The CD Howe Institute has released a new report with recommendations for improving how Canada's federal, provincial, and municipal governments invest in infrastructure. Among the findings, CD Howe is recommending that: Municipal governments: Sell electricity distribution ...
According to briefing documents leaked to the Canadian Press, the federal government's ambitious plans for investing in infrastructure may be hampered by a lack of data on the state of Canada's roads, bridges, highways, water and sewer systems. The lack of data is likely to ...
New research, released today by the Mowat Centre, explores the challenges that all three levels of government face when making large scale infrastructure investment decisions. In particular the paper argues that there is no consistent strategy across separate orders of governm...
Recently, several smaller Southwestern municipalities are calling on the Province to scrap a longtime practice for which it doesn’t pay for fire calls to provincial highways that turn out to be false alarms or so-called “no-service” calls. This issue is proving costly for ...
Last week at the annual Association of Municipalities Ontario (AMO) conference in Niagara Falls, Premier Wynne announced that the government will introduce two new disaster assistance programs: one for municipalities and one for citizens and other organizations. The two new i...
The Ministry of the Environment is considering new amendments to the province’s drinking water quality standards, and testing and reporting requirements. You can find out more here .
The government has announced that it will replace the Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program (ODRAP) with two new disaster assistance programs. You can read about the changes here . While only limited details have been revealed, the government has adopted two of AMCTO’s r...
The Ministry of Transportation is consulting on new rules and regulations to govern intercity bus travel in Ontario. Find out more information on this consultation here .
Applications are now open for the government’s infrastructure fund for critical infrastructure projects in small, rural, and northern municipalities. Learn more here .