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Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Canadian advocacy group

Summary

Canadian advocacy group

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name	Federation of Canadian Municipalities
native_name	Fédération canadienne des municipalités
image	Federation_of_Canadian_Municipalities_Logo.png
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abbreviation	FCM
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type	Local government organization
status	Non-profit corporation
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headquarters	Ottawa, Ontario
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region_served	Canada
membership	2,035
languages	English, French
leader_title	Board Chair
leader_name	Rebecca Bligh
leader_title2	CEO
leader_name2	Carole Saab
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formerly	Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities

Union of Canadian Municipalities
Dominion Conference of Mayors}} The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM, Fédération canadienne des municipalités) is an advocacy group representing over 2000 Canadian municipalities. It is an organization with no formal power but significant ability to influence debate and policy, as it is a main national lobby group of mayors, councillors and other elected municipal officials. It negotiates with the Government of Canada's departments and agencies on behalf of municipalities, and provides fund administration services for the Government of Canada's departments and agencies.

History

In 1901, the Union of Canadian Municipalities was formed to represent the interests of municipal governments. Another association, the Dominion Conference of Mayors was established in 1935. In 1937, these two associations were amalgamated into the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities which in 1976 would be renamed the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

FCM was instrumental in negotiating the federal government's 2005 "New Deal for Cities" programme, under which Canadian federal gasoline taxes are remitted to municipalities.

Outputs

Infrastructure

• Flow-through for $2 billion of federal funds to municipalities from a Gas Tax Fund.

• Worked to address municipal infrastructure deficit. Changes in federal policy are not attributable to any specific group or campaign. "In the 2009 budget, the federal government committed more than $12 billion over two years in new and accelerated infrastructure funding to municipal priorities."

Environment

• Flow-through for federal funds to support municipal initiatives that improve air, water and soil quality, and protect the climate through the Green Municipal Fund's below-market loans, grants, education and training. This programme was established by the Chrétien government in 2001 with $100 million "to stimulate investment in innovative municipal infrastructure", and "to support municipal government action to cut pollution, reduce greenhouse gases and improve quality of life".

International development

• Flow-through for federal aid for development cooperation in more than 40 countries across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1987.

List of FCM Presidents

No.	Year	Name	Office	Community	Province
1	1937		Mayor	Halifax	Nova Scotia
2	1938		Mayor	Ottawa	Ontario
3	1943		Mayor	Montreal	Quebec
4	1944		Mayor	Toronto	Ontario
5	1945		Mayor	Toronto	Ontario
6	1945		Mayor	Vancouver	British Columbia
7	1946		Mayor	Winnipeg	Manitoba
8	1947		Mayor	Fredericton	New Brunswick
9	1948		Mayor	Quebec City	Quebec
10	1949			Mayor	Saint Boniface	Manitoba
11	1950		Mayor	Granby	Quebec
12	1951		Mayor	Victoria	British Columbia
13	1951		Alderman	Victoria	British Columbia
14	1952		Mayor	Springhill	Nova Scotia
15	1952		Councillor	Montreal	Quebec
16	1953		Mayor	Calgary	Alberta
17	1955		Mayor	Charlottetown	Prince Edward Island
18	1956		Mayor	Edmonton	Alberta
19	1957		Mayor	Hamilton	Ontario
20	1958		Mayor	St. John's	Newfoundland and Labrador
21	1959		Mayor	Arnprior	Ontario
22	1960		Mayor	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan
23	1961		Mayor	Victoria	British Columbia
24
(1 of 2)	1961		Mayor	West Kildonan	Manitoba
25	1962		Mayor	Trois-Rivières	Quebec
26	1963		Mayor	Dartmouth	Nova Scotia
27	1963		Mayor	New Westminster	British Columbia
24
(2 of 2)	1963		Mayor	West Kildonan	Manitoba
28	1964		Mayor	Halifax	Nova Scotia
29	1965		Mayor	Hamilton	Ontario
30	1966		Mayor	Vancouver	British Columbia
31	1966		Mayor	Mount Royal	Quebec
32	1967		Mayor	Edmonton	Alberta
33	1968		Mayor	Scarborough	Ontario
34	1969		Mayor	Halifax	Nova Scotia
35	1970		Mayor	Edmonton	Alberta
36	1971		Mayor	Hull	Quebec
37	1972		Mayor	Fredericton	New Brunswick
38	1973		Councillor	Winnipeg	Manitoba
39	1974		Chairman		Ontario
40	1975		Mayor	Glace Bay	Nova Scotia
41	1976		Mayor	Vancouver	British Columbia
42	1978		Mayor	Granby	Quebec
43	1979		Mayor	Edmonton	Alberta
44	1980		Mayor	Etobicoke	Ontario
45	1981		Mayor	Dartmouth	Nova Scotia
46	1982		Mayor	Quebec City	Quebec
47	1983		Mayor	Carlyle	Saskatchewan
48	1984		Alderman	Burnaby	British Columbia
49	1985		Alderman	Halifax	Nova Scotia
50	1986		Councillor	Toronto	Ontario
51	1987		Mayor	Anjou	Quebec
52	1988		Mayor	Spruce Grove	Alberta
53	1989		Mayor	Abbotsford	British Columbia
54	1990		Councillor	St. John's	Newfoundland and Labrador
55	1991		Councillor	Markham	Ontario
56	1992		Mayor	Sillery	Quebec
57	1993		Mayor	Edmonton	Alberta
58	1994		Mayor	Lunenburg	Nova Scotia
59	1995		Mayor	Chilliwack	British Columbia
60	1996		Councillor	Richmond Hill	Ontario
61	1997		Deputy Mayor	Winnipeg	Manitoba
61	1998		Deputy Mayor	Quebec City	Quebec
62	1999		Deputy Mayor	Marystown	Newfoundland and Labrador
63	2000		Councillor	Kitimat	British Columbia
64	2001		Councillor	Toronto	Ontario
65	2002		Alderman	Calgary	Alberta
66	2003		Mayor	Gatineau	Quebec
67	2004		Mayor	New Glasgow	Nova Scotia
68	2005		Mayor	Duncan	British Columbia
69	2005		Councillor	Guelph	Ontario
70	2006		Councillor	Winnipeg	Manitoba
71	2008		Mayor	Sherbrooke	Quebec
72	2009		Mayor	Summerside	Prince Edward Island
73	2010		Director	Central Kootenay	British Columbia
74	2011		Councillor	Kitchener	Ontario
75	2012		Councillor	Edmonton	Alberta
76	2013		Mayor	Lachine	Quebec
77	2014		Mayor	Fredericton	New Brunswick
77	2015		Councillor	Vancouver	British Columbia
77	2016		Regional Councillor	Halton Hills	Ontario
77	2017		Councillor	Winnipeg	Manitoba
77	2018		Mayor	Magog	Quebec
78	2019	Bill Karsten	Councillor	Halifax	Nova Scotia
79	2020	Garth Frizzell	Councillor	Prince George	British Columbia
80	2021	Joanne Vanderheyden	Mayor	Strathroy-Caradoc	Ontario
81	2022	Taneen Rudyk	Councillor	Vegreville	Alberta
82	2023	Scott Pearce	Mayor	Gore	Quebec
83	2024	Rebecca Bligh	Councillor	Vancouver	British Columbia

Notes

References

Bibliography

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References

(2006). "UBCM: The First Century: Union of British Columbia Municipalities". Granville Island.
(2005-12-22). "Coping with Canadian federalism: the case of the Federation of Canadian municipalities". Canadian Public Administration.
G+M oped by [[Jack Diamond (architect). Jack Diamond]]: [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/new-deal-for-cities-critical/article774172/ "New deal for cities critical"], 3 Dec 2003
(2005-02-01). "Government on track to deliver New Deal for Cities and Communities". [[Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada.
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