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Metro Center: Venture Into The Great Unknown

Year: 1971

Summary: Analysis of the planned mixed-use Metro Centre, the lack of enough information made public and the impact it would have on downtown Toronto.

Metro And Area Boards Of Education: Budget Ceilings Fracture A Fragile Compromise

Year: 1973

Summary: The education system is trying to address too many problems at once and therefore is not accomplishing any of the hoped for changes.

Low Voter Turnout In Municipal Elections - No Easy Solutions

Year: 1976

Summary: Analysis of survey by the Bureau in 4 Ontario municipalities, in order to assess the reasons for low voter turnout in municipal elections, and ways to increase voter turnout in the future.

Land Acquisition For The North Pickering Project

Year: 1972

Summary: Suggests that discrepancies between compensation schemes in Federal and Provincial legislation challenge the development plan to build an airport or new community project in North Pickering.

Is Policing The Public's Business?

Year: 1976

Summary: Review of studies that have been done about the police, the police budget process, the role of the police and the need for more provision of information about its actions.

Erosion On The Parkway Belt?

Year: 1973

Summary: Suggests that the plan for large-scale East-West beltline routes is falling apart.

Disappearing Farmland: So What?

Year: 1977

Summary: Discusses the implications of the reduction of land used for farming and the possible policies that can be used in order to retain agricultural land and food independence.

Design For Development: Where Are You?

Year: 1977

Summary: Describes the Provincial government's approach to regional property development, regional government and local government fiscal reform. Identifies the need for more clarity in policies going forward.

Day Care- A Growing Problem

Year: 1971

Summary: Provides a definition of day care, the need to provide it, responsibility for funding it and the societal perception of it.

County Schools: The Effects Of The County School Takeover On One Ontario Township

Year: 1975

Summary: Survey of the Oro Township school system as an example of how the consolidation of the school system into larger units has affected education in the six years since it took place.

Control Of Urban Growth

Year: 1974

Summary: Discusses urban growth as a problem for prosperity, how it has been tackled in Canada, the US and Europe, and what Toronto should do next.

Community Schools And Policy Making In Education

Year: 1971

Summary: Discussion of division of responsibilities regarding education and citizen's involvement in decision-making.

Changes In Municipal Grants For 1973

Year: 1973

Summary: New structure of provincial transfers to municipalities are vague and have contradictory goals.

Budgeting--Not A Metro Forte

Year: 1974

Summary: Discusses challenges of Metro budgeting and recommendations for change.

Amalgamation: A Solution To The Problems In Greater Moncton And Greater Fredericton?

Year: 1971

Summary: Study of municipal amalgamation in New Brunswick.

A Pile Of Rubble? The Need For Comprehensive Control Of Demolitions

Year: 1971

Summary: Identifies the need to take planning into account when authorizing demolitions

"Caveat Emptor": The Need For Quality Control In Housing Construction

Year: 1972

Summary: The Bureau suggests possible changes to improve inadequate supervision of quality control in residential construction.

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