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. In 1992 the Ontario government passed legislation requiring Metropolitan Toronto to include the rest of the Greater Toronto Area into its planning. Despite this however there was fear different parts of the municipal system were working against one another Because of this Bob Rae then the Premier of Ontario appointed Anne Golden to head a GTA task force to govern the region's quality of life competitiveness and governance. During this time the Metro Toronto government advocated to the task force the creation of a new GTA authority which would be made up of 21 of the 30 existing municipalities in the GTA at the time the proposal from Metro Toronto would have resulted in 15 new municipalities the City of Mississauga argued consolidation should only take place in such a way the new municipalities would have a population between 400,000 and 800,000 the Town of Markham had similarly advocated municipal consolidation in York Region although it was opposed to complete consolidation into a single municipality Municipal consolidation faced stiff opposition however from smaller communities such as Ajax Milton and the borough of East York the task force's recommendation to eliminate the Metro Toronto government and consolidate its remaining municipalities into an enlarged City of Toronto was completed in 1997 under Mike Harris' Common Sense Revolution. However the task force's recommendation to create a GTA-tier municipality was not taken up by the Harris government fearing a GTA-wide municipality would recreate the inter-municipal competitiveness that was believed to have impaired the former Metro Toronto government Metrolinx was established to oversee public transit development across the Greater Toronto Area Geography. Linden School Hindu, 2 Organizations 6.2 Lighthouses Christian Orthodox 297,710 2.4, Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto NHL Ice Hockey! ! Richard Williams (animator) 1933-2019 8.1 Songs and slogans Rouge National Urban Park is an urban national park in the GTA it covers the municipalities of Markham Pickering Toronto and Uxbridge The Greater Toronto Area covers an area of 7,125 km2 (2,751 sq mi) the region itself is bordered by Lake Ontario to the south Kawartha Lakes to the east the Niagara Escarpment to the west and Lake Simcoe to the north the region creates a natural ecosystem known as the Greater Toronto Bioregion the Greater Toronto Area forms part of the neck of the Ontario Peninsula Vast parts of the region remain farmland and forests making it one of the distinctive features of the geography of the GTA Most of the urban areas in the GTA holds large urban forest For the most part designated as parkland the ravines are largely undeveloped Rouge Park is also one of the largest nature parks within the core of a metropolitan area. Much of these areas also constitute the Toronto ravine system and a number of conservation areas in the region which are managed by Toronto and Region Conservation Authority the Cheltenham Badlands is an example of environmental degradation due to poor agricultural practice In 2005 the Government of Ontario also passed legislation to prevent urban development and sprawl on environmentally sensitive land in the Greater Toronto Area known as the Greenbelt many of these areas including protected sections of the Oak Ridges Moraine Rouge Park and the Niagara Escarpment. Nevertheless low-density suburban developments continue to be built some on or near ecologically sensitive and protected areas the provincial government has recently attempted to address this issue through the "Places to Grow" legislation passed in 2005 which emphasizes higher-density growth in existing urban centres over the next 25 years Climate. See also: Transportation in Toronto Markham Thunder Ice hockey CWHL Markham Thornhill Community Centre!

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