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2007 AMO Annual Conference Proceedings 
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Links to presentations where available

Monday August 20th
8:15 a.m.  Conference Opens
   
8:30 am 

Keynote Speaker: 

  • Thomas Homer-Dixon, Director, Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto 
   
9:15 am 

Annual General Meeting

  • Secretary Treasurer's Report, Jim Wilson, AMO Secreatary Treasurer
  • Nominations Report, Kathy Zammit, AMO Chief Returning Officer
  • AGM Minutes
   
9:25 am 

President's Address

  • Doug Reycraft, AMO President (click here for video - the file is very large and will take time to download)
   
10:30 am 

Ontario's Property Tax Burden - What Should Be Done? 

   
11:00 am Gord Stevens, President, FCM and Councillor, City of Winnipeg
11:20 am The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance
2:00 pm Premier Dalton Mcguinty  (click here for  video, the file is very large and will take time to download)
   
2:30 pm Jay Hope, Ontario Commissioner of Community Safety
   
3:00 pm CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
   
 

New Developments on the Brownfields Front

  • Lesley MacDonald, Director of Legal Services and City Solicitor, City of Kitchener
  • Shawn Parry, Policy Advisor, Brownfields Coordinator Office, Ministry of municipal Affairs and Housing
  • Ronald S. Potter, Director, Terrasan Corporation
   
 

Alternative Finance and Procurement for Municipal Infrastructure

  • Dr. Alister Coutts, Former Director of Property & Architecture Services, Former Public Private Partnership Project Director The Highland Council, Inverness, UK
  • Stephen Harris, International Financial Services London (IFSL), England, UK
  • Bruce Linton, Clearford Industries Inc., Waste Water Division, Ottawa
  • Wayne Trusty, The Athena Sustainability Institute, Ottawa
  • David Wright, PPP Solutions, London, UK 
   
 

New Policy Directions For Municipal Solid Waste

   
 

Sustainability-Is There Really Something Behind All the Talk?

  • Don Grant, Service Director, Jacques Whitford
  • Glen Laubenstein, CAO, City of Kingston
  • Kris Nanda, Senior Analyst, Infrastructure Canada (Policy and Strategic Initiatives Directorate)
   
 

Labour Relations Update for Municipal Employers: Everything You Wanted to Know About Labour Relations But Were Afraid to Ask

  • Janice Baker,  City Manager, City of Mississauga
  • Craig Rix, Partner, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
   
Tuesday August 21st
   
8:30 am

The Municipal Act

  • Fred Dean, Barrister and Solicitor, Serving Local Government
   
9:15 am

First Nations/Municipal Relations: Lessons From Ipperwash

   
9:45 am

From "Managing" to "Ending" Homelessness

  • Philip Mangano, Executive Director, United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
   
10:45 am CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
   
 

Waste Diversion

   
 

Bridging the Gap: Accomplishements in Municipal Infrastructure and the Road Ahead

  • Nigel Bellchamber, Executive Director, Ontario Municipal Administrators Association (OMAA)
  • Terry Corrigan, Principal, Public Sector Accounting Board, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
  • Nancy Mudrinic, Acting Director, Municipal Infrastructure Branch, Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal
   
 

Going it Alone Doesn't Work: Bricks & Mortar, Subsidies and Other Considerations on Municipal Capacity and Options for Social Housing in Ontario

    
 

Streamlining the Provincial Offences Act: Towards a More Effective POA for Municipalities

  • Jeremy Griggs, Manager, Provincial Offences Act Unit, Ministry of Attorney General
  • John Innes, President, Municipal Court Managers Association, Director Court Services Division, City of Toronto
  • Roberto Zuech, Legal Counsel, City of Mississauga
    
 

Renewable Energy 101

  • Vanessa Heeney, Ontario Sustainable Energy Association
  • Joyce McLean, Chair, Canadian Wind Energy Association and Director, Strategic Issues, Toronto Hydro
  • James Sidlofsky, Partner, Borden lardner Gervais LLP
 

A Strategic Community Response to Drug Use: The Forming of a Task Force

 
1:30 pm CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
 

Energy Conservation in Ontario

  • Peter Love, Chief Conservation Officer, Ontario Conservation Bureau, Ontario Power Authority
  • Jim Simmons, Principal, Jacques Whitford Limited
  • Terry Young, Director, External Relations and Communications, Independent Electricity System Operators (IESO)
 

What's new in Planning?

 

MPAC and Changes in Assessment Policy

  • Carl Isenburg, President and CAO, Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC)
  • Sriram Subrahmanyan, Assistant Deputy Minister, Provincial Local Finance Division, Ministry of Finance
  • Debbie Zommerman, Chair, MPAC Borad of Directors, Councillor, Regional Municipality of Niagara 
 

High Property Taxes and Low Income Families: Public Policy at a Crossroad

  • David Court, CAO, Algoma District Services Advisory Board
  • Professor Harry Kitchen, Department of Economics, Trent University
  • Brian Hutchings, President of Ontario Municipal Social Services Association (OMSSA) and Commissioner of Community Services, Region of Niagara
 

Unwrapping the Gift of Community Capacity in Woodstock Ontario

  • Paul Beaton, Manager of Social Services and Housing, County of Oxford
  • Michael Harding, Mayor, City of Woodstock
  • Steve Jacques, Manager of Community Development (Ontario) Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
  • Jeffrey Neven, Director of Operations, Homestead Christian Care, Woodstock
 

The Clean Water Act: Ontario's new Source Water Protection Legislation

  • Julie Abouchar, Partner, Certified Environemntal Law Specialist, Willms and Shier, Environmental Lawyers LLP
  • Sommer Casgrain-Robertson, Communications Specialist, Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
  • Ian Smith, Director of Drinking Water Program, Management Branch, Ministry of the Environment
  • Dixon Weir, Manager, Drinking Water Services, City of Ottawa
 
3:15 pm

Provincial - Municipal Political Landscape

  • Keynote Speaker: Robert Fisher, Political Analyst, CBC News
  
3:45 pm Ministers' Forum
 
Wednesday August 22nd
 
8:00 am EARLY MORNING INSIGHT BREAKFASTS
 

Session 1: Brakfast With Barbara Hall, Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission

  • Barbara Hall, Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission
 

Session 2: Paving Solutions to Address Stormwater Management Challenges

  • Ross Monsour, Ready Mixed Concrete Association Of Ontario 
 

Session 3: Financing and Alternative Project Delivery Methods-What You Need to Know, and Waht Will Work for You?

  • Steve Rohacek, Vice-President, Business Development & Customer Relations, Infrastructure Ontario
 

Session 4: Electricity Revisited-Municipal Musings Over LDC Ownership

  • David McFadden, Chair, National Energy And Infrastructure Group and LDC Director
  • Bernadette Corpuz, Associate and Past LDC General Counsel, Gowlings Lafleur Henderson LLP
  
Session 5: Accessibility for Ontarians With Disabilities Act, 2005-An Update
 

Session 6: An Update on OMERS Governance and Supplemental Plan for Police, Fire Fighters and Paramedics

 

Session 7: Join the "Walkolution"

  • Mandy Walker, Green Communities Canada
 

Session 8: LAS/AMO Energy Programs-What Can They Do For You?

 
8:45 am PJ Marshall 2007 Municipal Innovations Awards
  
9:00 am

The Leaders of Ontario's Political Parties

  • Howard Hampton, Leader of the National Democratic Party of Ontario  (click here for  video - the file is very large and will take time to download)
  • John Tory, Leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (click here for video - the file is very large and will take time to download)
  
11:00 am Adjournment