Budget Advocacy

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.

As the province’s largest voluntary association of municipal professionals, AMCTO is on the front line of local government policy and management across a range of service areas. This submission is designed to help solve some of this province’s most intractable problems.