Amalgamation

Monday September 6, 2003

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator Ð Monday September 6, 2003 The deamalgamation quandary We've been hearing a tiresome one-note tune since well before the new city of Hamilton was created. The singers of that song have pumped up the volume for the provincial election campaign.It's too bad the deamalgamation blues are getting louder because all that does is cast a pall of uncertainty over a city that, barely three years after its birth, is striving for stability and growth. And it doesn't help that Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty is joining the deamalgamation choir, albeit with a very quiet voice indeed. McGuinty has left the door open, ever so slightly, to pulling apart the amalgamated municipalities in Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa and, maybe, London. He acknowledges that in the case of Toronto at least, it's a dumb idea. But he says he's willing to listen if a consensus develops on a different way of governing. (Source: Hamilton Spectator) Ted McMeekin, Flamborough, Flamboro, MPP, Hamilton, amalgamation, Liberal, AncasterÑDundasÑFlamboroughÑAldershot, Dalton McGuinty, worms, can

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Monday September 6, 2003

The deamalgamation quandary

We’ve been hearing a tiresome one-note tune since well before the new city of Hamilton was created. The singers of that song have pumped up the volume for the provincial election campaign.It’s too bad the deamalgamation blues are getting louder because all that does is cast a pall of uncertainty over a city that, barely three years after its birth, is striving for stability and growth.

And it doesn’t help that Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty is joining the deamalgamation choir, albeit with a very quiet voice indeed.

McGuinty has left the door open, ever so slightly, to pulling apart the amalgamated municipalities in Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa and, maybe, London. He acknowledges that in the case of Toronto at least, it’s a dumb idea. But he says he’s willing to listen if a consensus develops on a different way of governing. (Source: Hamilton Spectator)

 

Friday January 4, 2002

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator Ð Friday January 4, 2002 The Life and Times of William Lyon McMeekin Not only known for his reign at a popular local tourist attraction, he went on to become Mayor of Flamborough (The last Mayor, too). He vigorously attacked forced amalgamation by the Tories and was elected by the peole to the Legislative Assembly. Then, on a slow news day between Christmas and New Years, he led a group of insurgents to seize Hamilton and force its de-amalgamation. "Quit it Ted", demanded the Premier, Dalton McGuinty. The rebellion was ended a few hours later. Ted McMeekin, Flamborough, Flamboro, MPP, Hamilton, amalgamation, Liberal, AncasterÑDundasÑFlamboroughÑAldershot, Dalton McGuinty, maverick, rebel, William Lyon MacKenzie

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Friday January 4, 2002

The Life and Times of William Lyon McMeekin

Not only known for his reign at a popular local tourist attraction, he went on to become Mayor of Flamborough (The last Mayor, too). He vigorously attacked forced amalgamation by the Tories and was elected by the peole to the Legislative Assembly.
Then, on a slow news day between Christmas and New Years, he led a group of insurgents to seize Hamilton and force its de-amalgamation.
“Quit it Ted”, demanded the Premier, Dalton McGuinty.
The rebellion was ended a few hours later.