After the GVRD announced a change of name to Metro Vancouver, editors assigned reporters to another story on that old chestnut: the amalgamation of the region’s municipalities into a megacity, a la Toronto and Montreal.
Jeff Nagel at Black Press did the most comprehensive piece here.
This region now has a spiffy new name – Metro Vancouver – replacing the clunky old Greater Vancouver Regional District.
Could the name change approved this summer be just the first step towards a mass merger of the 21 member municipalities into one giant megacity like Toronto or Montreal?
Not likely, according to a sampling of politicians and experts.
