Hi Mike,
He is addressing growth mgmt. Has N.S. pop. stabilized? He says that
Regional Planning can be valuable if...
AB:
>Planning in a community or region
>can provide long-term solutions to community or regional problems
>only if the planning causes, or is accompanied by,
>a complete cessation of population growth in the community or region.
MG:
> Sydney Nova Scotia-- population 40,000
> Nova Scotia population -- 800,000
>
> Political "weight"-- 5 %
>
> Cape Breton Regional Municipality-- population 120,000
> Sydney+Glace Bay+New Waterford++++++
>
> Political "weight"-- 15%