tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post2526447205673398417..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Climate Change And CitiesLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-4793465933937561402017-05-08T16:14:07.385-04:002017-05-08T16:14:07.385-04:00Like much that is written about climate-change sol...Like much that is written about climate-change solutions, Mound, I realize that this is largely pie-in-the-sky thinking. Nonetheless.it suggests what could be done if we had the will which, unfortunately, is sorely lacking in our world.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-50492397370538451052017-05-08T16:03:47.229-04:002017-05-08T16:03:47.229-04:00Municipalities, being creatures of provincial stat...Municipalities, being creatures of provincial statute, have no independent existence. No province is going to grant municipal autonomy, the equivalent of severing one arm and one leg. The feds might entertain the idea of city-provinces but that would require constitutional approval of - well, the provinces. How many votes do you imagine Ottawa would muster for that idea?<br /><br />By any measure, Vancouver Island should qualify for provincial status. It's physically larger than most Maritime provinces and more populous to boot. In many ways the mainland and the island are foreign to each other. It's just one of those things that isn't going to happen.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com