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- Broadband
- Telecommunications
Article
FCM secured a victory on behalf of municipalities, when the CRTC affirmed FCM’s arguments about the municipal role in 5G deployment and managing municipal rights of way. These are some of the most significant policy pronouncements by the CRTC on the role of municipalities in ensuring connectivity for Canadians.
- Broadband
- Telecommunications
Backgrounder
Learn about FCM’s recommendations for the 2021 Federal Budget. We are calling for the budget to build on proven tools—to reliably drive progress in communities of all sizes across the country.
- Federal Budget
- Homelessness
- Housing
- Municipal finance
- Rural communities
- WEST
Submission
FCM urges the CRTC to consider the range of possible approaches to addressing barriers to investment in high-quality fixed and wireless access networks in rural areas, small towns, and remote communities.
- Broadband
- Infrastructure
- Rural communities
- Telecommunications
Guide
This guide is designed to help municipalities deal with the practical, policy and logistical implications of 5G technology in local communities.
- Broadband
- Telecommunications
This handbook is designed to support municipalities working with private telecommunications carriers to address the complex challenges of managing rights-of-way while keeping residents safe and taxpayers protected.
- Telecommunications
Case study
To spur its economy and freshen its look, the City of Saint John made plans to overhaul its aging water system, reduce poverty in five struggling neighbourhoods, and clean up the unsightly and polluted downtown Marsh Creek waterway.
- Poverty reduction
- Sustainability
- Water
Submission
Municipal recommendations for a Canadian poverty reduction strategy.
- Poverty reduction