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News release
Throne Speech a positive and hopeful signal for municipalities
FCM President Bill Karsten issued this statement following the delivery of today’s Speech from the Throne.
  • Broadband
  • Homelessness
  • Housing
  • Infrastructure
News release
FCM welcomes new action to house vulnerable amid pandemic
FCM President Bill Karsten issued the following statement following today’s federal announcement on a new Rapid Housing Initiative.
  • Homelessness
  • Housing
News release
FCM urges rapid housing solutions amid pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic compounds Canada’s ongoing housing crisis, FCM is proposing a federal initiative and partnership to rapidly repurpose on-sale private buildings as permanent, non-profit housing for vulnerable Canadians.
  • Homelessness
  • Housing
Backgrounder
COVID-19 and housing: Critical need, urgent opportunity
The COVID-era real estate market creates a unique opportunity to tackle the housing crisis. FCM is proposing a federal initiative and partnership to help community housing providers acquire, repair and retrofit available buildings for non-profit housing.
  • Homelessness
  • Housing
News release
COVID-19: FCM welcomes CMA Foundation donation to support vulnerable populations
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities welcomes this unprecedented philanthropic contribution from the Canadian Medical Association Foundation (CMAF) that will directly support vulnerable populations struggling with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 Community Response Fund for Vulnerable Populations will empower municipalities across Canada to better reach, protect and assist the most vulnerable among us.
  • Homelessness
  • Opioid crisis
  • Public safety
News release
FCM and Big City Mayors support ratification of the new NAFTA Agreement
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ President Bill Karsten and FCM Big City Mayors’ Caucus Chair Don Iveson issued the following statement urging Parliament’s swift ratification of the new NAFTA trade deal, the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).
  • Economic development
  • International trade
Submission
FCM’s principles on free and fair trade
Municipal principles for free and fair international trade
  • International trade
FCM statement on the USMCA agreement
​​​​​​​Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) President Vicki-May Hamm issued this statement today following the announcement of a new trilateral agreement with the United States and Mexico.
  • Economic development
  • International trade
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