The Merger Delusion: How Swallowing Its Suburbs Made an Even Bigger Mess of Montreal

by Peter F. Trent

Powerless under the country's constitution, Canadian municipal governments often find themselves in conflict with their provincial masters. In 2002, the Province of Quebec forcibly merged all cities on the Island of Montreal into a single municipality - a decision that was partially reversed in 2006. The first book-length study of the series of mergers imposed by the Parti Qu?b?cois government, The Merger Delusion is a sharp and insightful critique...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773539328
• ISBN13: 9780773539327
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 700 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"