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Article: Montreal: the quest for a metropolis.
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- Quebec Studies
- Article date:
- March 22, 2001
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GERMAIN, ANNICK and DAMARIS ROSE. Montreal: the Quest for a Metropolis. Chichester, England: John Wiley and Sons, 2000. Pp. 306.
Quebec's major cities are undergoing a sea change in the nature of their organization, finance, administration, system of representation, politics, and long-term planning. Bill 170, passed over significant public opposition in many of the affected municipalities, has formally established the framework for municipal mergers leading to the creation of a new mega-city of Montreal (also Quebec City, Hull-Gatineau, Longueuil and Levis, with the other three census metropolitan areas [CMA's] Chicoutimi-Jonquiere, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivieres ...