Ontario's Big City Mayors (OBCM)

On Friday, Ontario's Big City Mayors (OBCM) met in Markham and passed a motion to strengthen our call to the provincial and federal governments to step up and take action now when it comes to the homelessness, mental health, safety and addictions crisis impacting municipalities across the province. This discussion builds on the work we have done through our SolvetheCrisis.ca campaign.   These are tough issues and tough conversations, with a legitimate range of perspectives among our members and in the community. Our mayor’s caucus worked hard to reach consensus on our resolutions and recommendations that will achieve the best outcome for all members of our community. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gtjkJB45 

Congratulations to our new OBCM Executive Committee Members, Vice-Chair Mayor Alex Nuttall of Barrie and Secretary Mayor Elizabeth Roy of Whitby. They will join our Chair Mayor Marianne Meed Ward of Burlington, Past-Chair Mayor Cam Guthrie of Guelph and Treasurer Mayor Bryan Paterson of Kingston in December to lead our OBCM Caucus for the next two years. https://lnkd.in/gJe2tjYj Marianne Meed Ward (C.Dir.), Alex Nuttall, Cam Guthrie, Elizabeth Roy

Ontario's Big City Mayors met on Friday and strengthened our call to the provincial and federal governments to step up and take action now when it comes to the homelessness, mental health, safety and addictions crisis impacting municipalities across the province. https://lnkd.in/gQh2R8_y “These are tough issues and tough conversations, with a legitimate range of perspectives among our members and in the community. Our mayor’s caucus worked hard to reach consensus on our resolutions and recommendations that will achieve the best outcome for all members of our community.” - OBCM Chair Marianne Meed Ward - Mayor of Burlington

Our chair Mayor Marianne Meed Ward addressed hundreds of attendees this morning at the AMO Knowledge Exchange on Community and Supportive Housing. She spoke about OBCM's Solve the Crisis campaign and how we must work together to address the humanitarian crisis happening on our streets all across the province. We are thankful for the support of so many in the room today, the time to act is now! For more information on how you can join our campaign go to https://lnkd.in/ggq6hu9v

The homelessness crisis is growing across Ontario, too many people are living on the streets in unsafe conditions, the time to act is now. OBCM is asking all Ontarians to visit solvethecrisis.ca to add your voice to the growing number of residents who are calling on the federal and provincial government to step up and take action now.

There is a humanitarian crisis happening on our streets and municipalities need help. We cannot tackle this alone, we need the federal and provincial governments to step up, we need action now. Find out how you can be part of the solution at www.solvethecrisis.ca

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OBCM met in Chatham-Kent to discuss critical issues impacting Ontario's biggest cities such as the humanitarian crisis that mental health, addictions &homelessness has become, and reexamining the Building Faster Fund Please see our full Press Release here: https://lnkd.in/gTBGDcFa

We are hiring!! We are looking for a summer intern for a Communications and Policy Researcher position at OBCM. This is a 12 week internship that starts June 3rd and will include a chance to attend the AMO Conference in August in Ottawa. Deadline to apply is May 12th. Please head to our website for more details - https://lnkd.in/eSv--5sU

A big thank you to our OBCM AGM/Conference Sponsors who helped us put on a successful event once again this year!