Budget Advocacy

Our 2022 Pre-Budget submission contains recommendations to stabilize municipalities throughout pandemic recovery, and to ensure municipal administration and operations are as effective as possible. These reflect knowledge and advice that will make Ontario’s communities more efficient, safer, and stronger.

The 2021 budget comes at an important time for Ontario’s municipal sector as the province is making its way through another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recommendations include small but impactful actions that can relieve burdens, municipal recovery and resilience actions.

This submission contains recommendations that will guide the provincial government in policy areas that will strengthen Ontario’s local governments in an environment of change and uncertainty. Recommendations include investing in municipal internships, reducing the burden on municipalities, and promoting municipal fiscal sustainability.

AMCTO is pleased to highlight its key priorities for the new government through a series of principled recommendations that maintain the fiscal sustainability of our sector, foster an improved relationship with government, and address key policy reforms for local governments in Ontario.

AMCTO's 2018 pre-budget submission includes 10 recommendations in the three policy areas that we think should be crucial priorities for the 2018 Ontario budget: fiscal sustainability, the reporting burden, and succession planning and capacity building.

This submission reflects the advice that AMCTO members provide to councils and councillors every day in each community across this province. Its recommendations are designed to give municipal politicians and public servants the tools that they need to make their communities safer, stronger, and more vibrant.