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Ontario Opens COVID-19 Resilience Stream to Municipalities for Local Infrastructure Projects
The Ontario Government is now accepting applications from municipalities for local infrastructure projects under the new Local Government sub-stream of the COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure stream.
Results of Roads, Bridges and Tunnels of Canada’s Core Public Infrastructure Survey released
Last week, Infrastructure Canada and Statistics Canada released the first category of results from Canada’s Core Public Infrastructure survey. The survey examines the inventory, condition,
New Water Asset Management Grant Available Through Michigan’s Clean Water Plan
In October, Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announced the Michigan Clean Water Plan, a $500 million investment to rebuild Michigan’s water
Integrating Mobility & Land-Use in a Post-COVID-19 North America
Civic mobility infrastructure management and investment in many North American jurisdictions were already facing a breadth of challenges before COVID-19. Mobility as a Service (MaaS),
Reflections from a Canadian Asset Management Tour
Beginning on a snowy November day in Saskatoon and concluding in the summer of 2020, looking across a Zoom meeting screen to an audience primarily
Ontario’s Provincial Climate Change Impact Assessment
As the world’s climate is changing, we are seeing impacts on a global scale and right here at home. In recent years, Ontario has experienced
COVID’s Values Revolution – Part II: Compassion is Key to Resilient Civic Leadership
By Diane Kalen-Sukra, MA, CMC In the last edition we examined the results of a global culture assessment conducted by Barrett Values Centre to better understand
The Benefits of an Asset Management Strategy
A global health crisis – resulting in an economic downturn – reminds us once again of the challenges faced by municipal practitioners. Municipal staff continue
Federal government announces $10 billion in infrastructure funding
Prime Minister Trudeau alongside Minister McKenna and Chair of the Canada Infrastructure Bank Michael Sabia announced this morning a $10 billion investment in infrastructure projects
New Canada Healthy Communities Initiative to help fund community-led COVID-19 resilience solutions
Today, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, Catherine McKenna, announced the Healthy Communities Initiative. $31 million will be dedicated to funding community-led projects that address specific
Canada Infrastructure Program adjusted to better address COVID-19-related infrastructure projects
Today, the Government of Canada announced adjustments to the Canada Infrastructure Program to better support Canadian communities on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID’s Values Revolution: Measuring Culture Change, Charting Civic Recovery
Only a few months prior to the COVID outbreak in North America, I delivered the conference keynote address to Ontario’s municipal CAOs/City Managers on the