Premier Doug Ford today delivered a keynote during AMO’s annual conference in Ottawa. Below is a brief summary of his address:
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Announcing September 3rd as the intake date for the third stream, Community, Culture, and Recreation Stream, of the federal Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program
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There will be transitional funding for budgeting process in 2020
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Increasing funding for land ambulance services by almost 4% for this year, which will “continue to increase in 2020”.
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No changes to the structure of the Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund for 2020
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Through an initiative led by Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark, Ford announced 94 reports have been eliminated and 27 reports to be consolidated or simplified in an initiative to reduce the reporting burden. Examples include ‘eliminating’ eight reports in the long-term care home sector and ‘simplifying’ cemetery and crematorium reports under the Bereavement Authority of Ontario
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Eliminated a rule to require an environmental assessment before a municipality could begin construction in its Housing Supply Action Plan