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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
That defeats the purpose of amalgamation, which was unified service agencies and governments structures for a given region.
Amalgamation isn't so much the issue as how governance favouring rural and suburban areas was prioritized.
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Would it though? It still would have reduced the number of municipalities from 12 to 3. The Province didn't amalgamate Toronto with all of its suburbs, just a few, so why Ottawa?