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ciTizens uniTe!! <br />in cities across the world, citizens have found ways to work together to <br />give themselves a louder voice. residents associations, urban leagues <br />and voters unions have empowered residents to play a major role in <br />policy development. toronto has a strong history of resident organising, <br />including recent examples of successful neighbourhood advocacy. But <br />there is much room for improvement, innovation and growth. <br />Bringing <br />Back the Bureau? <br />As City Hall becomes increasingly <br />polarised, Toronto’s residents thirst <br />for non-partisan voices to provide <br />positive, balanced, research-based <br />solutions. Perhaps we can draw in- <br />spiration from the Toronto Bureau <br />of Municipal Research? Founded <br />in 1914, the Bureau produced <br />dozens of reports on local issues <br />for seven decades <br />The Bureau was also was also <br />very engaged with elections, includ- <br />ing this creative survey from 1919 <br />trying to understand voter apathy <br />in the city: <br />the BMr would have <br />celebrated its 100th birthday <br />in 2014. Maybe that would be <br />a good time to bring it back?