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Mayors meet with federal ministers, agree to collaborate on opioid strategies
Mayors from Canadian cities on the front-line of the opioid crisis met with federal cabinet ministers today, agreeing to strengthen collaboration on strategies to combat overdoses and drug-related deaths.
  • Big City Mayors' Caucus
  • Opioid crisis
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Opioid crisis: Mayors to meet federal ministers on national response
The newly-formed Mayors' Task Force on the Opioid Crisis will meet on Friday with federal Health Minister Jane Philpott and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale to discuss a coordinated national response to an unprecedented rash of opioid overdoses and deaths.
  • Big City Mayors' Caucus
  • Opioid crisis
News release
Opioid crisis: Mayors launch task force, engage federal ministers
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities' Big City Mayors' Caucus launched a task force today to tackle an epidemic of fentanyl overdose deaths, announcing plans to meet with the federal ministers responsible for health and public safety.
  • Big City Mayors' Caucus
  • Opioid crisis
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Mayors meet Prime Minister on housing and transit
In a substantive meeting this morning, Canada's big-city mayors urged the Prime Minister to use his government's next budget to launch a new era of public transit and to tackle Canada's housing affordability crisis head-on.
  • Housing
  • Public transit
  • Transportation
News release
Federal budget: once-in-generation opportunity on housing, transit and climate
To achieve the best outcomes for Canadians, FCM is urging the federal government to launch transformational initiatives in Budget 2017.
  • Climate change
  • Housing
  • Public transit
News release
2017: Crossroads year for cities and communities
For Canadians in communities of all sizes, 2016 brought hope on a scale we haven't seen in years.
  • Climate change
  • Housing
  • Public transit
News release
FCM applauds Supreme Court decision on Windsor v. Canadian Transit Company
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that issues relating to the application of municipal bylaws to federal undertakings should be decided by the Superior Courts of each province, not by the Federal Court of Canada.
  • Public transit
  • Transportation
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Infrastructure: Municipalities are key to Phase 2
This is a watershed year for the federal-municipal partnership. The federal government has put forward an unprecedented plan to build Canada's future by investing in local infrastructure.
  • Infrastructure
  • Public transit
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