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‘Pressing Issues’ Voiced by City Advocates
Ontario municipal leaders at the 2025 AMO conference called for stable infrastructure funding amid growing challenges like homelessness and health care shortfalls, with 444 municipalities represented.
- From Aug. 17 to Aug. 20, Kirkland Lake municipal officials attended the Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in Ottawa but left with no immediate funding decisions from Queen's Park amid concerns over municipal revenue.
- Pressure stems from Queen's Park decisions, noting Ontario municipalities face expanded duties without matching authority and municipal property taxes fund provincial health-care and social services.
- Public health funding also dominated meetings with Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones, with regional health units involved in a public health funding framework review.
- Municipal leaders reiterated this year the need for a new fiscal relationship as constrained revenue leaves few options besides tax hikes or deferring projects in future municipal budgets.
- Conference sessions also framed housing and infrastructure as linked priorities, with Ontario counting non-traditional housing toward its 1.5 million homes goal by 2031, highlighting infrastructure's role.
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‘Pressing issues’ voiced by city advocates
A City of Thunder Bay delegation comprised of Mayor Ken Boshcoff, and John Collin, city manager with the city's Intergovernmental Affairs team, Councillors Kasey Etreni and Shelby Ch'ng, and led by Coun. Kristen Oliver, the group's chairperson, lobbied for local…
Mayor Berry Vrbanovic advocates for Kitchener during municipality conference in Ottawa
It's been a busy week at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference in Ottawa. The conference involved individual meetings with provincial cabinet ministers, parliamentary assistants and opposition leaders to discuss how to build Kitchener and Ontario as a whole. Discussions revolved around transportation, infrastructure, economic development, and housing. The City of Kitchener even received the prestigious Peter J. Marshall In
Kirkland Lake officials leave AMO conference with no infrastructure funding assurances from the province
Kirkland Lake Mayor Stacy Wight along with Coun. Rick Owen and C.A.O. Alan Smith have returned from the recently wrapped up Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in Ottawa.
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