With whom the tolls dwell: the great Edmonton telephone dispute, 1984-1987

Article Abstract:

The relative weakness of Canadian municipalities in their bargaining positions with central governments may, in certain circumstances, be effectively short-circuited. In this case study of the 1984 attempt by the City of Edmonton to garner a larger portion of long distance tolls for its municipally owned telephone system from the provincial monopoly, it is demonstrated that a well-developed civic campaign rooted in a strategic concept of gamesmanship can outflank constitutionally defined institutional impotence.What risks must be taken and how they can be moderated are considered. The lesson is that, as in any campaign, both tactics and strategy must be clearly defined, understood and adhered to for a winning scenario to result. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Telecommunications services industry, Science and technology policy

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Reforming Albert's municipalities: possibilities and parameters

Article Abstract:

Like elsewhere in Canada, Alberta responded with significant local government structural adjustment in the immediate postwar decades. Incremental changes and legislative amendments have characterized the approach to local government development. Now in a period of self-exploration, including the matter of local self-governance, what are the possible options; how much is dictated by what is already in place; and to what degree is systematic reorganization to meet perceived future need curtailed by the realities of the political marketplace and their own future image? These are the questions addressed by the authors, in formulating an agenda for reform. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Research, Local government, Powers and duties, Alberta, Public administration, Political planning

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A new perspective on clothing the emperor: Canadian metropolitan form, function and frontiers

Article Abstract:

Recent analysis of the municipal governing of Canadian census metropolitan areas (CMAs) has led to a variety of alternative schemes for reconstituted bi-level institutions. This essay first considers the historical and ideological context for the emerge of two-tier urban governments after World War II. It is then argued that area-wide governments have outgrown their original purposes and have become redundant in the 1990s. It is argued that provincial authorities should assume direct policy control over problems that cannot presently be resolved by the best cooperative efforts of existing municipalities. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Analysis, Cities and towns, Provinces

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