Change
...to was faced with a serious threat of recession at the time and the economy was at its low. Realizing the situation the economy was in, the government needed to implement some sort of change necessary in order to achieve growth back into the economy. Looking back into history, after WWII ended, there was this massive increase in population unexpectedly which as a result the gov’t would need to restructure to oversee a larger area. In accommodating the expanding population, Toronto was looking to widen their border and the surrounding areas by amalgamating into one giant city. Of course Toronto was in favor of the idea but the suburbs opposed it and a compromise had to be made. This compromise created a two-tier regional gov’t which consisted an upper and lower tier. This upper-tier’s responsibility was mainly to release the burden of some of the more expensive local services on local gov’t. Coming back to the 1990’s and again there was the problem of increased population. Unlike before where population was within the boundaries, population during the 1990’s grew to a point where the existing boundaries were insufficient and prevented economic growth. Fearing for the future and the state they were in, the choice made was what was proposed before but did not fall through and that was the notion of a single-tier government. Beginning from post wartime until now, the creation of the megacity is regarded as the most significant change. In just a short while, Toronto started to look like a viable city once more. The significance of the megacity came down to economics. For a time the city of Toronto was in competiton with the surrounding area to maintain economic stability. Most businesses were moving into the suburbs that left Toronto to a disadvantage. With the amalgamation in place, the fighting for business is eliminated and both sides reap each other’s benefits. The result is a larger geographic a...