Canada still has a government that reflects a primarily rural population and agricultual economy. This is not the canada we have today, where the majority of the population is concentrated in 5 main cities. Immigration is really only occuring in 3 major cities, so the urban:rural ratio is still going up. The feds and provinces have been downloading responsiblities to the municipalities to a ridiculous extent. The only services we really receive that aren't paid for by the municipality are schooling and healthcare, and we know how poorly run those are. Cities always get the short end of the stick, and much of the taxes we pay are subsidizing areas that really don't need it, even though WE need it.

Nobody has the balls, 4 years isn't enough time to make serious changes and suburbanites vote with their ass and their wallet. Its a bad situation.