There seems to be a difference between what you are proposing and what we have done in Quebec. In Quebec, we thought the basis should be the regional municipality rather than the municipality itself, because of the civil protection plan. Under this plan, an inventory is drawn up of the risks and resources. So a plan is applied to this and the Act provides at what point the provincial government must get involved, and so on. In the case of large cities, metropolitan areas form the bases of the plan. For example, Montreal — which is the largest city in Quebec —, its neighbour, Laval — which is the very third largest — and Longueuil — which is the fourth...
On October 19th, 2006. See this statement in context.