Locally Grown - A survey of municipal politicians in Canada

Locally Grown A survey of municipal politicians in Canada In collaboration with the Canadian Municipal Barometer The Canadian Municipal Barometer (CMB) is an annual survey of mayors and councillors in more than 400 municipalities across Can- ada that provides new insights for academic researchers, municipal policymakers, and the general public. [...] The project is led by Jack Lucas at the University of Calgary, and generously supported by a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant and by contributions from institutional partners, including the University of Calgary, the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, University of Manitoba, Memorial University, the University of Toronto, and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. [...] take the lead for much of the constituency service The result—again, unique in the world of politics—is work, and provide research and communications sup- that local representatives must divide their attention port to Members for their legislative duties. [...] Various forms of underrepresentation, of the communities they seek to represent, may mean for example of people of colour and women, are often starting hyper-local—with more active recruitment even more pernicious and pronounced at the local within neighbourhood associations and service clubs, level than federally and provincially. [...] The sur- ary 28, 2020. A total of 841 individuals completed the vey is administered by a pan-Canadian partnership of survey questions examined in this report, with at least academic and non-academic institutions, led by Jack one respondent from 85% of the municipalities includ- Lucas of the University of Calgary.