https://grumpytaxpayers.com/2020/11/why-civic-political-parties/ Almost the Best Place on Earth Mon, 09 Nov 2020 22:42:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://grumpytaxpayers.com/2020/11/why-civic-political-parties/#comment-511 Mon, 09 Nov 2020 22:42:44 +0000 http://grumpytaxpayers.com/?p=3901#comment-511 Good question: Why does the province not take a hard look at regional governance structure? The regional district model may be fine for a rural setting. Greater Victoria is not that. Onwards of 400,000 citizens, it is an urban connurbation. Better models exist. I’m sure the province knows that but so far it is: see no, hear no, do no. Why? Sure, not a hot button political issue, but one utterly basic to senior government responsibility. How does that button get pushed? Will it ever bite at Bellville St? It certainly bites in the region where increasing growth and declining infrastructure quality are on divergent tracks: Check out the really bad arterial roads and increasing traffic congestion. These and other matters of regional concern require regional powers to solve. The passing and unfocused interest of senior government in them that prevails is no way forward.

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