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Source Documents for Executive Resource Group Papers: Governance City of Toronto Act, 1997: Chapter 2 City of Toronto Act, 1997 (No. 2): Chapter 26 City of Toronto Material Developing a Council-Committee Structure for the New City of Toronto Governance Structures for the New City of Toronto Authority for Delegation of Matters Design of the new City of Toronto: An Organization Review of Issues and Options City of Toronto Council Governance Review Report (April 24, 2003) City of Toronto Council Governance Review: May 21, 22 and 23, 2003 Minutes City of Toronto Council Governance Review: May 2003 Report to Council Revisions to the Toronto City Council-Committee Structure Task Force on Community Access and Equity Key Elements of an Improved Legislative Framework for Toronto Achieving an Improved Legislative Framework for Toronto: The Right Deal for Toronto is a Great Deal for Ontario Toronto Governance Links Toronto Board of Trade Toronto Board of Trade Tackling City Governance Foundation for Good Municipal Governance Other Canadian Jurisdictions City of West Vancouver Structure Comparative Accountability Structures in Canadian Municipal Governments Comparison of powers and revenue sources of selected cities A Comparison of New and Proposed Municipal Acts of the Provinces: Revenues, Financial Powers and Resources Greater Vancouver Regional District Mississauga Chief Administrative Officer By-law Montreal Opportunities for Improving Local Governance in New Brunswick: Municipal Council Powers of Canadian Cities: The legal framework U.S. and Other World Australia and New Zealand City of Aukland New Zealand Aukland Regional Structure Sydney Office of the Lord Mayor Sydney: Organizational Chart Local Government in Western Australia United Kingdom Further consultative drafts of proposed regulations on new council constitutions Mayor of London Local Government Bill: The proposals Manchester General principles of conduct in local government: consultation paper Strengthening regional accountability: consultation paper Tackling poor performance in local government United States Buffalo, New York City of Chicago Report of the Mayor's Committee on Integrity and Trust in Local Government Your Government at a Glance: Facts about the City of Los Angeles Los Angeles Structure Los Angeles New York City The Voters of the City of New York Oregon Model City Charter Portland, Oregon The Structure of Missouri Local Government: A Brief Overview Articles The following papers were presented at a conference hosted by the Queens University Institute of Intergovernmental Relations. Julie-Anne Boudreau - Intergovernmental relations and polyscalar social mobilization: The cases of Montreal and Toronto Pierre Hamel and Jean Rousseau - Revisiting Municipal Reforms in Quebec and the New Responsibilities of Local Actors in a Globalising World Patrick J. Smith and Kennedy Stewart - Beavers & Cats Revisited: Creatures & Tenants vs. Municipal Charter(s) & Home Rule Larry S. Bourne - Alternative Models for Managing Metropolitan Regions: The Challenge for North American Cities Andrew Sancton - Why Municipal Amalgamations? Halifax, Toronto, Montreal David Siegel - Recent Changes in Provincial-Municipal Relations in Ontario: A New Era or a Missed Opportunity? The Conference was entitled "Municipal-Federal-Provincial Relations: New Structures/New Connections" and took place May 9-10, 2003 at Queens University, Kingston Ontario. The papers were helpful background material to the Inquiry. They are available at: http://www.iigr.ca/gogo.php/conference_archives/papers#conf_1" Final versions of these papers are forthcoming in a volume on Municipal-Federal-Provincial Relations edited by Robert Young and Christian Leuprecht to be published in the fall of 2005 as part of the Institute of Intergovernmental Relation's State of the Federation series http://www.iigr.ca/browse_publications.php?section=3" Governance - Other Bibliography C o p y r i g h t © 2002-2004 TCLI & TECI