BETWEEN 1954 AND 1996 PROVINCIALLY COMMISSIONED PUBLIC REVIEWS OF THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT OF TORONTO WERE HELD APPROXIMATELY EVERY 10 YEARS.

IN 1954 FOLLOWING A PUBLIC REVIEW BY THE ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD, THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF PREMIER LESLIE FROST ESTABLISHED THE MUNICIPALITY OF METROPOLITAN TORONTO.

IN 1964 THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF PREMIER JOHN ROBARTS APPOINTED THE GOLDENBERG ROYAL COMMISSION TO HOLD A PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE GOVERNANCE OF TORONTO.

IN 1974 THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF PREMIER BILL DAVIS APPOINTED THE ROBARTS ROYAL COMMISSION TO HOLD A PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE GOVERNANCE OF TORONTO.

IN 1986 THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF PREMIER DAVID PETERSON ESTABLISHED TASK FORCES TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE GOVERNANCE OF TORONTO.

IN 1995 THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF PREMIER BOB RAE APPOINTED THE ANNE GOLDEN TASK FORCE TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE GOVERNANCE OF THE GREATER TORONTO AREA.

IN 1996 THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF PREMIER MIKE HARRIS APPOINTED THE LIBBY BURNHAM PANEL TO HOLD A PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE GOVERNANCE OF TORONTO

NO PROVINCIALLY COMMISSIONED PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE OF TORONTO HAS BEEN HELD SINCE AMALGAMATION IN 1998.

OVER 17 YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE LAST PROVINCIALLY COMMISSIONED PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE GOVERNANCE OF TORONTO.

A NEW PROVINCIALLY COMMISSIONED PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF TORONTO IS LONG OVERDUE.