Edmonton Mayor Jim Smith says it’s time for Canada’s big cities ‘to scream in unison’

Canada’s big cities have been shunted to the back of the line behind health care, education, aboriginal land claims and the political debacle of the day

EDMONTON, ALTA.—Canada’s big cities should heed the words of 19th century author Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.” Over the past 20 years a myriad of theses have been developed on the decline of North American cities. Unfortunately, most ...

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