Canada:
Nova Scotia Restructuring Facilitates Economic Growth, Better Services.
27 October 2020
Cox & Palmer
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Conventional wisdom holds that municipal consolidations
facilitate economic growth and provide better services in a larger
municipal unit. After the recent experience in Nova Scotia, we
believe this to be true, but also recognize that securing the
benefits will take both hard work and objective measurement.
Kevin Latimer, QC is a partner in the Halifax office of Cox
& Palmer. He was appointed Coordinator for the Windsor-West
Hants municipal project by the Province of Nova Scotia in December
2018. His recent article, published in Municipal World, Sept
2020, shares lessons learned from a new model of
consolidation.
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