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Ontario’s Big City Mayors Update on Their SolvetheCrisis.ca Campaign and Request that the Government of Ontario Declare a State of Emergency
Ontario’s Big City Mayors Update on their SolvetheCrisis.ca Campaign and Request that the Government of Ontario Declare a State of Emergency December 5, 2025 TORONTO, ON - Last year, Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) launched...
Ontario’s Big City Mayors Statement on the 2025 Provincial Fall Economic Statement
“Ontario’s Big City Mayors appreciate that the Fall Economic Statement responds to many of the motions and priorities we have advanced, particularly around housing, infrastructure, and local economic growth. However, we are...
Ontario’s Big City Mayors Statement on the 2025 Federal Budget
Statement from the Chair: “OBCM is encouraged to see the federal government’s commitment to housing, infrastructure, support for Canadian industry, and public safety, all of which OBCM has been advocating for. However, we remain...
Ontarios Big City Mayors Attend the 2025 AMO Conference Focused on Housing, Infrastructure, Homelessness, Public Safety and New Funding Models for Municipalities
OTTAWA - Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) were pleased to take part in this year’s Association of Municipalities of Ontario’s (AMO) Conference in Ottawa along with municipal, regional, provincial and federal partners. We...
Ontario’s Big City Mayors Caucus Meet to Discuss Key Priorities for Ontario’s Largest Municipalities
BRAMPTON, ON - Ontario’s Big City Mayors came together on Friday in Brampton where housing, homelessness, infrastructure, tariffs and public safety were the focus of discussions. At the meeting two motions were passed - the...
OBCMs Statement on the 2025 Provincial Budget
May 16, 2025 With the release of the 2025 Ontario Budget: A Plan to Protect Ontario, Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) are encouraged to see investments in key priorities for Ontario’s largest cities. Municipalities are facing...
OBCM in the news
Ontario launches audits of 6 municipalities to look at how housing law will affect budgets
3rd party audits expected to measure impact to changes in development fees
CBC News Posted: July 26, 2023
‘Let us figure out how it works’: Mayors of Ontario’s biggest cities aren’t willing to give up local control over housing decisions
Ontario's Big City Mayors are meeting in Kitchener this week.
The Kitchener Record
Posted: April 20, 2023
Ontario big city mayors to discuss concerns over province's new housing bill
Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) will meet on Friday as tensions rise between the mayor of the province’s largest city and Premier Doug Ford over the financial impacts of a new housing bill.
Kitchener-Waterloo: Window to restore relationship with municipalities 'is closing', say Big City Mayors
In a public letter addressed to the chair of Ontario's Big City Mayors (OBCM) Cam Guthrie, the Ford government says it will be launching a third-party audit of select municipalities across the province.
Opiod's Harm to Ontario's Big Cities
Cam Guthrie, Mayor of Guelph and Chair of Ontario's Big City Mayors, discusses the toll of the opiod crisis across the province
Ontario's Big City Mayors
Mayor Shaun Collier
Town of Ajax
Mayor Alex Nuttall
City of Barrie
Mayor Patrick Brown
City of Brampton
Mayor Kevin Davis
City of Brantford
Mayor Marianne Meed Ward
City of Burlington
Mayor Jan Ligget
City of Cambridge
Mayor Darrin Canniff
Municipality of Chatham-Kent
Deputy Mayor Willie Woo
Municipality of Clarington
Mayor Cam Guthrie
City of Guelph
Mayor Andrea Horwath
City of Hamilton
Mayor Bryan Paterson
City of Kingston
Mayor Berry Vrbanovic
City of Kitchener
Mayor Josh Morgan
City of London
Mayor Frank Scarpitti
City of Markham
Mayor Gordon Krantz
Town of Milton
Mayor Carolyn Parrish
City of Mississauga
Mayor Rob Burton
Town of Oakville
Mayor Dan Carter
City of Oshawa
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe
City of Ottawa
Mayor Kevin Ashe
City of Pickering
Mayor David West
City of Richmond Hill
Mayor Mat Siscoe
City of St. Catharines
Mayor Paul Lefebvre
City of Greater Sudbury
Mayor Ken Boshcoff
City of Thunder Bay
Mayor Olivia Chow
City of Toronto
Mayor Steven Del Duca
City of Vaughan
Mayor Dorothy McCabe
City of Waterloo
Mayor Elizabeth Roy
Town of Whitby
