Cities and the Constitution by Alexandra Flynn PAPERBACK 9780228022077

Cities and the ConstitutionGiving Local Governments in Canada the Power They Need\nAuthor(s): Alexandra Flynn, Richard Albert, Nathalie Des Rosiers, Alan Broadbent\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada\nImprint: McGill-Queen's University Press\nISBN-13: 9780228022077, 978-0228022077\nSynopsis\nCanadas largest cities have faced exponential growth, with the trajectory rising further still. Due to their high density, cities are the primary sites for opportunities in economic prosperity, green innovation, and cultural activity, and also for critical challenges in homelessness and extreme poverty, air pollution, Indigenous-municipal relationship-building, racial injustice, and transportation gridlock. While city governments are at the forefront of mitigating the challenges of urban life, they are given insufficient power to effectively attend to public needs.\n\nCities and the Constitution confronts the misalignment between the importance of municipalities.