Statement by FCM President on the Green Party’s election platform (07/04/2011)

The following statement was released today by the President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), Hans Cunningham, in response to the Green Party election platform:

“FCM applauds the Green Party of Canada´s strong support of Canadian cities and communities as outlined in their election platform. Their commitment to provide longer term infrastructure funding would help municipalities address the $123 billion infrastructure deficit and build a greener economy.

The commitments made by the Green Party of Canada would ensure that Canadian municipalities would protect core funding for community safety, affordable housing, public transit and infrastructure in the years ahead.

By supporting brownfield remediation and urban renewal, as well as concrete measures to address traffic congestion and investments in water and waste water infrastructure, the $6.4 billion municipal superfund would set the ground work for stronger, more competitive cities.”