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jQuery("img#storyphoto.tabClick").click(function() { tabClick(' - Photos Tab',false,'storypage','story_photo_content',true,true); ); Montreals Denis Coderre (right) and Quebec Citys Rgis Labeaume joined their voices this week to call for a new deal for their cities that would fully recognize their cities needs and their importance to the province as a whole. [url=http://www.goldvk.com/Game.wow_eu.World of Warcraft - EU.wow_eu.Gold.Info.aspx]wow gold[/url] Photograph by: Allen McInnis , Gazette file photo The mayors of Quebecâs two leading cities are talking big in their demands for more powers from the provincial government. Montrealâs Denis Coderre and Quebec Cityâs RĂŠgis Labeaume joined their voices this week to call for a â new deal â for their cities that would fully recognize their citiesâ needs and their importance to the province as a whole. Their message was that Quebecâs well-being is greatly reliant on the well-being of its principal cities. What they want overall is special status, as a metropolis in Montrealâs case, and as a capital in Quebec Cityâs. Coderre was even moved to toss out the term â city state â as a designation of which Montreal might be deserving. They maintain that under constitutional provisions that grant provincial governments full jurisdiction over municipalities, provincial governments of varying stripes have sought to treat all of them the same way, with Montrealâs civic administration having essentially no more powers than that of Montmagny. And they point out that municipal affairs bureaucrats in many respects have more power over the provinceâs major cities than do their mayors. As Coderre laid it out, special status for Montreal would include a new fiscal pact with the provincial administration, allowing it to generate revenue through sources other than property tax and to negotiate directly with the federal government for funding for priority projects. Montreal would take control over local development centres and community economic development organizations, as well as responsibility for social development issues, including homelessness and immigration. [url=http://www.goldvk.com/Game.wow_eu.World of Warcraft - EU.wow_eu.Gold.Info.aspx]wow gold[/url] The city would have a seat on the board of directors of Hydro-QuĂŠbec, and more say over infrastructure projects. As it is, Montreal has a limited say on projects that have a major impact on the city, such as the new Champlain Bridge, the Turcot Interchange refit and the proposed covering of a stretch of the Ville-Marie Expressway. [url=http://www.goldvk.com/Game.wow_eu.World of Warcraft - EU.wow_eu.Gold.Info.aspx]wow gold[/url] The document presented by the mayors even suggests that their city administrations might do well to take over management of school buildings from school boards, and assume the collection of school taxes. On the other hand, giving city hall more powers and sources of revenue is no assured panacea. Municipal administrations here have indulged in their share of follies over the years, from the Olympic boondoggle to the $2 billion pension fund hole the city dug for itself with overly generous contract settlements with its employees. And certainly the city would be on a better footing had corruption not flourished under the noses of local governments. The City of Toronto Act , whereby the Ontario government gave Toronto many of the powers Montreal and Quebec City are seeking, is often cited as a model for what might be done here. But downsides were noted there as the city took advantage of its new powers to impose taxes and user fees that shortly had small and medium-size businesses up in arms. It is in the greater interest that the provincial government be open to the citiesâ proposals. But the mayors should also have to show just how the reforms they are seeking would better serve citizensâ interests than does the present arrangement. xboter 2014