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Oil sands municipality adopts socially conscious procurement policy
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo —in northeast Alberta’s oil sands territory — has adopted a procurement policy to favour social benefits for the community. The municipality, which includes Fort McMurray, has adopted a Social Procurement Framework, a program run…
Municipalities to be given more say on infrastructure projects, says Trudeau
At the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Annual Conference in Winnipeg, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised that decisions on infrastructure spending would be given to the municipalities. According to a report in the Globe and Mail, Trudeau told the municipality delegates,…
Municipal amalgamation failed to deliver predicted benefits
The Fraser Institute has found that municipal amalgamation in Ontario in the 1990s has failed to deliver cost-savings and efficiencies promised for both large and small cities. Says the institute’s press release of May 26: “In the late 1990s, the…