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This is one for the hometown brothers and sisters on the flist.
If you don't regularly read Royston James's column in the Toronto Star, you should. And yesterday's column especially.
Toronto has sometimes suffered under it's "weak mayor" system but better government does not come at the expense of democratic process or accountability. I urge everyone who's in town at the moment to read James's column and e-mail their local councillors about what's going on in Nathan Phillip's Square. The Mayor of Toronto represents a constituency near the size of Ireland and is responsible for a budget larger than that of many Canadian provinces. These are reasons why it's important for the mayor to have the powers necessary to do his job effectively. These are reasons why it's important for the mayor to be held accountable to council and to the people of our city.
The problem of democracy has always been thus - Quis custodiet custodiens? So pay attention.
If you don't regularly read Royston James's column in the Toronto Star, you should. And yesterday's column especially.
Toronto has sometimes suffered under it's "weak mayor" system but better government does not come at the expense of democratic process or accountability. I urge everyone who's in town at the moment to read James's column and e-mail their local councillors about what's going on in Nathan Phillip's Square. The Mayor of Toronto represents a constituency near the size of Ireland and is responsible for a budget larger than that of many Canadian provinces. These are reasons why it's important for the mayor to have the powers necessary to do his job effectively. These are reasons why it's important for the mayor to be held accountable to council and to the people of our city.
The problem of democracy has always been thus - Quis custodiet custodiens? So pay attention.
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