Federation of Canadian Municipalities – AGM
I’m attending the FCM AGM held in Quebec City this year. Pictured above is the panel discussion regarding the benefits of local infrastructure to Canada’s economy and government balance sheets. Of course the main discussion focused on the grievous infrastructure deficit facing municipalities across the country. Our federal government has a record breaking surplus but very little seems to trickle down to address crumbling infrastructure.
I was happy to finally meet the famous Mayor Hazel McCallion from Mississauga, Ontario, she’s quite the firecracker, not afraid to shoot from the hip. She is also being honoured at the conference this weekend.
This ‘get together’ is pretty big, close to 2,200 delegates, a bit unwieldy in my opinion. However, the networking aspect is something I’ve engaged in at the grassroots level, which is certainly the real value here.
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