RC8
Senior Member
Such as?
Your argument not that the Megacity is to large to be operable (such as you are suggesting above), your argument is that people in Etobicoke don't think the same way as people who live in Parkdale, or share the same values. While I grant you a kernel of truth to that, it is largely not the case.
It's not that they don't think the same way, but rather that they have different priorities.
People in Parkdale and the Financial District would benefit hugely by an increase in bike-lanes, increased streetcar frequency, and the pedestrianisation of many streets.
People in Etobicoke would benefit only marginally from those, but would benefit hugely by increased GO transit service, new GO stations, new subway stations, and the creation of new employment and shopping centres a la Woodbine Live.
As I said, the barrier is not social but political. Etobicoke should be allowed to focus on improving their quality of life without consulting with North York first, and the same goes for the rest of the municipalities. We need a formula allocating a budget to each municipality so that the discussion of resource allocation and resource spending is not one and the same.
I don't care if we are still all part of The City of Toronto or whatever, but we need a political mechanism of some sort to administer these very different realities according to their own needs.