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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 5, 2024 1:19 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s minister of municipal affairs and housing says drafting a bill to address harassment by municipal politicians is proving to be more complex than he thought. Paul Calandra …
Read More »Ontario municipal staff say $85.5M cut risks success of $10-a-day child-care program
The municipal staff who administer the child-care system across Ontario are telling Education Minister Stephen Lecce that an $85.5-million cut to their budgets puts the success of the $10-a-day program at risk. The Ontario Municipal Social Services Association said in a letter to the minister that the national program, which Ontario signed onto in 2022, has …
Read More »Ontario seeks municipal daycare audits, raising cost-cutting concerns
Ontario has ordered municipalities that directly operate child-care centres to do a value-for-money audit of their programs to determine if they could instead be operated by a “third party,” raising concerns about privatization. The move also has some advocates concerned the provincial government is looking to find savings on the backs …
Read More »B.C. municipal leaders heading to Ont. to talk financing
Municipal leaders from B.C. and across Canada are meeting in Ontario later this week to talk finances. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities convention kicks off Thursday in Toronto and high on the agenda is money. Cities say they’re facing massive challenges made even more urgent by pandemic recovery. Cities are …
Read More »Nova Scotia town joins others in removing the name Cornwallis from municipal property – Halifax
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 25, 2023 11:47 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Another community in Nova Scotia has removed the name Cornwallis from municipal property — and the town of Lunenburg is now looking for new names from the public. Lunenburg council announced …
Read More »Surrey, B.C. Council is one step closer to scrapping municipal police force – BC
Surrey, B.C., city council is one step closure to reversing its police transition and keeping the Municipal RCMP. Council members heard from the head of the municipal RCMP detachment as it votes on directing staff to craft a final plan to keep the Mounties and scrap the transition in progress …
Read More »More problems with the Calgary Municipal Building trusses
The City of Calgary is going to spend $8 million on repairs to a truss located between the fourth and fifth floors of the Municipal Building. Located roughly above council chambers, details of the project were included in this week’s new civic budget. “It’s important to note that the truss is …
Read More »Ford government was warned it has ‘limited options’ to enforce municipal housing targets
Just days before it announced sweeping housing legislation, Ontario civil servants warned Premier Doug Ford’s government it has “limited options” to force municipalities to comply with a key part of its new plan. Provincial bureaucrats provided the advice last month in a draft document, which was obtained by CBC Toronto. They took issue with …
Read More »Metro Vancouver could get its first person of colour elected mayor in this fall’s municipal elections
Two of the most diverse cities in Metro Vancouver have never had a person of colour for mayor. That could change this time around with candidates like Jinny Sims, Sukh Dhaliwal, and Ken Sim. While it could be a historic moment for Surrey or Vancouver, two of the most diverse cities …
Read More »Surrey sign saga continues as municipal election draws near, with some residents reporting missing signs
Several Surrey residents say election signs they had displayed on their front lawns were recently removed by city bylaw officers. Robert Winston says he put up two signs in front of his home in Crescent Beach in early September: one supporting a campaign for councillor and another for a potential mayor. When he …
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