Federal Government Limits on Infrastructure Funding for Local Governments

WHEREAS the federal government has indicated it wishes to enter into discussions on a new national infrastructure program; AND WHEREAS currently there is no federal infrastructure money available to local governments other than through public private partnerships P3s: THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that UBCM request that the federal government not limit its infrastructure funding for local governments to public-private partnerships and ask that, in all cases for infrastructure projects, that local governments be given a choice of funding arrangements that do not involve public-private partnerships.