One way of looking at this scheme is that it's Opposition party boilerplate -- stuff that can grab a headline or two on a slow news day, but stands almost no chance of becoming public policy.

Certainly, there is evidence to support that view. Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty is firmly on record as favouring amalgamation. Doing such a dramatic flip-flop to appease relatively few people would inflict considerable political damage, especially with a provincial election in the wind, and the Liberals enjoying a significant advantage in opinion polls. The sheer logistics and public expense of undoing amalgamation suggest the Liberals would be foolish to formally propose such a thing, and downright goofy to try to implement it should they form the next government.

So, it's possible this is nothing more than a trial balloon. Perhaps what the Liberals are really planning is proposed legislation regarding future amalgamations rather than undoing those already successfully accomplished. Or maybe this is intended to demonstrate to McMeekin supporters, who elected him on an anti-amalgamation platform in the byelection to replace Toni Skarica, that he hasn't forsaken his grassroots. Source.

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