10 years later, amalgamation's efficiency questioned

10 years later, amalgamation's efficiency questioned
By Doug Williamson, The Windsor Star
January 9, 2009

On Jan. 1, 1999, amalgamation transformed Essex County from 21 municipalities to seven, and like other communities, Harrow was swallowed up in the process.

Amalgamation was forced on Essex County and other areas by the former Mike Harris government in the name of efficiency.

The ultimate goal was to save money, but 10 years later the jury's still out on that and any other benefits.

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NDP hopeful courts de-amalgamation vote

NDP hopeful courts de-amalgamation vote
By Kevin Werner, Metroland West Media Group
News Jan 02, 2009

Provincial New Democratic leadership hopeful Michael Prue is cozying up to the area’s de-amalgamation activists. While the Progressive Conservatives and Liberals have washed their hands of de-amalgamating municipalities such as Hamilton and Kawartha Lakes, Prue is proposing his party support the Quebec model and allow referendums on whether to permit de-amalgamations to occur.

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