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The Role of the Provincial and Federal Governments in City Governance
Is a multi-level governance system beneficial to municipalities?
Department of Political Science, University of Winnipeg
POL-2500-001
Dr. Aaron Moore
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Is a multi-level governance system beneficial to municipalities?
As we see, every municipality in Canada runs off a multi-level government system. The
three government bodies which are the municipal government, the provincial government, and
the federal government work in conjunction to serve the needs of each government body to serve
the citizens of Canada and each municipality. It may seem that each government may rely on the
other government body, but the real question is a multi-level governance system beneficial to
municipalities? This essay will discuss why it is beneficial for municipalities to run on a multi-
level government system, as well as why it may not be beneficial to have a multi-level
governance system.
As we see, the levels of government rely on each other in some shape, way or form. This
multi-level structure may fall under the United States of America, European Union or even Asia,
but we do see Canada and its three levels of government show more of the process of what really
is required to run a multi-level government system.
Municipal politics in Canada has a relatively low profile (Steytler, N. 2009). We can see
that pattern of low profile throughout cities, especially within the City of Winnipeg. Citizens
greatly see a position of the City of Winnipeg avoiding or not attracting much attention or
publicity as it should towards decisions and then as the city holds these pieces of information,
requests must be made under FIPPA, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
which states:
The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) provides a right of
access to information in records held by public bodies. With certain exceptions, you may
see and obtain copies of records from Manitoba government departments, government
The Role of the Provincial and Federal Governments in City Governance
Is a multi-level governance system beneficial to municipalities?
Department of Political Science, University of Winnipeg
POL-2500-001
Dr. Aaron Moore
, 2
Is a multi-level governance system beneficial to municipalities?
As we see, every municipality in Canada runs off a multi-level government system. The
three government bodies which are the municipal government, the provincial government, and
the federal government work in conjunction to serve the needs of each government body to serve
the citizens of Canada and each municipality. It may seem that each government may rely on the
other government body, but the real question is a multi-level governance system beneficial to
municipalities? This essay will discuss why it is beneficial for municipalities to run on a multi-
level government system, as well as why it may not be beneficial to have a multi-level
governance system.
As we see, the levels of government rely on each other in some shape, way or form. This
multi-level structure may fall under the United States of America, European Union or even Asia,
but we do see Canada and its three levels of government show more of the process of what really
is required to run a multi-level government system.
Municipal politics in Canada has a relatively low profile (Steytler, N. 2009). We can see
that pattern of low profile throughout cities, especially within the City of Winnipeg. Citizens
greatly see a position of the City of Winnipeg avoiding or not attracting much attention or
publicity as it should towards decisions and then as the city holds these pieces of information,
requests must be made under FIPPA, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
which states:
The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) provides a right of
access to information in records held by public bodies. With certain exceptions, you may
see and obtain copies of records from Manitoba government departments, government
