Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) Meet with Provincial Ministers at Queen’s Park to Discuss Municipal Priorities

by Angela Trewartha | Jun 16, 2023 | Housing, Infrastructure, Mental Health and Addictions, Top Stories

TORONTO – Today, OBCM met with several provincial ministers including Deputy Premier Sylvia Jones, Minister Steve Clark, Minister Doug Downey, Minister Jill Dunlop, Minister Caroline Mulroney, Minister Michael Parsa, Minister David Piccini and Minister Kinga...

Ontario’s Big City Mayors Hold AGM and Conference, Meet with Ministers on Key Municipal Priorities

by Angela Trewartha | Apr 21, 2023 | Housing, Infrastructure, Mental Health and Addictions, Top Stories

April 21, 2023 Kitchener, ON – Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) held its AGM and Conference in Kitchener over the past few days to discuss key municipal priorities including, housing, mental health and addictions, homelessness, and municipal codes of conduct....

Ontario’s Big City Mayors Respond to the Province’s 2023 Budget

by Angela Trewartha | Mar 23, 2023 | Housing, Infrastructure, Mental Health and Addictions, Top Stories

Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) would like to thank Premier Doug Ford and Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy for the 2023 Ontario Budget: Building a Strong Ontario. Through the budget consultation process, OBCM urged the province to support the municipal sector...

Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) Statement on the Launch of the Federal Government’s Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF)

by Angela Trewartha | Mar 17, 2023 | Housing, Infrastructure, Top Stories

Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) would like to thank the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada and the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion for today’s launch of the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF).   OBCM...

Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) Statement on First Meeting of the New Term and Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022

by wpadmin | Dec 8, 2022 | Housing, Infrastructure

Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) gathered at the Arboretum at the University of Guelph on Friday December 2nd for the first meeting of their new term. OBCM welcomed twelve new and seventeen returning mayors to discuss important issues for large municipalities. OBCM...

Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) Statement on Presenting to the Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy on Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Remarks to Committee Attached)

by wpadmin | Nov 16, 2022 | Housing, Infrastructure

Today the Chair of Ontario’s Big City Mayors, Mayor Cam Guthrie, made a presentation to the Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy to discuss Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022. Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) support the...