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Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) Statement on Ontario’s 2023 Fall Economic Statement
November 2, 2023 Burlington, ON - Today the province released their 2023 Fall Economic Statement. Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) were pleased to see the creation of new programs that address support for much needed municipal...
OBCM Statement on Upcoming Ontario Fall Economic Statement 2023
OBCM Statement on Upcoming Ontario Fall Economic Statement 2023 October 27, 2023 Ontario’s Big City Mayors are looking forward to the release of the 2023 Fall Economic Statement by Minister of Finance, Peter Bethlenfalvy next...
Ontario’s Big City Mayors Meet to Discuss Important Issues Facing Ontario’s Largest Cities
Ontario’s Big City Mayors Meet to Discuss Important Issues Facing Ontario’s Largest Cities October 24, 2023 WHITBY, ON - Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) met Friday to discuss key issues facing Ontario’s largest cities. At the...
Ontario’s Big City Mayors Meet with Regional Chairs and Provincial Ministers at Association of Municipalities of Ontario Conference
LONDON, ON - Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) and the Mayors and Regional Chairs of Ontario (MARCO) met on Sunday to kick off the AMO Conference in London. The meeting focused on issues impacting Ontario’s biggest cities and...
Ontario’s Big City Mayors Statement on Premier Doug Ford’s Announcement of the Building Faster Fund
LONDON, ON - Today Premier Doug Ford announced the Building Faster Fund, a three-year, $1.2 billion program that provides significant new funding based on performance against provincial housing targets for municipalities....
The PLACE Centre Releases Housing Report in Collaboration with Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM)
Today the PLACE Centre at Smart Prosperity Institute released the housing report, Working Together to Build 1.5 Million Homes in collaboration with Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM). This report outlines the role of...
OBCM in the News
Housing starts up in Ontario but towns say they’ve missed out on millions of dollars
Homelessness a ‘humanitarian crisis,’ big-city mayors say
Ontario announces more than $1.8B in new funding to help municipalities build homes
Meed Ward: Ontario's municipal taxpayers need a better deal from the province and the feds
Ontario’s smaller towns and cities wants New Deals, too. Can the Tories keep saying no?
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
