News releases

FCM welcomes the federal government's plan to establish a set of minimum insurance requirements for rail companies and to impose levies on companies that ship crude oil. The proposed legislation answers FCM's call for a comprehensive approach that makes railways and crude oil shippers pay the full costs of rail disasters.

A first-of-its-kind initiative to bring fresh food at a reduced cost to northern communities received funding from the Minister of Natural Resources and FedNor.

Through these awards, FCM recognizes Canadian municipal experts, both staff and elected officials, who have made an outstanding contribution to FCM's international programs.

To celebrate Canada's 25th International Development Week, the partners of the Haiti-Canada Municipal Cooperation program-the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, l'Union des municipalités du Québec (UMQ) and the city of Montreal-today highlighted the importance of municipal engagement in international cooperation in the company of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie.

The mayors of Canada's biggest cities made a united call today for a new focus from federal political parties on building Canada's future through its cities.

Nineteen mayors of this country's biggest cities will come together February 5 in Toronto to hammer out solutions to Canada's economic challenges. With a federal election on the horizon, the Big Cities Summit places cities at the centre of the national discussion about Canada's future.

By bringing the country's three largest federations of elected officials together under one roof, the Maison is poised to become a hub for both tackling the issues affecting Haiti's municipalities and supporting the efforts being made to coordinate and decentralize these municipalities.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities' Board of Directors wrapped up its annual Advocacy Days meetings in Ottawa on November 21. One hundred municipal leaders met with 145 parliamentarians during a three-day period to discuss solutions to national issues playing out in our hometowns.