by Angela Trewartha | Mar 21, 2024 | In the News
Ontario is investing more funding for housing- and community-enabling infrastructure, something Premier Doug Ford says will help municipalities get shovels in the ground to build more...
by Angela Trewartha | Mar 11, 2024 | In the News
The federal government has all the funding, the province has all the powers, and municipalities have all the problems....
by Angela Trewartha | Jan 24, 2024 | In the News
The Rural Ontario Municipality Association does what it says on the tin: it represents the interests of Ontario’s rural municipalities, as a counterpart to the overall Association of Municipalities of Ontario — not to mention more specific groups like the Federation...
by Angela Trewartha | Nov 27, 2023 | In the News
Province hosts what it bills as its 1st annual housing forum on Monday Ontario’s housing minister has shot down a request from big city mayors for a change in funding criteria that would help more of them qualify for money to build infrastructure necessary for...
by Julie Bateman | Nov 8, 2023 | In the News
Most cities and towns are missing their housing targets. They blame a lack of infrastructure, and a system that measures what they can’t control. With a majority of 50 municipalities poised to fail their first high-stakes provincial housing assignment, city officials...