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searchaux" style="display:none">Former Canadian municipal authority</div> <p>The <b>Montreal Metropolitan Commission</b> (known in French as the <i><b>Commission métropolitaine de Montréal</b></i>) was an authority that was involved in municipal affairs affecting the urbanized part of the <a href="/wiki/Island_of_Montreal" title="Island of Montreal">Island of Montreal</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montreal_Metropolitan_Commission&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When four municipalities (<a href="/wiki/Montreal_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Montreal North">Montreal North</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint-Michel,_Montreal" title="Saint-Michel, Montreal">Saint-Michel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pointe-aux-Trembles" title="Pointe-aux-Trembles">Pointe-aux-Trembles</a>, and Laval-de-Montréal) were approaching bankruptcy, they requested annexation by the City of Montreal.<sup id="cite_ref-CollinP7_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CollinP7-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, then experiencing a budgetary crisis arising from its annexation of Maisonneuve in 1918, refused to consider this request, unless it annexed the more wealthy municipalities on the Island of Montreal at the same time.<sup id="cite_ref-CollinP7_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CollinP7-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a compromise, the Quebec government established the Island of Montreal Metropolitan Commission in 1921,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was renamed as the Montreal Metropolitan Commission in the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The territory over which the Commission had jurisdiction was known as the <i>Metropolitan District</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-CollinP7_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CollinP7-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Commission existed until 1959, when it was replaced by the Montreal Metropolitan Corporation (in French, <i>Corporation du Montréal métropolitain</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was abolished in 1969 on the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Urban_Community" title="Montreal Urban Community">Montreal Urban Community</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition">Composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montreal_Metropolitan_Commission&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Commission consisted of 15 members appointed from the following bodies:<sup id="cite_ref-Sancton_1985_29_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sancton_1985_29-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Municipality </th> <th>Number </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a> </td> <td>Councillors </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>City Controller </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Westmount" title="Westmount">Westmount</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Outremont" class="mw-redirect" title="Outremont">Outremont</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Verdun,_Quebec" title="Verdun, Quebec">Verdun</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lachine,_Quebec" title="Lachine, Quebec">Lachine</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/LaSalle,_Quebec" title="LaSalle, Quebec">LaSalle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ville_Saint-Pierre" title="Ville Saint-Pierre">Saint-Pierre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampstead,_Quebec" title="Hampstead, Quebec">Hampstead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Royal,_Quebec" title="Mount Royal, Quebec">Mount Royal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint-Laurent,_Quebec" title="Saint-Laurent, Quebec">Saint-Laurent</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Montreal_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Montreal West">Montreal West</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Montreal_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Montreal North">Montreal North</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint-Michel,_Montreal" title="Saint-Michel, Montreal">Saint-Michel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montreal_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Montreal East">Montreal East</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pointe-aux-Trembles" title="Pointe-aux-Trembles">Pointe-aux-Trembles</a>, and Laval-de-Montréal<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Provincial <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Municipal_Affairs,_Regions_and_Land_Occupancy_(Quebec)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy (Quebec)">Department of Municipal Affairs</a> (non-voting) </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>15</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following served as chairman of the Commission during its existence:<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Years </th> <th>Chairman </th></tr> <tr> <td>1921–1927 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph-Ad%C3%A9lard-Azarie_Brodeur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph-Adélard-Azarie Brodeur (page does not exist)">Joseph-Adélard-Azarie Brodeur</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1927–1932 </td> <td><a 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Any municipality failing to meet its obligations could have its financial affairs taken over by the Commission, and all solvent municipalities were liable for the interest of the debts of the insolvent municipalities.<sup id="cite_ref-Sancton_1985_29_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sancton_1985_29-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1953, the Commission's powers were enlarged to include <a href="/wiki/Eminent_domain" title="Eminent domain">expropriation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Extraterritorial_jurisdiction_of_the_City_of_Montreal">Extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Montreal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montreal_Metropolitan_Commission&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Montreal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1935, the City of Montreal acquired the power to impose <a href="/wiki/Sales_tax" title="Sales tax">sales tax</a> and <a href="/wiki/Income_tax" title="Income tax">income tax</a> in the City as well as in the other municipalities under the control of the Commission,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and bylaws came into effect on 1 May 1935 for: </p> <dl><dd><ul><li>a 2% sales tax on all sales taking place in the specified territory, or on goods being delivered to a person who resides or has a place of business in it,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was the first <a href="/wiki/Retail_sales_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Retail sales tax">retail sales tax</a> to be imposed in Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>income tax on every individual having his residence, domicile, or place of business in the specified territory, which was set at 20% of the individual's liability for federal income tax for the previous taxation year.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></dd></dl> <p>The amounts raised (net of administrative costs) were shared <i><a href="/wiki/Pro_rata" title="Pro rata">pro rata</a></i> with the other municipalities within the Commission's territory.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The imposition of sales tax would continue until 1964 (when the province would take over the field),<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the municipal income tax would be abolished with the implementation of the Wartime Tax Rental Agreements of 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montreal_Metropolitan_Commission&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-3"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-CollinP7-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CollinP7_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CollinP7_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CollinP7_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCollin2001">Collin 2001</a>, p. 7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSancton1985">Sancton 1985</a>, p. 28</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bibliotheque.assnat.qc.ca/DepotNumerique_v2/AffichageFichier.aspx?idf=126103">Loi constituant en corporation la Commission métropolitaine de l'île de Montréal</a></i>, SQ 1921, c. 140 </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bibliotheque.assnat.qc.ca/DepotNumerique_v2/AffichageFichier.aspx?idf=124784">Loi amendant la loi constituant en corporation la Commission métropolitaine de l'île de Montréal</a></i>, SQ 1922 (2nd sess.), c. 105 </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCollin2001">Collin 2001</a>, p. 13</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bibliotheque.assnat.qc.ca/DepotNumerique_v2/AffichageFichier.aspx?idf=106451">An Act respecting The Montreal Metropolitan Corporation</a></i>, SQ 1958-59, c. 52, Div. II </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bibliotheque.assnat.qc.ca/DepotNumerique_v2/AffichageFichier.aspx?idf=103425">Montreal Urban Community Act</a></i>, LQ 1969, c. 84 </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSancton1985">Sancton 1985</a>, p. 39</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sancton_1985_29-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Sancton_1985_29_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sancton_1985_29_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSancton1985">Sancton 1985</a>, p. 29</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">amalgamated with Pointe-aux-Trembles in 1924 by resolution of the Commission: see <a href="#CITEREFCollin2001">Collin 2001</a>, p. 11</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPineault2000">Pineault 2000</a>, p. 132</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bibliotheque.assnat.qc.ca/DepotNumerique_v2/AffichageFichier.aspx?idf=115824">An Act respecting the City of Montreal and the Montreal Metropolitan Commission</a></i>, SQ 1952-53, c. 60, s. 2 </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bibliotheque.assnat.qc.ca/DepotNumerique_v2/AffichageFichier.aspx?idf=121027">Loi modifiant la charte de la cité de Montréal</a></i>, SQ 1935, c. 112, s. 10, 12 </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19350430&id=7QUuAAAAIBAJ&pg=6209,3684514">"Public Notice: City of Montreal Bylaw No. 1336 - By-Law to impose a Sales Tax in the Territory of the City of Montreal and of Certain Municipalities under the control of the Montreal Metropolitan Commission"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Gazette" class="mw-redirect" title="Montreal Gazette">Montreal Gazette</a></i>. 30 April 1935<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 March</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Montreal+Gazette&rft.atitle=Public+Notice%3A+City+of+Montreal+Bylaw+No.+1336+-+By-Law+to+impose+a+Sales+Tax+in+the+Territory+of+the+City+of+Montreal+and+of+Certain+Municipalities+under+the+control+of+the+Montreal+Metropolitan+Commission&rft.date=1935-04-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fnid%3D1946%26dat%3D19350430%26id%3D7QUuAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D6209%2C3684514&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMontreal+Metropolitan+Commission" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristopher_D._Ryan1996" class="citation journal cs1">Christopher D. Ryan (1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bnatopics.org/hhlibrary/newsletters/rev/rev-1996-08-w013.pdf">"A Municipal Cigarette-Tax Cinderella"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Canadian Revenue Newsletter</i> (13). British North America Philatelic Society: 4–6<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 March</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Canadian+Revenue+Newsletter&rft.atitle=A+Municipal+Cigarette-Tax+Cinderella&rft.issue=13&rft.pages=4-6&rft.date=1996&rft.au=Christopher+D.+Ryan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbnatopics.org%2Fhhlibrary%2Fnewsletters%2Frev%2Frev-1996-08-w013.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMontreal+Metropolitan+Commission" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19350430&id=7QUuAAAAIBAJ&pg=6178,3642362">"Public Notice: City of Montreal Bylaw No. 1337 - By-Law to impose an Income Tax in the Territory of the City of Montreal and of Certain Municipalities under the control of the Montreal Metropolitan Commission"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Gazette" class="mw-redirect" title="Montreal Gazette">Montreal Gazette</a></i>. 30 April 1935<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 March</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Montreal+Gazette&rft.atitle=Public+Notice%3A+City+of+Montreal+Bylaw+No.+1337+-+By-Law+to+impose+an+Income+Tax+in+the+Territory+of+the+City+of+Montreal+and+of+Certain+Municipalities+under+the+control+of+the+Montreal+Metropolitan+Commission&rft.date=1935-04-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fnid%3D1946%26dat%3D19350430%26id%3D7QUuAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D6178%2C3642362&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMontreal+Metropolitan+Commission" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCollin2001">Collin 2001</a>, p. 9</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bibliotheque.assnat.qc.ca/DepotNumerique_v2/AffichageFichier.aspx?idf=105260">An Act to amend the Retail Sales Tax Act</a></i>, SQ 1964, c. 28, s. 11 </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlbert_John_Robinson1973" class="citation book cs1">Albert John Robinson (1973). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=WJEOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA262"><i>Public Finance in Canada: Selected Readings</i></a>. p. 262. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780458910106" title="Special:BookSources/9780458910106"><bdi>9780458910106</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 March</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Public+Finance+in+Canada%3A+Selected+Readings&rft.pages=262&rft.date=1973&rft.isbn=9780458910106&rft.au=Albert+John+Robinson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DWJEOAAAAQAAJ%26pg%3DPA262&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMontreal+Metropolitan+Commission" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bibliotheque.assnat.qc.ca/DepotNumerique_v2/AffichageFichier.aspx?idf=119057">An Act respecting an agreement between the Dominion and the Province for the suspension of certain taxes in war time</a></i>, SQ 1942, c. 27 </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19420409&id=WXgtAAAAIBAJ&pg=4356,1655274">"Effect of Transfer of Tax Fields on City Budget Still Uncertain"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Gazette" class="mw-redirect" title="Montreal Gazette">Montreal Gazette</a></i>. 9 April 1942<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 March</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Montreal+Gazette&rft.atitle=Effect+of+Transfer+of+Tax+Fields+on+City+Budget+Still+Uncertain&rft.date=1942-04-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fnid%3D1946%26dat%3D19420409%26id%3DWXgtAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D4356%2C1655274&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMontreal+Metropolitan+Commission" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montreal_Metropolitan_Commission&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSancton1985" class="citation book cs1">Andrew Sancton (1985). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FrXEOpxbooUC&pg=PP1"><i>Governing the Island of Montreal: Language Differences and Metropolitan Politics</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/University_of_California_Press" title="University of California Press">University of California Press</a>. p. 213. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-520-04906-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-520-04906-3"><bdi>0-520-04906-3</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 March</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Governing+the+Island+of+Montreal%3A+Language+Differences+and+Metropolitan+Politics&rft.pages=213&rft.pub=University+of+California+Press&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=0-520-04906-3&rft.au=Andrew+Sancton&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DFrXEOpxbooUC%26pg%3DPP1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMontreal+Metropolitan+Commission" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCollin2001" class="citation web cs1">Jean-Pierre Collin (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141207210143/http://www.vrm.ca/documents/GestionMetroAvecCartes.pdf">"La gestion métropolitaine et les relations ville-banlieue à Montréal, depuis 1830"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Villes Régions Monde. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vrm.ca/documents/GestionMetroAvecCartes.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 7 December 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 March</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=La+gestion+m%C3%A9tropolitaine+et+les+relations+ville-banlieue+%C3%A0+Montr%C3%A9al%2C+depuis+1830&rft.pub=Villes+R%C3%A9gions+Monde&rft.date=2001&rft.au=Jean-Pierre+Collin&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vrm.ca%2Fdocuments%2FGestionMetroAvecCartes.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMontreal+Metropolitan+Commission" class="Z3988"></span><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPineault2000" class="citation thesis cs1">Stéphane Pineault (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ucs.inrs.ca/sites/default/files/PineaultStephanePhD2000.pdf"><i>Rapports de pouvoir et enjeux métropolitains dans l'agglomération montréalaise, 1920-1961 : les problèmes de l'organisation institutionnelle, de la planification du territoire et du transport des personnes</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (Ph.D.). <a href="/wiki/Institut_national_de_la_recherche_scientifique" title="Institut national de la recherche scientifique">INRS-Urbanisation</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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