by Angela Trewartha | Apr 22, 2024 | Housing, Infrastructure, Mental Health and Addictions, Top Stories
April 22, 2024 BURLINGTON, ON – On Thursday April 18th and Friday April 19th, Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) gathered in Burlington for their Annual General Meeting and Conference. We kicked off the two day event with an opening reception where the Mayors...
by Angela Trewartha | Apr 16, 2024 | Housing, Infrastructure, Mental Health and Addictions, Top Stories
April 16, 2024 Today the Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, released the Government of Canada’s Budget 2024: Fairness for Every Generation. Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) welcomes the Government of Canada’s investments in housing, infrastructure and mental...
by Angela Trewartha | Apr 12, 2024 | Housing, Infrastructure, Top Stories
April 12, 2024 Today the federal government announced Canada’s Housing Plan, outlining a number of new programs and initiatives to address the housing crisis happening across the country. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, and...
by Angela Trewartha | Apr 10, 2024 | Housing, Infrastructure, Top Stories
April 10, 2024 The province’s announcement today of the Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024, includes several initiatives that will cut red tape and speed up government processes that will, in turn, speed up the build of 1.5 million new homes in Ontario by...
by Angela Trewartha | Mar 27, 2024 | Housing, Infrastructure, Mental Health and Addictions, Top Stories
March 27, 2024 Yesterday Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy released the 2024 Ontario Budget: Building a Better Ontario. OBCM has been advocating to the provincial government on our key priorities for this year’s Budget: Housing and Housing-Enabling...
by Angela Trewartha | Mar 21, 2024 | Housing, Infrastructure, Mental Health and Addictions, Top Stories
March 21, 2024 Today OBCM Chair and Mayor of Burlington Marianne Meed Ward and OBCM Member Mayor David West of Richmond Hill joined Premier Doug Ford, Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister Kinga Surma and Minister Michael Parsa along with Mayor Lynn Dollin of...
