Item - 2022.EX34.41

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1. City Council receive for information, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Summary Report Spring Conference June 2 to 5, 2022 (June 27, 2022) from Councillor Paul Ainslie, Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood.

From June 2 to 5, 2022 I was one of the representatives of the City of Toronto at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) Annual Conference and Trade Show. I joined 1,200 municipal leaders from coast to coast came together in Regina, Saskatchewan.

I attended workshops, listened to panel discussions, visited the trade show, and connected with colleagues and friends. After two years of dealing with COVID this event It was the largest gathering of the municipal family since the Spring of 2019, and all who attended shared a common goal: to shape Canada’s recovery, together.

Workshops and panels, I attended:

- Blanket Exercise: Reconciliation Through Learning

- Ontario Regional Caucus Meeting

- How Municipalities Are Driving Market Housing Solutions

- A Closer Look at Municipal Innovation

- Using Consumer Spending Data to Drive Recovery

- The Changing Face of Digital Collaboration: Working Together to Change the Face of Communities

- Creating Impactful Videos for Elected Officials

- How Indigenous-Municipal Partnerships Are Driving Reconciliation

- Municipal Funding; An Equity Lens

Throughout the four-day event, delegates also heard from national party leaders - including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities Dominic LeBlanc, Conservative Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Communities, Andrew Scheer, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.

The FCM Annual General Meeting was held on Sunday and was an incredible success. I joined members in passing resolutions calling for national action on four key issues:

1. Addressing period poverty in Canada;

2. Implementing the calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Committee relating to missing children and unmarked graves;

3. Renewing and modernizing the Canada Community-Building Fund;

4. Streamlining support for those fleeing the conflict in Ukraine.

During the Annual General Meeting, delegates ratified FCM’s 2022–2023 table officers and board of directors, and we are pleased to report we have another strong team that will serve our members well in the challenges ahead. Thank you to everyone who put their name forward.

Here is FCM’s 2022–2023 Board of Directors:

- President: Taneen Rudyk (Councillor, the Town of Vegreville, AB)

- First Vice-President: Scott Pearce (Mayor, Canton of Gore, QC)

- Second Vice-President: Geoff Stewart (Deputy Mayor, Municipality of the County of Colchester, NS)

- Third Vice-President: Rebecca Bligh (Councillor, City of Vancouver, BC)

- Past President: Joanne Vanderheyden (Mayor, Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc, ON)