Industry committee  I don't know the timelines on how this works in Ottawa. I would note that municipalities were not invited to consult in the framework, yet here I am, so I don't see any problem with getting some of the indigenous communities in front of you as quickly as possible. I have a feelin

Industry committee  I'll state right now that this is my personal opinion and I don't have the authority to speak for my association, but yes, with my amendments, I do believe we would support it. To the previous question about a top-down approach, I see this more as a bottom-up, top-down and meet

Industry committee  Our organization doesn't do anything without getting appropriate consultation. I would see what we're doing right now as an important piece of this conversation. I said it earlier: We need to include the municipalities at that level of consultation. We always talk about the indig

Industry committee  I can't think of anything off the top of my head, but I would say that your previous—

Industry committee  The support is important, yes, and I think we could get there easily with this bill, but I do agree with you that this bill should probably apply to every province in Canada, not just the west. I think that in many ways—and the previous speaker might have mentioned it—we feel s

Industry committee  Hello. My name is Cathy Heron and I am the president of Alberta Municipalities. I'm also the mayor of the city of St. Albert, which is just north of Edmonton. About 67,000 people live in my community, so at a federal level, we're considered a small community. Alberta Municipali

Human Resources committee  That's a great question, but I'm not exactly sure I would focus on the same measure as the gas tax, because the needs are different in different municipalities. One of the things that I think would really be beneficial in getting more housing on the market is a regional approach

Human Resources committee  That's a great question. I agree there is always a blame game. The Alberta provincial government has been very focused on red tape reduction. In its attempt to reduce provincial red tape, a lot of it has been downloaded as red tape onto municipalities. We are constantly being as

Human Resources committee  Good morning, everyone. Thank you for having me. My name is Cathy Heron, and I am the president of Alberta Municipalities, as well as the mayor of the city of St. Albert. We're about 70,000 people, just north of Edmonton. Affordable housing is obviously a vital issue for munici