CLEAR FILTERS
News release
Fall Economic Statement: Community-building plan is on track
Today's Fall Economic Statement confirms that this government is holding firm to its 11-year commitment to support transformational infrastructure projects in cities and communities across Canada.
  • Poverty reduction
  • Infrastructure
News release
Statement by Mayor Gregor Robertson, Chair of Big City Mayors’ Caucus’ Task Force on the Opioid Crisis on the meeting of the FPT Health Ministers
"The opioid overdose crisis is having a devastating impact on Canadian families and communities, with thousands of lives lost to preventable causes. It's also taking a heavy toll on our cities' first responders, front-line workers and community volunteers, who are working around the clock to save lives.
  • Big City Mayors' Caucus
  • Opioid crisis
  • Public safety
Submission
Ending poverty starts locally
Municipal recommendations for a Canadian poverty reduction strategy.
  • Poverty reduction
News release
Municipalities bring local solutions to reduce poverty
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is putting forward local solutions today to reduce poverty across the country—with formal recommendations for the federal government's promised Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy.
  • Homelessness
  • Poverty reduction
News release
Federal-municipal partnership key to poverty reduction
FCM President Clark Somerville issued the following statement following a roundtable on poverty reduction with the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Canada's Minister of Families, Children and Social Development. The exchange with municipal leaders was part of FCM's Annual Conference: Shaping Canada's Future (Ottawa, June 1-4).
  • Poverty reduction
News release
Big City Mayors release recommendations on opioid crisis
FCM's Big-City Mayors' Caucus (BCMC) released its report on the opioid crisis today, calling for coordinated, pan-Canadian action by all orders of government to solve the opioid crisis, which has already claimed thousands of lives and continues to escalate.
  • Big City Mayors' Caucus
  • Opioid crisis
  • Public safety
Submission
The opioid crisis : recommendations
More and more Canadians are dying from opioid overdoses. FCM’s Big City Mayors’ Caucus launched a task force to share best practices and save more lives.
  • Big City Mayors' Caucus
  • Opioid crisis
  • Public safety
News release
FCM statement after Islamic Cultural Centre shootings
FCM President Clark Somerville issued the following statement in response to the January 29 multiple shooting at the Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City.
  • Inclusive communities
  • Public safety
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