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2010 AMO Annual Conference
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2010 AMO Annual Conference - Awards
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Ontario's Environmental Commissioner Delivers Straight Talk on Waste Diversion
AMO applauds the Environmental Commissioner's Special Report on Ontario’s Plan for Municipal
Hazardous or Special Waste. The
Report provides straight talk on the urgent need to divert
hazardous household waste from landfills, and the wisdom of holding
industry stewards – not taxpayers – responsible for the
disposal costs of what industry produces. Read more here. Please see AMO President's Editorial
Letter. |
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AMO Releases Paper on Property Assessment Limits
AMO commissioned one of Canada's foremost experts in municipal finance,
Dr. Enid Slack, to write a paper on some of the alternatives to current
value assessment. Please see Dr Slack’s guest column or click here for the paper and its
significant conclusions. |
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Accessibility Standards
The Government of Ontario’s’ commissioned report, Releasing Constraints: Projecting the Economic
Impacts of Increased Accessibility on Ontario’s
Economy, examines the broad, beneficial economic
impacts on individuals, markets and society of implementing the AODA,
specifically, the current five standards. However, AMO asks
how implementation costs of standards may affect Martin Prosperity
Institute analysis. |
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Student Vote Day
Have your say and vote! Learn about the roles of elected officials.
Investigate local candidates and issues. Participate in the Student Vote
election. Student Vote is a non-profit, non-partisan organization
working with educators to engage young Canadians in the democratic
process. For more information, click
here. |
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ALSO IN THE NEWS
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Electronic Municipal
Directory
Municom’s Electronic Municipal
Directory is here! Included with a Municom subscription, users are now able to
access Municom’s Online Municipal Directory. Search
elected and key appointed officials, look-up addresses, email and
websites, fax numbers, population/households and other municipal
information. You will be able to easily generate reports and much more!
Directory information is updated daily so check back frequently.
It’s easy, it’s green, and it’s available 24-7!
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