by Angela Trewartha | Jun 17, 2024 | Housing, Infrastructure, Mental Health and Addictions, Top Stories
June 17, 2024 CHATHAM-KENT, ON – Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) are calling on all levels of government to take immediate action on homelessness, mental health and addictions. At their meeting in Chatham-Kent, OBCM’s member mayors worked together to update...
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 | Mar 28, 2024 | Infrastructure, Mental Health and Addictions, Top Stories
March 28, 2024 Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) welcomes today’s announcement from the province of a new deal for our caucus member the City of Ottawa. This funding will make a significant impact as it supports the city on not only large scale capital projects...
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...
