Rationale for renewal

We need to move beyond the much of that discussion revolves around the federal-municipal stale debates of the past and begin seriously considering the connection as opposed to the provincial-municipal interface. [...] Does the In many ways, international success starts at home, and a current legal, fiscal, and governance relationship between consensus is emerging in the policy community that bold steps provinces and their big cities maximize the ability to take are needed now to maximize the potential of our big cities to advantage of future opportunities and build our economic serve as a source of sustainable [...] SUMMARY: The current legal, legislative, and fiscal relationship Big cities are not only the locus of research, development, and between big cities and the provinces is not up to the economic innovation, they also serve as the gateways to global trade. [...] The basic role of the provincial government with the responsibilities provided for by the constitution and the and provincial legislation would be to enable local governments law.”. [...] A NEW PARTNERSHIP: Broad Themes Before moving to the rationale behind a new big city-provincial partnership, it is first important to note that the arguments in The quest for urban sustainability, the strengthening of economic this discussion paper intentionally speak to the West’s six big competitiveness, and keeping the door open to future cities – Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Regina