Asset Management
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
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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
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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
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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
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How Community-Based Data Collection can Help Local Governments Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has and continues to greatly impact Canadians in various and numerous ways, especially in terms of job and economic security; what began
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$19 Billion to help safely restart the economy: Funding for municipal services, healthcare, and childcare
July 16, 2020 – Canada’s First Ministers announced a federal/provincial/territorial (FPT) Safe Restart Agreement. The FPT Safe Restart Agreement is supported by a $19 billion
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PSD Citywide Partners with Canadian Urban Institute for Cross Country Tour
Today marks the 100th day since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. In the days, weeks, and months that followed, communities were tasked
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Incorporating Nature into Core Infrastructure Services
By Municipal Natural Assets Initiative For several months now, the world has been thrown into a state of turmoil as we collectively struggle to manage the
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Running A City During A Pandemic: Insights From Canada’s Resilient Municipal Administrators
By The Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators The world is facing unprecedented times and it is uncertain how different everyday life will be as the world
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Federal Government announces an accelerated Gas Tax Fund transfer to municipalities totaling $2.2 billion
Today, June 1st, the federal government announced an advanced transfer of the 2020-21 Gas Tax Fund for municipalities. In the coming weeks, $2.2 billion will