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The Globe and Mail | Mayors urge Ottawa to get ‘creative’ on infrastructure when provinces delay projects
The Globe and Mail reports on the First-100-Days roadmap FCM has set out for the new government.
  • Municipal finance
  • Infrastructure
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La Presse | Cities want billions for transition
La Presse publishes a report on FCM’s recommendations for our new government’s first 100 days in office.
  • Infrastructure
  • Municipal finance
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FCM welcomes new federal government: “Let’s work together to build better lives”
Bill Karsten, president of FCM, issued the following statement welcoming the new federal government.
  • Public transit
  • Municipal finance
  • Infrastructure
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FCM responds to Conservative Party’s 2019 election platform
FCM acknowledged the release of the Conservative Party of Canada’s election platform today. The platform commits to a “rural lens” in Cabinet decisions and recognizes the need for communities to respond to new climate extremes, but it lacks critical clarity on key issues, while reducing year-over-year infrastructure spending.
  • Rural communities
  • Disaster mitigation
  • Infrastructure
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FCM responds to the NDP’s 2019 election platform costing
FCM's statement on the release of the New Democratic Party of Canada's election platform costing, which confirms a major commitment to affordable housing, along with commitments to strengthen public transit, adapt communities to new climate extremes, and strengthen rural broadband connectivity. 
  • Broadband
  • Disaster mitigation
  • Housing
  • Public transit
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New report shows urgent need for climate adaptation investment
FCM and the Insurance Bureau of Canada released striking new data demonstrating the urgent need for new investments in local climate adaptation—and the areas where that investment is needed most.  
  • Climate change
  • Disaster mitigation
  • Infrastructure
Report
Investing in Canada’s future: The cost of climate adaptation
This report, by FCM and the Insurance Bureau of Canada reveals striking new data demonstrating the urgent need for new investments in local climate adaptation.
  • Climate change
  • Disaster mitigation
  • Infrastructure
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Municipalities launch election platform: BuildingBetterLives.ca
FCM released its Election 2019 recommendations to federal parties today. The platform is a call to improve Canadians’ quality of life by empowering the local governments closest to their daily challenges
  • Municipal finance
  • Infrastructure
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