A round of applause from delegates greeted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who spoke Friday afternoon at the federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) conference. Trudeau talked about issues involving housing, the relationship with provinces, the resource sector and the Liberal government’s proposed ban on new handguns. “Our legislation would implement a national freeze on handgun ownership,” […]
Mayors from Canada are in Regina for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) annual conference. One of the major focuses of FCM is to push for solutions to the housing affordability challenges that cities in Canada are urgently facing. Mike Savage, the Mayor of Halifax and Chair of the Big Mayors Caucus, said that Mayors […]
After a two year absence, the 2022 SUMA convention and Tradeshow will be gathering in person inside of Regina this week. The convention kicked off on Sunday at the Queensbury Convention Centre. Interim President Randy Goulden noted that it will be nice for representatives from the province’s cities, towns, villages, resort villages and northern municipalities […]
With the relationship between the federal government and Western Canada being weakened after the federal election, a task force has been created allowing municipal voices to be heard by Ottawa. Regina Mayor Michael Fougere is one of many on the Western Economic Solutions Taskforce (WEST) which will hopefully allow them to express concerns and ask […]
The President of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association is taking an active role in western representation at the federal level. Gordon Barnhart will be part of a Federation of Canadian Municipalities task force set up to speak with the Liberal minority government in Ottawa. Barnhart feels it will be a key voice for Saskatchewan which […]
