Federal Infrastructure Funding

WHEREAS the Government of Canada has taken a leadership role in supporting Canadian local governments in the building of infrastructure projects in their communities through the provision of various infrastructure funding programs which are by necessity limited to available funds; AND WHEREAS local governments are an order of government with the responsibility and authority to manage and deliver effective and efficient infrastructure programs to their communities: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the UBCM call upon the Government of Canada, through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, to replace restrictive funding initiatives such as the Public-Private Partnership Funds with funding criteria that supports local government infrastructure project funding requests based on the merit of the proposal; empowering local governments to choose the most cost effective and efficient funding method P3 and other for the construction and delivery of an infrastructure program in their community.