Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. Part one. Constitutional Innovation: New Paths to Municipal Autonomy
8. Introduction 15
9. 1 From City Autonomy to the Metagovernance of Place 19
10. 2 Cities and the Promise of Equalization 43
11. 3 Getting Rid of the Laundry List: Exploring the Roots and Effects of the Municipal Powers Act in Quebec 65
12. Part two. Constitutional Principles: Subsidiarity
13. Introduction 89
14. 4 Subsidiarity as a Tool of Municipal Empowerment 93
15. 5 Constitutionalizing Cities: Realizing Government Agendas or Sites for Denizen Engagement? 118
16. 6 Operative Subsidiarity and Indigenous-Municipal Legal Relationships 139
17. Part three. Constitutional Innovation: New Paths to Constitutional Amendment
18. Introduction 159
19. 7 The Possibility of Constitutional Amendment for Municipal Empowerment 162
20. 8 A Constitutional Safeguard for Municipalities: Entrenching Protections for Local Democracy 184
21. 9 Constitutional Amendment and the Canadian City 201
22. Part four. The Potential of Provincial Constitutions
23. Introduction 225
24. 10 Are Canadian Cities Entrenched in Provincial Constitutions? A Question of Political Constitutionalism 227
25. 11 Moving Beyond the “Creatures of the Provinces” Doctrine: Exploring Pathways to Municipal Empowerment in Provincial Constitutions 243
26. Contributors 273
27. Index 279