable to abuse.
In just my riding alone, there are several examples:
1. Amalgamated School Boards have shown to be dysfunctional, financial mismanagement and abuse, massive cost overruns
2. Amalgamated Municipalities result in poor representation with dysfunctional councils and the colliding of cities/town/village interests and needs
3. Hospital Amalgamations have resulted in criminal charge of massive fraud by various hospital administrators, unmanageable power structure, massive cost overruns.

If and when a broader approach is needed between the various CAs, there is already plenty of opportunity to work cooperatively with others on an issue-by-issue or project-by-project basis.

Keep CAs effective by keeping them local.