Regional Governance Under Review

Half a century of Regional Governments; time to redraw the regions?

TVO, The Agenda with Steve Paikin
January 31, 2019

Since the mid-1970s, many parts of Ontario have had two tier local governance structures: upper regional councils, more local-focused lower tiers, each with different responsibilities.

Municipalities are creatures of the province. So when Queen's Park calls for a review of local and regional governments -- as they've done periodically over the past decades -- they can make real change and it's always controversial.

The Agenda discusses the provincial government's recently launched review to see whether realignments, amalgamations, or something else might be in order. Watch the segments here:

• https://www.tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/time-to-redraw-the-regions
• https://www.tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/half-a-century-of-regional-governments