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NORTH <br />YORK <br />MIMICO <br />1967 <br />1998 <br />1967 TOWN OF NORTH <br />TORONTO <br />OLD CITY OFTORONTO <br />1967 <br />TOWN OF WEST <br />TORONTO JUNCTION <br />VILLAGE OF <br />YORKVILLE <br />EAST <br />TORONTO <br />BROCKTON <br />FOREST HILL <br />PARKDALE <br />1909 <br />1912 <br />1908 <br />1883 <br />1834 <br />1884 <br />1889 <br />1967 <br />YORK <br />➋ Not only has the ratio shifted, <br />we’ve also seen a huge shift in <br />the geography of political access. <br />Fifteen years ago, residents in <br />Malvern lived four kilometers from <br />their City Hall in Scarborough. But <br />after the forced amalgamation of <br />Metro, these residents now live <br />over twenty kilometers from City <br />Hall. The same goes for residents <br />of Etobicoke, North York or any of <br />the cities and towns that have been <br />amalgamated over time. In fact, in <br />the history of Toronto, we have <br />dissolved nineteen City Councils <br />in the name of ‘efficiency’. Each <br />amalgamation has reduced access <br />to local decision-making. <br />Fun FacT! <br />in 2006 a toronto staff report <br />recommended that “the city <br />launch a community dialogue on <br />reconnecting people with city <br />government… that considers <br />processes and structures to <br />improve engagement at the <br />neighbourhood, community, ward <br />and city-wide levels and improve <br />public participation in the decision- <br />making process.” ...this community <br />dialogue never happened. <br />“Part of what we have lost through amalgamation is a <br />viable political structure for planning and managing the <br />complex web of local stewardship that makes cities work. <br />The situation points to a critical need for strong subentities <br />that work within the larger scale, beyond the very limited <br />Community Council model. The key concept is getting to the ideal size and right <br />degree of power and responsibility of “subsidiarity”, an organizing principle <br />which holds that matters ought to be handled by the smallest, lowest or least <br />centralized competent authority.” <br />ken greenBerg Former Director of urban Design and architecture for the <br />city of toronto. <br />excerpt from “Walking home”