Local Government
Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-localised and has limited powers. While in some countries, "government" is normally reserved purely for a national administration (government) (which may be known as a central government or federal government), the term local government is always used specifically in contrast to national government – as well as, in many cases, the activities of sub-national, first-level administrative divisions (which are generally known by names such as …
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School of Public Policy, University of Calgary · 13 March 2024 English
R E S E A R C H P A P E R Volume 17:04 Assessing the March 2024 Viability of Smaller Municipalities: The Alberta Model Kimberly Jones, Mukesh Khanal, …
governments to instead consider a reorganization of local government. This may mean merging a number of communities … one-third of New Brunswickers were without elected local government representation as they lived in local service … provincial government stated in the report that the local government system needed to change in order to “… meet … portions of them, with an existing and adjacent local government”; and • “Formation of 12 rural districts for … districts (LSD)— or parts of them—that are outside local government boundaries” (Province of New Brunswick n.d …
Fraser Institute · 12 March 2024 English
Business subsidies delivered through government spending since 1961 came with significant costs to Canadian taxpayers. In 2019, provincial business subsidies reached $27.0 billion ($2022). This represents the single largest year …
Figure 1 shows total federal, provincial, and local government subsidies in real terms (2022 dollars) from … average real cost of federal, provincial, and local government subsidies per taxpayer by province from 2007 …
Environmental Defence · 11 March 2024 English
OF GOvErnmEnT” 9 The emissions reductions from changing the All of these policy interventions can be built environment of our towns and cities is achieved with the program design of …
cost-shares The federal for public transit Local government capital projects. governments manages a $2 …
FCPP: Frontier Centre for Public Policy · 7 March 2024 English
“this threat and Incredibly, a segment of the CBC’s Fifth Estate was devoted to the Coastal from where it is GasLink extremist attacks but devoted most of the segment to …
public expenditures in important areas such as local government, education, health and social policy. The …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 6 March 2024 English
This briefing paper analyzes the importance of integrating externalities into financial analysis to improve decision making for infrastructure transport projects.Transport is a crucial part of modern society, connecting communities and …
leading to increased tax revenue for the local government (World Bank, 2019). This highlights the fact … Implementation completion and results report, Local government and decentralisation project. https://documents1 …
Columbia Basin Trust · 5 March 2024 English
Applicants operating outside the Basin must partner with community-based organizations operating within the region and must show that the project benefits the Basin. [...] • The project, and the organizations …
• have on-the-ground action on crown land, local government land, First Nations land, or conservation …
CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 1 March 2024
It was the first nation in the have a significant impact on the lives of Canadians world to publish a national AI strategy.5 The and the operations of Canadian businesses.”9 …
(Nelson 1989; Esanu and Uhlir 2003). Moreover, local government officials could use Many countries, firms …
PHABC: Public Health Association of BC · 29 February 2024 English
6 To really make a causes hunger, poverty, and a lack of control over food change, we need to break the foundations of the food for others, especially people of …
counter-examples that challenge advocating to their local government for a community the myth? garden site. 4.2 … relations and equity in Example of “Power Over”: Local government fining a food systems planning. The purpose …
SPI: Smart Prosperity Institute · 27 February 2024 English
The same framework is then applied to North-Eastern BC to help policymakers identify the areas of strength and the opportunities for improvement in a region aiming for the growth of …
exist to support a located. Recently, the local government has established various diverse wood industry …
SPI: Smart Prosperity Institute · 27 February 2024 English
Precision is required in the manufacturing of mass timber products.114 The scale of mass timber manufacturing the components of a mass timber building (as the building struc- — which involves …
Design for of mass timber includes current local government policies in BC, Manufacturing and Assembly … internationally. An adequate number tified current local government policies in BC and building of skilled professionals …