All issues specific to each Canadian city:

To research urban issues see this comprehensive listexternal link.

An urban issue is one that affects those who live in towns and cities predominately. Often gun control, racism, smog and transit? are cited as urban issues. It is contrasted to so-called rural issue?s which in Canada is defined as any municipality with under 150,000 people. The process of resolving urban issues is urban development? and contrasts with rural development.

during election NDP Liberal Green Conservative
Canadian federal election, 2004 no change to status; shift 5% federal gas tax to all municipalities immediately; remove GST on municipal purchase?s; no-clawback provisions no change to status; shift 5% federal gax tax to cities over 5 years; no-clawback provisions "determined to...redefine the rights of municipalities,... cities and towns," by creating municipal constitutions and formal status; give municipalities a fixed share of federal tax revenues with conditions on type of infrastructure cities can fund; remove GST on municipal purchases; all conditional on stricter capital asset reporting including well-known human capital attraction and value creation measures that encourage urban arts, gay and "bohemian" communities in downtowns. shift 3% of federal gas tax to cities, but since cities remain entirely under provincial jurisdiction, clawbacks are possible


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