"Assholes and elbows" : Local 4 dispatcher, 1980-1993 -- "Country boy with pencil" : coast committeeman, 1993-1999 -- "Going to shake hands" : international vice-president, 2-2006 -- "I got a plan:" international president, 2007-2009 -- "Seeing where people are going" : international president,...

This paper is concerned with how the Toronto-based economy adjusted to the problems of rapid economic and population growth and to political changes that were shaped by forces beyond its control. As a result, the City had to change its local government machinery, expand its infrastructure, and...

The present government of Ontario has made a number of major changes in the way that municipalities are governed and financed. Some municipalities have been forced to amalgamate despite opposition from their residents. Ontario has also redistributed the responsibilities of the province and the...