US EditionMayor Berry Vrbanovic Advocates for Kitchener During Municipality Conference in Ottawa
Kirkland Lake officials sought provincial support for public health, housing, and infrastructure but received no funding guarantees during the 2025 AMO conference in Ottawa.
- At the Aug. 17-20 AMO conference in Ottawa, Kirkland Lake municipal officials pressed Queen's Park for infrastructure funding but left with no immediate commitments amid concerns over municipal revenue shortfalls.
- AMO president Robin Jones warned that Ontario municipalities face expanded responsibilities without matching decision-making authority or funding, while about $5 billion in municipal property taxes fund provincial health and social services annually.
- Prince Edward County leaders pressed ministers on public health funding, involving South East Health Unit in the funding framework review, while seeking federal support for County Road 49 rehabilitation.
- Municipal leaders reiterated the need for a new fiscal relationship as constrained revenue leaves few options besides raising taxes or deferring projects in future municipal budgets.
- Conference sessions also framed housing and infrastructure as linked priorities, with Ontario counting non-traditional housing toward its 1.5 million homes goal by 2031, highlighting infrastructure's role.
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Mayor Berry Vrbanovic advocates for Kitchener during municipality conference in Ottawa
It's been a busy week at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference in Ottawa. The conference involved individual meetings with provincial cabinet ministers, parliamentary assistants and opposition leaders to discuss how to build Kitchener and Ontario as a whole. Discussions revolved around transportation, infrastructure, economic development, and housing. The City of Kitchener even received the prestigious Peter J. Marshall I…
Essex County Warden lobbies for road improvements at AMO
Enhancing transportation infrastructure was once again the top priority for Essex County at the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference.Essex County Warden and Leamington Mayor Hilda MacDonald led a delegation to Ottawa this week, where topics ranging from infrastructure and health care to transportation and homelessness were discussed.MacDonald told WindsorNewsToday.ca that with all the development going on in Windsor-E…
Kirkland Lake officials leave AMO conference with no infrastructure funding assurances from the province
Kirkland Lake Mayor Stacy Wight along with Coun. Rick Owen and C.A.O. Alan Smith have returned from the recently wrapped up Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in Ottawa.
Infrastructure funding and housing needs highlighted at AMO
The local delegation at the recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference stressed the need for the province to commit to more infrastructure funding, which Kevin Marriott says seems to have gone by the wayside.The Lambton County Warden was one of the hundreds of municipal leaders in attendance at the four day forum in Ottawa.He said when it comes to transit, which falls under infrastructure, municipalities outside of the Grea…
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