by Angela Trewartha | Aug 22, 2023 | Housing, Infrastructure, Top Stories
LONDON, ON – Today Premier Doug Ford announced the Building Faster Fund, a three-year, $1.2 billion program that provides significant new funding based on performance against provincial housing targets for municipalities. Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) are...
by Angela Trewartha | Jul 26, 2023 | Housing, Infrastructure, Top Stories
Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) welcomes the province’s announcement today that they have secured Ernst & Young LLP as the third party auditor for the audits of the City of Toronto, Peel Region, Mississauga, Caledon, Brampton, and Newmarket on municipal finance...
by Angela Trewartha | Jun 20, 2023 | Infrastructure, Top Stories
Today OBCM sent a letter to Federal Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities the Hon. Dominic Leblanc ahead of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers of Infrastructure Meeting on June 21st in B.C. The letter outlines our support of...
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...
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....
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...
