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 | Aug 17, 2023 | Housing, Top Stories, Uncategorized
Today the PLACE Centre at Smart Prosperity Institute released the housing report, Working Together to Build 1.5 Million Homes in collaboration with Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM). This report outlines the role of municipalities, and other partners in the home...
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 | Jul 18, 2023 | Housing, Top Stories
The Canadian government is failing to fully fund the municipal front line that Canada relies on to welcome and settle newcomers, including those needing urgent support such as refugees and asylum-seekers fleeing conflict in their home countries. Ontario cities...
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...
