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Today municipal leaders are applauding the Government of Canada for launching a new infrastructure planning process that promises to stop the decline in Canada's aging municipal infrastructure and build the roads, bridges, water and transit systems the country needs to support families, businesses and economic growth.

In St. Anthony, they call the flow from their 23 outfalls "bubbles." That's really just a friendly Newfoundland way of saying raw sewage. The town of 2,700, at the very northern tip of Newfoundland, really wants to stop pumping sewage into its bustling harbour. Unfortunately, it can't afford the $15 million it will cost to do the job... Vrbanovic agrees that the smaller members of the FCM are in a particularly tough spot.

Hans Cunningham, president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, says rural Canada deserves its own minister.

(Available in original language only) La Fédération canadienne des municipalités a dressé mercredi sa liste de demandes aux principaux partis politiques en vue du scrutin fédéral.

A new report issued by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities says the country should make more of an effort to help Northern communities build infrastructure, adapt to climate change and improve living standards.

Yesterday the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) released a report titled "On the Front Lines of Canada's Northern Strategy," which states that northern communities lack the infrastructure needed to achieve the objectives of Canada´s Northern Strategy.

"The North lacks the infrastructure to support its families, its businesses and Canada's national interest," said Hans Cunningham, president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

A few days after Prime Minister Harper finished a five-day northern tour the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) released its report with key recommendations for the feds on Canada's Northern Strategy which currently doesn't address the estimated $400-million infrastructure deficit up north.

Canada should use military investment as a catalyst for northern economic development, says a report issued Tuesday by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

Crumbling infrastructure, cash-strapped communities and Third World living conditions across northern Canada are putting Ottawa's ambitious Arctic agenda at risk, a new report warns.

Billions of dollars in new military spending should be used for a major upgrade of Canada's northern infrastructure, says a group representing Canada's cities and towns.