
2007 AMO Annual Conference
Proceedings
* Links to presentations where available
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Monday August 20th |
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| 8:15 a.m. |
Conference Opens |
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| 8:30 am |
Keynote Speaker:
- Thomas Homer-Dixon,
Director, Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Professor of
Political Science, University of Toronto
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| 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
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| 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)
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| 10:30 am |
Ontario's Property Tax Burden - What Should Be
Done?
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| 11:00 am |
Gord Stevens, President, FCM and Councillor, City
of Winnipeg |
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| 11:20 am |
The Honourable Jim Flaherty,
Minister of Finance |
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| 2:00 pm |
Premier Dalton Mcguinty
(click here for video, the
file is very large and will take time to
download) |
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| 2:30 pm |
Jay Hope, Ontario Commissioner of Community
Safety |
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| 3:00 pm |
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS |
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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
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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
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New Policy Directions For Municipal Solid
Waste
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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)
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Labour Relations Update for Municipal Employers:
Everything You Wanted to Know About Labour Relations But Were Afraid to
Ask
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Craig Rix, Partner,
Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
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Tuesday August 21st |
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The Municipal Act
- Fred Dean, Barrister and
Solicitor, Serving Local Government
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First Nations/Municipal Relations: Lessons From
Ipperwash
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| 9:45 am |
From "Managing" to "Ending"
Homelessness
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| 10:45 am |
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS |
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Waste Diversion
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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
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Going it Alone Doesn't Work: Bricks & Mortar,
Subsidies and Other Considerations on Municipal Capacity and Options for
Social Housing in Ontario
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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
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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
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A Strategic Community Response to Drug Use: The Forming
of a Task Force
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CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS |
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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)
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What's new in Planning?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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| 3:15 pm |
Provincial - Municipal Political
Landscape
- Keynote Speaker: Robert Fisher, Political Analyst,
CBC News
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| 3:45 pm |
Ministers' Forum |
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Wednesday August 22nd |
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| 8:00 am |
EARLY MORNING INSIGHT BREAKFASTS |
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Session 1: Brakfast With Barbara Hall, Chief
Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission
- Barbara Hall, Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights
Commission
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Session 2: Paving Solutions to Address
Stormwater Management Challenges
- Ross Monsour, Ready Mixed Concrete Association Of Ontario
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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
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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
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Session 5: Accessibility for Ontarians With
Disabilities Act, 2005-An Update |
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Session 6: An Update on OMERS Governance and
Supplemental Plan for Police, Fire Fighters and Paramedics
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Session 7: Join the "Walkolution"
- Mandy Walker, Green Communities Canada
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Session 8: LAS/AMO Energy Programs-What Can They
Do For You?
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| 8:45 am |
PJ Marshall 2007 Municipal Innovations Awards |
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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)
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| 11:00 am |
Adjournment |
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