{"id":3921,"date":"2009-01-07T12:03:26","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T17:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2009\/01\/07\/new-deal-for-north-american-cities\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:08:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:08:06","slug":"new-deal-for-north-american-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/01\/07\/new-deal-for-north-american-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"New Deal for North American cities?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There has been much chatter around the continent — especially as the recession-depression continues — about a new deal for cities. Two intersecting items crossed my laptop yesterday, the first being this video of an Obama speech given back in August in Toledo, Ohio, where he’s given “an important book about cities” that he immediately asks “is it Jane Jacobs?” Then goes on to discuss his ideas for cities, and their relationship to the suburbs — words we rarely hear from a federal politician (in either country). It’s premature to get too excited, but there is anticipation of an unprecedented investment in public infrastructure south of the border. Here in Canada the landscape is more uncertain; our federal government’s relationship with cities is uneasy at best, but the upcoming federal budget — under the influence of those rather exciting and crazy parliamentary days back in early December — may see some new investment in infrastructure. In yesterday’s Toronto Star<\/em><\/a>, former Minister of State for Infrastructure John Godfrey wrote an op-ed piece encouraging just this, and discussed the plan we may have got had Paul Martin’s government not been defeated.<\/p>\n

Once upon a time, there was actually a federal government that took an active interest in Canada’s cities. It was led by prime minister Paul Martin, who, ironically, had been ostensibly fired as finance minister by his predecessor, Jean Chrétien, for suggesting that the cities needed a “New Deal.” True to his word, as prime minister Martin launched the federal government’s first foray into urban affairs in 25 years. <\/em><\/p>\n

Martin used federal infrastructure investments to start a new three-way conversation with the provinces about cities. And that’s why in a time of economic turmoil, reviving the New Deal is more important than ever. It provides a framework for an immediate economic stimulus package, which meets the very real infrastructure needs of Canada’s cities and communities and does so in a co-ordinated fashion with the provinces. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Would’a and should’a and could’a-beens are no fun to think about (though casting blame on who toppled that government does feel good sometimes) — but perhaps Stephen Harper’s brinkmanship last month will result in some tidbits for Canadian cities. No doubt, comparisions between plans in the US and Canada will be ongoing.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Manish Champsee<\/a> for the video link. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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