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2 4 6 8 10 12 <br />TORONTO <br />MONTREAL <br />BERLIN <br />PARIS <br />MONTREAL* <br />STOCKHOLM <br />*including borough <br />councillors <br />Break iT doWn <br />Education advocates often stress the importance of small classroom <br />sizes. if a class is too large, the teacher can’t provide adequate attention <br />to individual students. the same theory applies at city hall, where a <br />councillor’s responsiveness is affected by the size of the ward. as toronto <br />has grown we’ve seen a steady reduction in representation with ratios as <br />high as one councillor per 88,000 citizens. this is a staggering number <br />and inconsistent with many cities our size: <br />➊ While we still maintain ‘Com- <br />munity Councils’ in four regions <br />of the City, these bodies have very <br />little power, are not elected sepa- <br />rately and don’t have their own <br />budget. Many cities our size have <br />some form of two-tier structure al- <br />lowing for communities to engage <br />at the local level. <br />These bodies can be directly <br />elected with a wide range of delegat- <br />ed authority, as in Montreal, or they <br />can be appointed advisory bodies, as <br />in New York City. In either case, they <br />represent areas much smaller than <br />our current Community Councils <br />and provide further opportunity for <br />local citizen participation. <br />neW york city: <br />59 community BoarDs. mEmBErs <br />arE aPPointED. <br />Montreal: <br />19 Boroughs, With DirEctly ElEctED <br />councillors anD mayor.