Big City Mayors

• Ontario mayors ask for mental-health law reviews in wake of opioid, encampment crisis

  Ontario Big City Mayors are asking the province to review mental-health laws and whether to expand the scope of involuntary treatment for people who are addicted to drugs.

  Politics

  Oct 18, 2024
  
• ‘Humanitarian crisis’: Ontario cities beg province to create new ministry for homelessness

  Ontario's Big City Mayors are calling on the government to create a co-ordinated response to the province's homelessness crisis, with the creation of a new minister and ministry.

  Politics

  Aug 8, 2024
  
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• Canada’s big-city mayors call on federal government for transit funding

  The Big City Mayors' Caucus of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities released a statement Wednesday asking the Liberals to cover transit shortfalls for the year.

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  Jan 26, 2022
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• Bowman, other mayors pushing for transit funding from feds

  Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman is in Ottawa meeting with his counterparts from other big Canadian cities and says federal funding to recoup transit shortfalls is a priority.

  Politics

  Oct 14, 2021
• Alberta’s other municipalities hoping to finalize funding deal with province after election

  Delegates at the AUMA leaders forum heard promises to wrap up a funding deal with those municipalities other than Edmonton and Calgary from the NDP, UCP, and Alberta Party.

  Politics

  Mar 28, 2019
• Iveson sees progress on climate change, business opportunities in Montreal

  Mayor Don Iveson went to Montreal to talk climate change, and wound up in a conversation with a South American mayor that could lead to a big cargo deal.

  Economy

  Jun 21, 2018
• Canada’s big city mayors calling for national benchmarks to tackle mental health crisis

  Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie said the federal government should step in and create a national mental health strategy.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2018
• Bowman talking infrastructure, opioids with other big city mayors in Ottawa

  Winnipeg mayor Brian Bowman is in Ottawa for a meeting of Canada's big city mayors.

  Politics

  Jun 1, 2017
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• Will the big city mayors get more cash from the feds?

  Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman is in Ottawa for the Big City Mayor’s Conference. Geoff Currier chats with him at 10:45 on 680 CJOB about what the agenda is and the prospects for reaching their goals. Listen live at player.cjob.com

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2017
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• Iveson, big city mayors, pen letter to feds to ensure provinces offer more transit cash

  The mayors of Canada's biggest cities are asking the federal government to prod their provincial counterparts to pony up more cash for transit projects.

  Canada

  Apr 26, 2017