2017: crossroads year for municipalities

To ensure that potential is not squandered, we’ll need to see three big federal moves early in the year on housing, climate, and transit.

Last month’s fall economic statement expanded Phase 2 of the federal infrastructure plan to $81-billion over 11 years.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY CLARK SOMERVILLE

December 14, 2016

For Canadians in communities of all sizes, 2016 brought hope on a scale we haven’t seen in years. But ask any municipal leader and they’ll tell you: 2017 matters even more. As our country turns 150, key decisions on the federal infrastructure plan will determine if this historic commitment is go...

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