• FundMECFS@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    12·
    7 days ago

    Almost like the local place where people live, where people see others face to face, should be where most the important decisions are made. Not by some elite country or provincial politicians.

    • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
      21·
      7 days ago

      The more local the decision more weight should be given to local voices.

      For example; Toronto wants to put bike lanes out in the suburbs. Downtown councillors should but the fuck out. Bike lanes in the suburbs had a marginal effect AT BEST to the people who live downtown.

      • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        Bike lanes are necessary infrastructure. Cities should not be able to say, “We’re not going to service vulnerable road users, they can die in the streets,” or, “No safe injection sites in our city,” just because that’s what the local residents believe. And neither should the province. There absolutely should be limits to authority imposed on local representation from higher levels of government.

      • phutatorius@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        6 days ago

        The more local the decision more weight should be given to local voices.

        Then how can those with big money influence policy?