Urban Nation
Why We Need to Give Power Back to the Cities to Make Canada Strong
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Canada’s cities are crippled by a lack of financial and governing clout.
Their infrastructures are crumbling and their citizens are disaffected by the
inability of municipal government—or any government, for that matter—to act on
the issues that influence their constituents’ lives. Cities generate a
disproportionate amount of Canada’s wealth and are home to the majority of the
population, yet they have no means to control their own destinies.
Alan Broadbent suggests that the problem is a slavish
devotion to a constitutional structure and a federal government that is ignorant
of how crucial large cities are to our national prosperity and heritage.
Canada’s landscape has been changed by the forces of urbanization and
immigration. If the country is to prosper, Broadbent argues, cities must be
given the same amount of power as their federal and provincial counterparts.
Thoughtful and provocative, Urban Nation ignites controversy among
politicians and passion among citizens and action groups eager for practical
urban reform solutions.
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Author Extras
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Critical Praise for
Urban Nation
“Broadbent has provided the blueprint for every civic, provincial and federal
politician to potentially alter Canada for the better. . . . Broadbent has
literally put his and other people’s money where his mouth is, investing in
making Canada’s cities more livable for everyone.”
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Winnipeg Free Press
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