The Past, Present, and Future of Canadian Cities explores the historical functions of municipalities, their current ability to tackle major problems, and how to unlock the potential of cities to help Canada seize the future.
Authors
Alexandra Flynn, Don Iveson, Richard Albert, Nathalie Des Rosiers
- Published in
- Montreal, CA
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF CANADIAN CITIES 2
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- Contents 6
- Tables and Figures 8
- Foreword 10
- Acknowledgments 14
- Introduction: Can Canada’s Constitution Keep Pace with Canadian Cities? 18
- PART ONE | PAST: A LEGAL HISTORY OF CITIES AND THE CONSTITUTION 34
- 1 Canadian Municipalities and Responsible Government: Taxation, Delegation, and Empire from Durham to Hodge 36
- 2 Tax, Borrow, and Spend: Municipal Finance in Ontario, 1886–1941 62
- 3 Protecting Democratic “Creatures”: Municipal Democracy and Subsection 92(8) of the Constitution Act, 1867 125
- PART TWO | PRESENT: CITIES AS CONTEMPORARY SITES OF LEGAL INNOVATION 162
- 4 Obligations of Cities Towards Indigenous Peoples: Municipal-Indigenous Relations in Canada 164
- 5 Cities and COVID-19: A New Municipal-Provincial Emergency Framework? 187
- 6 Cities in the Brazilian Constitution: The Right to the City, and Antiracist Construction of Spaces 210
- PART THREE | FUTURE: LEARNING FROM GLOBAL CITIES 226
- 7 Towards Reimagining the Autonomous City 228
- 8 Empowering Cities by Constitutional Pluralism 244
- 9 Constitutional Recognition of Cities: What Dynamic Federalism Has to Offer 266
- 10 The Entrenchment of Metropolitan Cities in the Italian Constitution 281
- Conclusion: Constitutionalism and the Intentionality of Cities 300
- Contributors 318
- Index 324
