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forgotten.

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MR. RATCHFORD: Caroline.

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DR. BURDETT: Yes, you went to Caroline. How-

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ever, I think this should cut the work down, and you have

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to realise, Miss Spencer, talking about the magnitude of

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this thing, spent nearly two years in her analysis, It

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is a very complex subject.

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MR. THOMPSON: Mr. Chairman, I should mention

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that just yesterday I heard that there will be introduced

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into the general assembly a proposed constitutional

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amendment which will provide for the consolidation of

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municipalities at the will of any two or three or member

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of adjoining municipalities which would decide to merge.

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That would be a factor.

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THE CHAIRMAN: That would be a very important

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factor because it gives a good indication insofar as the

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thinking of the members of the Legislature which ties in

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with our own thinking because, at the last meeting of

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this Committee, it was more or less touched upon and dis-

20 cussed briefly that one of the important ways of meeting

21 the transition to urban life and the complexities and so