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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 (OBCM) Meet with Provincial Ministers at Queen’s Park to Discuss Municipal Priorities
TORONTO - Today, OBCM met with several provincial ministers including Deputy Premier Sylvia Jones, Minister Steve Clark, Minister Doug Downey, Minister Jill Dunlop, Minister Caroline Mulroney, Minister Michael Parsa, Minister...
Ontario’s Big City Mayors Hold AGM and Conference, Meet with Ministers on Key Municipal Priorities
April 21, 2023 Kitchener, ON - Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) held its AGM and Conference in Kitchener over the past few days to discuss key municipal priorities including, housing, mental health and addictions, homelessness,...
Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) Meets with Deputy Premier and Minister of Health the Honourable Sylvia Jones to Discuss their Health and Homelessness Strategy
April 5, 2023 Yesterday Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) and several community partners met with the Honourable Sylvia Jones to discuss the homelessness, mental health and addictions crisis impacting Ontario’s cities. OBCM...
Ontario’s Big City Mayors Respond to the Province’s 2023 Budget
Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) would like to thank Premier Doug Ford and Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy for the 2023 Ontario Budget: Building a Strong Ontario. Through the budget consultation process, OBCM urged the...
Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM), Minister’s of Finance and Municipal Affairs and Housing Meet on Key Municipal Priorities
February 13, 2023 – Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM), Ministers of Finance and Municipal Affairs and Housing Meet on Key Municipal Priorities…
Ontario’s Big City Mayors and the Mayors and Regional Chairs of Ontario Convene at the Association of Municipalities Conference to Advance Key Municipal Priorities
Ontario’s Big City Mayors and the Mayors and Regional Chairs of Ontario Convene at the Association of Municipalities Conference to Advance Key Municipal Priorities OTTAWA - Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) and the Mayors and...
OBCM Welcomes New Cabinet and Renews Call for Emergency Meeting with the Province
Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) would like to congratulate Premier Ford and the new Ministers appointed to Cabinet today. We look forward to continuing to work collaboratively with the government to advance key municipal prioriti…
Ontario’s Big City Mayors Call for Emergency Meeting with Province to Address the Chronic Homelessness, Mental Health, Safety and Addictions Crisis Overwhelming Our Communities
Ontario’s Big City Mayors Call for Emergency Meeting with Province to Address the Chronic Homelessness, Mental Health, Safety and Addictions Crisis Overwhelming Our Communities. …
Ontario’s Big City Mayors Statement on the 2022 Ontario Election
On behalf of Ontario’s Big City Mayors, I would like to congratulate Premier Ford on his party’s re-election said Guelph Mayor Cam Guthrie, Chair of Ontario’s Big City Mayors. We have built a strong relationship with the provincia…
Ontario NDP Leader Responds to OBCM Election Survey
Ontario's Big City Mayors (OBCM) would like to thank the leader of the Ontario NDP, Andrea Horwath, for providing the below respones to our survey. OBCM met with the leaders of the Ontario PC Party, the Ontario NDP,…
Ontario Liberal Party Leader Responds to OBCM Election Survey
Ontario's Big City Mayors (OBCM) would like to thank the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, Steven Del Duca, for providing the below respones to our survey. OBCM met with the leaders of the Ontario PC Party, the O…
Ontario Green Party Leader Responds to OBCM Election Survey
Ontario's Big City Mayors (OBCM) would like to thank the leader of the Green Party of Ontario, Michael Schreiner, for providing the below respones to our survey. OBCM met with the leaders of the Ontario PC Party, th…
OBCM Meets with Ontario Party Leaders, Discuss Election Priorities and Support for Municipal Sector
Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) welcomed four Provincial Party Leaders to Friday’s meeting to discuss key municipal priorities. OBCM was joined by Ontario Progressive Conservative Party Leader Doug Ford, Ontario NDP l…
Ontario’s Big City Mayors Continue Progress with New Executive Director, First In-Person Meeting
November 3, 2021 – In late October, Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) held its first in-person meeting since the start of the pandemic. The event was hosted by the Mayor of Burlington, Marianne Meed Ward. The OBCM was d…
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

Mayor Adrian Foster
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

Councillor Alvin Tedjo
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
