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AMO LAS Energy Symposium
Navigating the Road to Resilience – LAS IPE Risk Management Symposium
2023 New Councillor Training
New Head of Council Training
AMO Customized Councillor Training
OFIFC Indigenous Community Awareness
Human Rights and Equity
Navigating Conflict Relationships as an Elected Official
Foundations in Planning for Elected Officials
Advanced Land Use Planning: A Deeper Dive
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AMO’s advocacy focuses on ensuring that provincial policies and programs respect municipal authority. AMO develops a variety of advocacy positions on all matters that impact Ontario’s municipalities. These positions are in the form of backgrounders, policy updates, reports and submissions and more to inform our membership of current issues affecting the municipal sector.

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Policy Updates

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Federal Fall Economic Statement

Dec 1, 2020 • Policy Update
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2021 OMPF Allocations and LTC Home Community Paramedicine Program

Oct 30, 2020 • Policy Update
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Municipal Emergency Fiscal Relief + Q1 Fiscal and COVID -19 Action Plan Updates

Aug 12, 2020 • Policy Update
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$4B Municipal Announcement, Provincial Emergency Ended, Provincial Orders, and Rural Economic Development

Jul 27, 2020 • Policy Update
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United Call for Emergency Municipal Financial Relief and New Provincial Growth, Renewal, and Economic Recovery Plan

Jul 6, 2020 • Policy Update
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Pandemic Pay

Pandemic Pay Update

May 28, 2020 • Policy Update
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Pandemic Pay

Pandemic Pay Information Now Available

May 7, 2020 • Policy Update
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Municipal Emergency Act

Queen’s Park Update: New Provincial Legislation to Allow Virtual Municipal Council

Mar 19, 2020 • Policy Update
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