The Merger Delusion: An Excerpt
Peter F. Trent
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Posted 05.05.2013
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Canada
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Just over ten years ago, two hundred municipalities all over Quebec were merged against their will. Some were amalgamated into megacities. The governing Parti Québécois had no mandate to do this; moreover, pleading the "urgency" to act, they refused to consult citizens.
