amalgamation won't solve Metro Vancouver's problems
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Opinion: Amalgamation won’t solve Metro Vancouver’s problems

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Fraser Institute: Amalgamation could weaken local democracy, stifle competition and drive up costs.
Mike Harcourt , former B.C. premier and a former Vancouver mayor, recently said Metro Vancouver’s 21 municipalities should amalgamate into between “six or eight ” municipalities.
Harcourt argues amalgamation would improve democratic accountability, but in fact, it would undermine it.
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