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Advocacy

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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Broadband Funding

High-Speed Internet Access Announcement

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Ontario Expanding Mobile Crisis Response Teams, Excess Soil Regulation Implementation Postponed, Increasing Long-Term Care Staffing

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Parks & Recreation

New Recreational Facility Guidance, Canada Healthy Communities Initiative, and 2021-22 Connecting Links

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Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act

Provincial Legislation Regarding Emergency Orders

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AMO Releases OPP Detachment Boards Discussion Paper

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Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act

Bill 189, Coronavirus Support and Protection Act, 2020 Receives Royal Assent

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Municipal Emergency Act

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

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Ontario’s Flooding Strategy Released