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Big City Mayors’ Caucus Chair Don Iveson issued the following statement at the close of a series of meetings between Canadian mayors, the Prime Minister, and federal cabinet ministers.
- Big City Mayors' Caucus
- Disaster mitigation
- Federal Budget
- Public transit
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See how two communities benefit from evaluating their brownfield programs and find tips you can use in your municipality to enhance your offering.
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The Regional Municipality of Durham's Community Climate Adaptation Plan is the 2018 winner in the climate change category of FCM's Sustainable Communities Awards.
Watch the video and read the case study to learn more about this project. Download our guide below to get started on a similar project in your community.
- Climate change
- Disaster mitigation
- Sustainability
Case study
Innovative natural techniques, such as reconditioning soil and using plants to absorb contaminants, transformed a former sanitary lagoon. Learn how.
- Brownfields
- Sustainability
Tool
Any technique that remediates or manages the risk of contamination at a site has an environmental benefit as it eliminates or reduces exposure to contaminants. Some techniques, however, are more sustainable than others.
- Brownfields
Tool
Cleaning up contaminants and redeveloping a brownfield site can bring communities a number of environmental, economic and social benefits. You can achieve even greater benefits by incorporating sustainable approaches throughout the site remediation and risk management activities.
- Brownfields
Case study
As part of a plan to revitalize the community's waterfront, the Squamish Oceanfront Development Corp. did soil and groundwater tests to see whether an old warehouse known as the Blue Barn could be used as an art, culture and heritage centre.
- Brownfields
Tool
Use this easy-to-follow path to navigate the process, learn about the legislative framework and find funding for redeveloping brownfields in the Yukon.
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