Municipality refers to an area with a government that has the authority and mandate to provide security, amenities, and other infrastructures needed by locals of the area. A committee or a council administers municipalities in Canada. Their main obligation ranges from overseeing the financial budget to implementation of services to the community.
The Municipal Act of 2001 is a statute, which was legislated to provide guidelines for creating a municipality, managing it and provide smooth running of business by the municipal committee in Ontario. The Act has undergone a number of important amendments, all for ensuring that the local government acquires authority and is adaptive to the changing times.
In Canada, there are different types of municipal
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May 1st has been proposed as the first day to file for nominations while the 4th Friday in July will mark the last day for nomination filing. Ratifying of regulations related to how voting is done, through either email or the internet together with equipment’s used for tallying votes, will have a deadline of May 1st, a year before the elections. The referendum question by-laws, passed by the municipality will shift to March 1st, the same year the election is held; the administrator will be required to have processes and all other required documents for different ways of voting and counting by December 31st one year before the elections are …show more content…
and 9 p.m. without prohibition from building owners. Identification of the vying parties is required to be printed out boldly on the campaign materials displayed. Enforcement of the law, is amongst the key objectives of the amendments to the Municipal Act of 1996. Late filling of the financial statements of the candidates or third party advertisers will attract a fine of 500 dollars. The clerk has been vested with the authority to oversee the election and going over the donations filed on the financial reports. If the cleark reads any mischief in the reports, for instance contributions turn up to be more than the maximum required, the compliance review board will be notified. Subsequently, the committee rests with the final decision on what legal actions to take against the donor. The clerk has also among other things, the authority to strike off the name of a deceased person from the voters list with or without a
...portunities for service provisions. The structural reforms cut the number of municipalities in half and implemented larger, single-tiered municipalities. The legislative reforms allowed for municipalities to have autonomy away from provincial control. After assessing the previously mentioned reforms, this paper determines that it is crucial to evaluate the behavior tendencies of the municipalities and the province when measuring the impact of these changes. For a long period of time, and arguably still to this day, municipalities have viewed themselves as creatures of the province. Further, the province of Ontario has taken a paternal and protective role over the municipalities (Graham and Phillips 179-209). In conclusion, even with financial, functional, structural and legislative reforms, these roles of the municipalities and province will not be changing quickly.
After tracing the evolution of the provincial-local financial relationship in Canada it has become apparent that the trend, throughout history, has been towards greater Provincial control and in turn less fiscal autonomy for the municipality. There has been an increase (due to demand as well as downloading from the provinces) in the functions and responsibilities of the municipality, as well as the cost of these functions, and a decrease in fiscal resources and revenue sources.
As a representative of the Algo ethnic group, I want to say that our people would like the new state to introduce a parliamentary system of governence. Parliamentarism is a system of government in which the head of government is elected by and accountable to a parliament or legislature. One could rightfully ask: What is our reasoning for desiring this? We think it is justified because in presidential systems the populace at large votes for a chief executive, who is the President, in a nation-wide election. This is revenant as the Algo comprises the minority of the population of the Republic of Jarth, which consists of only 1.1 million representatives in the whole state, compared to that of 2.9 million Randies, 3.8 million Dorfas and 2.2 million Takas living in the Republic of Jarth. One can reasonably assume that the outcome will most likely be that the cumulation of the majority’s vote will hinder the representation (in numbers) of the members of the minority in office. Subsequently, the Algo will have to live under the control of a leader from another ethnic group again, which the Algo members tremble at the thought of because we are proud of their ethnicity and do not wished to be shamed for it. On the other hand, in parliamentarism, the first step is an election of members of parliament, which are the political parties. This is imperative since it will allow the Algo to be able to choose the party we really share interests with....
... outweigh this potential (but not proven) appearance of corruption. The real potential for corruption is related to direct contributions. However, the Court has imposed checks on this aspect of elections. It seems that any proposed system, even the current one, could be targeted as allowing for corruption, or for a disproportionate influence, or for a limitation on free speech. The important thing, therefore, is that the courts balance all these potential harms for the sake of protecting the democratic process and the First Amendment. The current system places checks in the areas where corruption is the most likely, and allows for the most expression in the areas where corruption is minimal at best. This gives citizens the great ability to influence elections and critically discuss candidates, while ensuring that politicians are accountable for their actions.
In addition, it isn’t feasible for a voter to comprehend the numerous offices and candidates in an election and how informed do voters need to be, in order for them to be confident in their choice. However, with the removal of straight-ticket voting, voter turnout may decrease, but the vote quality will increase due to an improved versed decision and in addition, an increase in the chance of a professional holding a government position. There are no excuses for voters to not be informed because there are various resources that determine an individual preferred political candidate. Through the use of the internet, websites offer political quizzes that matches a voter's beliefs with a candidate. For example, Isidewith.com is an online website that asks the participant various question about concerning issues in politics such as, abortion, , environmental, economic, and domestic policy issues. Based on the results, it will give the participant selections on the candidates that closely relates to their beliefs.
A member of the Federal Government who has been selected by the Prime Minister. They are in charge of the administration of particular areas within a major department.
What is the Townshend Act? (1764) The Townshend act is an act that made the Colonists pay taxes for many imported goods such as glass, lead, and other crucial materials that the colonists of America needed. The taxes were made in order to help pay for the funding of British soldiers sailing from their homeland to America in order to make sure that Colonial America was behaving. The leader that had made this frowned upon act was called Charles Townshend and was one of the few leaders in Parliament to combat the American colonies.
By the end, there was an agreement over adopting a federal government along with delegating responsibilities and powers to provincial authorities’ .But, as a federal system, Canada by contrast to United States had difficulties in distributing the power between the national, provincial governments and territorial governments, because only the first two entities enjoy the major power, and the other smaller entities have only those powers which are directed to them by the provincial government, the thing that made it increasingly decentralized to the point that it became the world’s most decentralized federal system in the world, so decentralization arise when there is a extensive sharing of authority, power, financial issues ,foreign affairs…etc between the different entities of the nation
Reformation on the funding of political campaigns has been an ongoing battle between trying to create an equal and democratic balance of representation for the people and the rich and powerful who have succeeded in using the media to control those people. With The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1972 and the establishment of the Federal Election Commission in 1975, steps were taken to hold the wealthy and public officials accountable for corruption and to try and prevent it. Though the act could be viewed as a positive sign of peaceful evolution in the direction o...
Fontana is the Clerk of Court and in charge of election day. She is responsible for getting all the voting machines to voter locations and making sure all commissioners are at their proper locations. I learned that her office is self-funded and not through tax dollars. I was assured of false speculations of tampering of the voting machines and gained knowledge of what exactly happens during voting. The machines are read before and after each voting period. Votes are cleaned out at the beginning of each day and at the end of the day the number of voters on the machine should match the number of voters they marked in the system. Also the votes are put onto a state issued laptop that is not connected to the internet so hackers cannot access it. I am someone who is not quick to jump to speculations and accusing people or the government. I believe that voters hold all the power and if any scandals occur we have to understand that we put these people into power. The tour of the Clerk of Court office was also impressive knowing that pretty much all the records of anyone and everything in the parish was there in that
Urban Consolidation Factors and Fallacies in Urban Consolidation: Introduction As proponents of urban consolidation and consolidated living continue to manifest in our society, we must ensure that our acknowledgment of its benefits, and the problems of its agitator (sprawl), do not hinder our caution over its continually changing objectives. Definition Like much urban policy, the potential benefits that urban consolidation and the urban village concept seek to offer are substantially undermined by ambiguous definition. This ambiguity, as expressed through a general lack of inter-governmental and inter-professional cohesion on this policy, can best be understood in terms of individual motives (AIUSH,1991). * State Government^s participatory role in the reduction of infrastructure spending.
There are two kinds of municipalities (city/town). General- Law powers are defined by the states Government code. City government establishes municipal policy and enacts and implements local ordinances. City governments are responsible for providing services which directly affect the lives of their residents like police ...
The first thing to do, whenever one runs for any office, is to check all local laws pertaining to elections and contributions. In any county, there often are obscure laws that affect a myriad of subjects, elections being among them. These laws usually state who can give money to whom and how much can be given by any one person or organization. Violating these laws may result in an automatic forfeiture.
Urban Planning is about places for people. It is about their creation, their function, their maintenance and their improvement .Cities and towns are the basic building blocks of modern society, operating as centers of commerce and trade, government and politics, and knowledge and culture. Well- planned, efficient cities provide healthy and attractive environment for people to live, work and play.
After the person has entered their name into the election, they must start to campaign. There are m...