As has been mentioned in one of CivicScene’s early factoids, Canadian municipalities operate at the whim of the provinces, and are extremely limited in the autonomy over their financial capabilities.

As such, one might be inclined to assume that municipal resources would be managed with a higher degree of care than other levels of government, whose levers for revenue raising are considerable.

In recent years, that would be an inclination that had little to do with reality, prompting the reason why I am so anxious to read over the KPMG report on the Olympic Village, which is expected to be released either today or tomorrow.

This City of Vancouver administrative report from September 18, 2006, is just one of a never ending list of examples as to why things need to dramatically change at City Hall. Read the rest of this entry »