Greater Vancouver is a cooperative federalism in which planning relies on
consensus and cooperation between municipalities, provincial ministries and
Crown corporations. A result of this approach is a system in which each
organisation and municipality is responsible for making decisions and funding the
issues within its jurisdiction. Often this results in inefficient decisions being made;
decisions, that otherwise would have considered regional issues, tend to consider
only local concerns.
Experience suggests that regional governments are generally distrusted by the
general public and may pose a threat to the urban power base of the provincial
government. Instead, a conjoint approach - which uses the existing agencies and is
activated at key points in the process - offers the optimum configuration. In Greater
Vancouver, a commission made up of nine directly elected, nine municipally
appointed, and nine provincially appointed councillors will provide a well balanced
organisation which is responsible to the province, municipalities, and the public.
The new commission will be responsible for creating regional goals and ensuring
conformity of the municipalities, ministries and Crown corporations to those goals.
Adjustments in the provincial legislations will be required to transfer control and
funding functions to the new commission, and to pave the way for a truly
integrated transportation planning process for Greater Vancouver.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/5014 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Marlor, David John |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Relation | UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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