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David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
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Methinks nobody should be surprised NB has existed since 1784 yet it still does not have a Constitution Thats why Hatfield & McKenna had the Feds alter their Charter for linguistic issues to assist in their reelections in NB N'esy Pas?


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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/municipal-election-finance-rules-zack-taylor-1.5445455

New Brunswick far behind other provinces on municipal election finance rules: expert

Province does not require disclosure or spending limits

CBC News· Posted: Jan 30, 2020 7:30 AM AT



A local governance expert says New Brunswick is the least regulated province when it comes to municipal election financing. (Shane Magee/CBC)

When it comes to municipal campaign finance, New Brunswick is the least regulated Canadian province, according to an expert on local governance.

And Zack Taylor says that lack of transparency can undermine municipal elections.
"Money shouldn't buy elections," Taylor, the director of the Centre of Urban Policy and Local Governance at the University of Western Ontario, told Shift New Brunswick.

Candidates in New Brunswick municipal elections do not have to disclose campaign contributions, spending limits or who funded them — an odd reality considering rules in place at the provincial and federal levels.

"We would be very uncomfortable as a public in having no disclosure regulation at the federal level, but somehow we think it's OK at the municipal level," Taylor said.


Zack Taylor is the director of the Centre of Urban Policy and Local Governance at the University of Western Ontario. (University of Western Ontario)

Regulations vary from province to province, he said, with rather lax policies on the East Coast and strict frameworks in central Canada. Quebec has been the leader on this front, ushering in regulations in the 1970s, while Ontario strengthened its rules in 2016.

Taylor said most provinces with laws on the books have some kind of cap on donations and, in some jurisdictions, a cap on spending.

Some provinces ban corporate and union donations and regulate how much a candidate can donate to their campaign. Most frameworks include rules for disclosure.
 


"Disclosure is really important," Taylor said. "Disclosing who your donors are and how much they donated is a really important kind of public service that enables the public and watchdogs to keep an eye on the process."

He said regulations help level the playing field and prevent deep-pocketed donors or wealthy candidates from using their financial might to muscle their way into power.

Taylor said reform typically follows one of two occurrences: change to provincial rules or scandal.

"In B.C., there were scandals and that spurred a bit of a cleanup," he said. "In Ontario, there were a lot of concerns over property developers and so on donating to campaigns in ways that gave them outsized influence. That lead to a tightening up there."

New Brunswick's quadrennial municipal elections will take place in communities across the province on May 11.
Prior to the 2018 provincial election, the previous Liberal government had said it would introduce new rules, but the Progressive Conservative government that took power in the fall of 2018 has not implemented the regulations necessary for the spring vote.

That leaves it to individual candidates to decide whether to disclose information.

In Moncton, the first two candidates to declare in the province's largest city say they're not going to publicly reveal who is funding their campaign.

The New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government did not respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.






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David Amos
Methinks folks can bet thin Canadian dimes to fat Yankee petrodollars that I called and introduced myself to the Professor Zack Taylor It should prove interesting to see if he responds to my email N'esy Pas?














David Amos
Methinks nobody should be surprised New Brunswick has existed since 1784 and it does not even have a constitution yet That why Hatfield and McKenna had the Feds alter their Constitution for linguistic issues to assist in their reelections N'esy Pas? 












Fred Brewer
This is ridiculous and needs to be fixed ASAP. Mr. Higgs why has this not been done? Please sir, try to defend the secrecy of municipal political donations, I dare you. Making public the donor's list is the only way voters can have some assurance that the elected officials will not favour those who donated heavily to their campaigns. Get 'er done!







https://politicalscience.uwo.ca/people/faculty/full-time_faculty/zack_taylor.html

Zack Taylor

Assistant Professor
Director, Centre for Urban Policy and Local Governance (CUP-LG)

PhD, University of Toronto
Telephone: 519.661.2111 ext. 85169
E-mail: zack.taylor@uwo.caOffice: Social Science Centre 4166
Personal Website: www.zacktaylor.comGoogle Scholar Profile
Academia.edu Profile
ResearchGate Profile

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Research Interests

Professor Taylor specializes in urban political economy and Canadian and comparative politics and policymaking, with an empirical focus on historical and contemporary multi-level governance of cities. He also pursues parallel interests in municipal campaigns and elections, local public finance, and political geography. Professor Taylor is the first director of Western’s recently launched Centre for Urban Policy and Local Governance. He is a non-practicing Registered Professional Planner in the province of Ontario and Fellow at the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs.

Graduate Supervision

Professor Taylor is excited to work with Political Science and Public Administration graduate students on a wide range of topics, including local and metropolitan governance, multi-level governance, public administration, urban politics, urban planning, ideas and institutions, and political geography.

Current Research Projects

1. Place and Politics

This project employs spatial analysis techniques to examine, first, how urban location and neighbourhood characteristics may influence electoral behaviour in local, provincial, and national elections, and second, how the relative spatial clustering of immigrant communities within ridings may drive political party strategy in national elections. This project was awarded an Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council in 2016.

2. The City in Comparative Political Development

Building on a growing American literature that examines the role of urbanization in American Political Development (APD), this project investigates urbanization as a motivator of change in Canadian politics and the national political economy since Confederation.

3. The Politics of Regional Planning Policy in Toronto

Ontario's Greenbelt Plan (2005) and Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2006) are considered to be among the most ambitious regional land-use planning programs yet attempted in the industrialized West. This project seeks to understand why this policy was adopted while previous attempts over the past 40 years faltered, where the policy ideas came from, and what political dynamics and compromises led to the plan’s general acceptance by stakeholder groups and different branches and levels of government. In addition, the project assesses the prospects for the plans’ successful implementation in the context of ongoing political change.

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Selected Publications

Book

Refereed Journal Articles

• 2019: Silver, Daniel, Zack Taylor, and Fernando Calderón-Figueroa. “Populism in the City: The Case of Ford Nation.” International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society.
• 2018: Taylor, Zack. “Pathways to Legitimacy.” Planning Theory. 
• 2018: Taylor, Zack and Allen, Jeff. "A new tool for neighbourhood change research: The Canadian Longitudinal Census Tract Database, 1971–2016,” Canadian Geographer.
• 2017: Taylor, Zack and Sandra McEleney. “Do Institutions and Rules Influence Electoral Accessibility and Competitiveness? Considering the 2014 Toronto Ward Elections,” Urban Affairs Review.
• 2014: Taylor, Zack. “If Different, Then Why? Explaining the Divergent Political Development of Canadian and American Local Governance,” International Journal of Canadian Studies, 49(1), pp. 53–79.
• 2013: Taylor, Zack. “Rethinking Planning Culture: A New Institutionalist Approach,” Town Planning Review, 84(6), pp. 683–702.
• 2010: Taylor, Zack and Gabriel Eidelman. “Canadian Political Science and the City: A Limited Engagement,” Canadian Journal of Political Science, 43(4), pp. 961–81.
• 2010: Eidelman, Gabriel and Zack Taylor. “Canadian Urban Politics: Another ‘Black Hole’?” Journal of Urban Affairs, 32(3), pp. 305–20.

https://news.westernu.ca/2018/03/shuttleworth-remembered-friend-generous-philanthropist/

Shuttleworth remembered as ‘friend and generous philanthropist’

March 28, 2018By Keri Ferguson

Western is mourning the passing of Lorraine (Ivey) Shuttleworth, who died on March 15, at the age of 98.
“We will remember Lorraine as a wonderful friend and generous philanthropist, who supported our students, faculty and researchers,” Western President Amit Chakma said. “The impact of her generosity will continue as part of her legacy here at Western.”


Shuttleworth made significant contributions to Western personally, and as President of The Richard and Jean Ivey Fund.

Since the inception of the Lorraine Ivey Shuttleworth Continuing Awards in 1999, 175 students have received a total of more than $1.5 million to complete their undergraduate studies at Western.

Shuttleworth’s interest in health research was reflected in gifts made in support of the Richard and Jean Ivey Fund Chair in Molecular Toxicology; the Ramsay W. Gunton Professorship in Cardiology; and the Heart and Stroke Foundation/Barnett-Ivey Chair at Robarts Research Institute.  She also supported many other areas across campus, including the renovation of the Paul Davenport Theatre in 2008, and the construction of the new Ivey Business School.

Shuttleworth was the daughter of the late Richard Green Ivey, LLD’54, and Jean Macaulay. She was the sister of Richard M. Ivey, HBA’47, LLD’79, and the late Pauline Ivey de Gueugnier. She was mother to Martha J. Shuttleworth and Nan Shuttleworth, BA’65.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. May 4, at St. John the Evangelist Church, 280 St. James St., London.


https://www.neptis.org

Researchers

In forming and pursuing its research program, Neptis has been fortunate to engage the expertise and professional opinions of an extraordinary group of experts. They include:

• Rian Allen, Senior Planner, Township of Muskoka Lakes: http://www.muskokalakes.ca/content/planning

1. Rian Allen and Philippa Campsie. (2013). Implementing the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe Has the strategic regional vision been compromised? Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Jo Ashley, GIS Analyst, Ontario Council of University Libraries OCUL: http://www.ocul.on.ca/member-institution/Scholars%20Portal

1. Du, Paul and Marcy Burchfield, Byron Moldofsky, Jo Ashley. (2007). A Guide for Deriving a Consolidated Built-Up Urban Area for the Toronto Metropolitan Region Using Satellite Imagery. Toronto: University of Toronto Department of Geography and Program in Planning.
2. Marcy Burchfield and Byron Moldofsky, Jo Ashley. (2007). A Method for Estimating the Historical Rate of Residential Intensification between 1991 and 2001 for the Toronto Region. Toronto: University of Toronto Department of Geography and Program in Planning, Toronto, 2007.
3. Taylor, Zack and Marcy Burchfield, Byron Moldofsky, Jo Ashley. (2010). Growing Cities: Comparing Urban Growth and Regional Growth Policies in Calgary, Toronto, and Vancouver. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Leah Birnbaum, Urban Planning Consultant: http://www.leahbirnbaum.ca/

1. Birnbaum, Leah and Lorenzo Nicolet, Zack Taylor. (2004). Simcoe County: The New Growth Frontier. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Pamela Blais, Principal, Metropole Consultants: http://metropoleconsultants.com/pamela-blais/

1. Blais, Pamela M. (2000). Inching Toward Sustainability: The Evolving Urban Structure of the GTA. Toronto: Metropole Consultants.
2. Blais, Pamela M. (2003). The Growth Opportunity: Leveraging New Growth to Maximise Benefits in the Central Ontario Zone, Issue Paper No. 5. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.
3. Blais, Pamela M. (2003). Smart Development for Smart Growth, Issue Paper No. 6. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.
4. IBI Group and Metropole Consultants, Dillon Consulting Limited. (2003). Toronto-Related Region Futures Study Sketch Modelling of Four Alternative Development Concepts. Toronto: IBI Group.

• Larry S. Bourne, Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography and Program in Planning, University of Toronto: http://geography.utoronto.ca/profiles/larry-bourne/

1. Bourne, Larry S. (2000). People and Places: A Portrait of the Evolving Social Character of the Greater Toronto Region, Toronto: Department of Geography/Program in Planning University of Toronto.

• Ron Buliung, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Mississauga: http://geography.utoronto.ca/people/faculty/full-time-faculty/

1. Buliung, R., and T. Hernandez. (2009). Places to Shop and Places to Grow: Power Retail, Consumer Travel Behaviour, and Urban Growth Management in the Greater Toronto Area. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Michael Bunce, Associate Emeritus Professor, Division of Social Sciences, Geography, University of Toronto : http://geography.utoronto.ca/profiles/michael-bunce/

1. Bunce, Michael and Jeanne Maurer. (2005). Neptis Studies on the Toronto Metropolitan Region - Prospects for Agriculture in the Toronto Region: The Farmer Perspective. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Paul Du, Criminal Intelligence Analyst at Lloydminster RCMP

1. Du, Paul and Marcy Burchfield, Byron Moldofsky, Jo Ashley. (2007). A Guide for Deriving a Consolidated Built-Up Urban Area for the Toronto Metropolitan Region Using Satellite Imagery. Toronto: University of Toronto Department of Geography and Program in Planning.

• Will Dunning, Will Dunning Inc.: http://www.wdunning.com/

1. Dunning, Will. (2006). Neptis Studies on the Toronto Metropolitan Region: Economic Influences on Population Growth and Housing Demand in the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Pierre Filion, Professor, School of Planning, University of Waterloo: https://uwaterloo.ca/planning/people-profiles/pierre-filion

1. Filion , Pierre. (2007).Neptis Studies on the Toronto Metropolitan Region - The Urban Growth Centres Strategy in the Greater Golden Horseshoe: Lessons from Downtowns, Nodes, and Corridors. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Donald M. Fraser, Senior Ecologist (Principal Beacon Environmental): http://www.beaconenviro.com/donald_fraser.aspx

1. Fraser, Donald M. (2003). Greenlands in the Central Ontario Zone, Issue Paper Number 4. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.
2. Fraser, Donald M. and Bernard P. Neary, Gartner Lee Limited. (2004). Neptis Studies on the Toronto Metropolitan Region. The State of Greenlands Protection in South-Central Ontario. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Frances Frisken, Professor Emerita, York University: http://www.cspi.org/authors/frances-frisken

1. Frisken , Frances. (2007). The Public Metropolis: The Political Dynamics of Urban Expansion in the Toronto Region, 1924-2003. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.

• Meric S. Gertler, President, University of Toronto: http://www.president.utoronto.ca/biography

1. Gertler, Meric. (2000). A Region in Transition: The Changing Structure of Toronto's Regional Economy. Toronto: Programme in Planning Department of Geography University of Toronto.
2. Gertler, Meric. (2003). Smart Growth and the Regional Economy, Issue Paper No. 7. Toronto: the Neptis Foundation.

• Ian Graham, Director of Planning, R.E. Millward & Associates Ltd andPublisher, NRU Publishing Inc. : http://remillward.com/profile/ian-graham/, http://www.nrupublishing.com/contact/
• Richard Gilbert, Toronto-based consultant on energy and transportation: http://www.richardgilbert.ca/

1. Gilbert, Richard. (2003). Energy and Smart Growth, Issue Paper No. 7. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Tony Hernandez, Director of the Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity and the Eaton Chair in Retailing, Ryerson University : http://www.csca.ryerson.ca/Staff_Tony_Hernandez.html

1. Buliung, R., and T. Hernandez. (2009). Places to Shop and Places to Grow: Power Retail, Consumer Travel Behaviour, and Urban Growth Management in the Greater Toronto Area. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Paul Hess, Associate Professor, Geography and Planning, University of Toronto: http://geography.utoronto.ca/profiles/paul-hess/

1. Sorensen, Andre and Paul Hess. (2007). Metropolitan Indicators Poster. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Neal Irwin, Chairman Emeritus, The IBI Group: http://www.ibigroup.com/2014/10/17/neal-irwin-honoured-at-tac-conference/

1. IBI Group and Dillon Consulting Limited. (2002). Toronto-Related Region Futures Study Interim Report: Implications of Business-As-Usual Development. Toronto: IBI Group.
2. IBI Group and Metropole Consultants, Dillon Consulting Limited. (2003). Toronto-Related Region Futures Study Sketch Modelling of Four Alternative Development Concepts. Toronto: IBI Group.

• Anna Kramer, PhD researcher, Metrolinx

1. Burchfield, Marcy and Anna Kramer. (2015) Growing Pains: Understanding the New Reality of Population and Dwelling Patterns in the Toronto and Vancouver Regions. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Jeanne Maurer, Professor, Ryerson University: http://www.ryerson.ca/geography/faculty/maurer_j/

1. Bunce, Michael and Jeanne Maurer. (2005). Neptis Studies on the Toronto Metropolitan Region - Prospects for Agriculture in the Toronto Region: The Farmer Perspective. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Eric J. Miller, Bahen-Tanenbaum Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto: http://www.engineering.utoronto.ca/Engineering%20Authors/e-j-miller-bahen-tanenbaum-professor/

1. Miller, Eric J. and Amer Shalaby. (2000). Travel in the Greater Toronto Area: Past and Current Behaviour and Relation to Urban Form. Toronto: Department of Civil Engineering University of Toronto, Department of Civil Engineering Ryerson Polytechnic University.
2. Miller, Eric J. and Richard Soberman. (2003). Travel Demand and Urban Form, Issue Paper No. 9. Toronto: the Neptis Foundation.
3. Miller, Eric J. and Matthew J. Roorda, Murtaza Haider, Abolfazl Mohammadian, Jonathan Hoss, Winnie W.L. Wong. (2004). Travel and Housing Costs in the Greater Toronto Area: 1986 - 1996. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Byron Moldofsky, Manager GIS and Cartography Office, University of Toronto: http://geography.utoronto.ca/department/gis-cartography-office/

1. Du, Paul and Marcy Burchfield, Byron Moldofsky, Jo Ashley. (2007). A Guide for Deriving a Consolidated Built-Up Urban Area for the Toronto Metropolitan Region Using Satellite Imagery. Toronto: University of Toronto Department of Geography and Program in Planning.
2. Marcy Burchfield and Byron Moldofsky, Jo Ashley. (2007). A Method for Estimating the Historical Rate of Residential Intensification between 1991 and 2001 for the Toronto Region. Toronto: University of Toronto Department of Geography and Program in Planning, Toronto, 2007.
3. Taylor, Zack and Marcy Burchfield, Byron Moldofsky, Jo Ashley. (2010). Growing Cities: Comparing Urban Growth and Regional Growth Policies in Calgary, Toronto, and Vancouver. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Bernard P. Neary, Gartner Lee Limited:

1. Fraser, Donald M. and Bernard P. Neary, Gartner Lee Limited. (2004). Neptis Studies on the Toronto Metropolitan Region. The State of Greenlands Protection in South-Central Ontario. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Lorenzo Nicolet, North Toronto Collegiate Institute: http://ntci.on.ca/ntci-staff/

1. Birnbaum, Leah and Lorenzo Nicolet, Zack Taylor. (2004). Simcoe County: The New Growth Frontier. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Ken Ogilvie, Senior Advisor to the Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP, former Executive Director, Pollution Probe, Toronto: http://www.pembina.org/contact/ken-ogilvie

1. Ogilvie, Ken. (2003). Air, Water and Soil Quality, Issue Paper No. 2. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Amer Shalaby, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering University of Toronto: http://uttri.utoronto.ca/people/amer-shalaby/

1. Miller, Eric J. and Amer Shalaby. (2000). Travel in the Greater Toronto Area: Past and Current Behaviour and Relation to Urban Form. Toronto: Department of Civil Engineering University of Toronto, Department of Civil Engineering Ryerson Polytechnic University.

• Stephen Sheppard, Director - CALP Professor - Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Applied Sciences: http://calp.forestry.ubc.ca/people/stephen/
• Enid Slack, Director, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance, Munk Centre, University of Toronto: http://publicpolicy.utoronto.ca/enid-slack/

1. Enid Slack Consulting Inc. (2000). Municipal Finance and Governance in the Greater Toronto Area: Can the GTA Meet the Challenges of the 21^st Century? Toronto: Programme in Planning Department of Geography University of Toronto.

• Richard Soberman, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto

1. Miller, Eric J. and Richard Soberman. (2003). Travel Demand and Urban Form, Issue Paper No. 9. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Andre Sorensen, Associate Professor of Urban Geography, University of Toronto Scarborough: http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/geography/andre-sorensen

1. Sorensen, Andre and Paul Hess. (2007). Metropolitan Indicators Poster. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Zack Taylor, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science; University of Western Ontario: http://politicalscience.uwo.ca/people/faculty/full-time_faculty/zack_taylor.html

1. Birnbaum, Leah and Lorenzo Nicolet, Zack Taylor. (2004). Simcoe County: The New Growth Frontier. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.
2. Taylor, Zack and John van Nostrand. (2008). Shaping the Toronto Region, Past, Present, and Future: An Exploration of the Potential Effectiveness of Changes to Planning Policies Governing Greenfield Development in the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.
3. Taylor, Zack and Marcy Burchfield. (2010). Growing Cities Comparing Urban Growth and Regional Growth Policies in Calgary, Toronto, and Vancouver. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• John van Nostrand, Partner, Planning Alliance, Toronto: http://svn-ap.com/people/john-van-nostrand/

1. Taylor, Zack and John van Nostrand. (2008). Shaping the Toronto Region, Past, Present, and Future: An Exploration of the Potential Effectiveness of Changes to Planning Policies Governing Greenfield Development in the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Margaret Walton, Partner, Planscape, Bracebridge, Ontario: http://www.planscape.ca/OurTeam.asp

1. Walton, Margaret. (2003). Agriculture in the Central Ontario Zone, Issue Paper No. 1. Toronto: Neptis Foundation

• Richard White, Toronto historian, author, and university lecturer: https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/historical-studies/people/white-richard

1. White, Richard. (2003). Urban Infrastructure and Urban Growth in the Toronto Region 1950s to the 1990s. Toronto: Neptis Foundation.

• Robert Wright, Associate Professor, Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto: https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/people/wrightr

1. Write, Robert M. and Russell Loveridge. (2000). The Evolving Physical Condition of the Greater Toronto Area: Space, Form, Change. Toronto: Centre for Landscape Research University of Toronto.