Item - 2023.EX2.6

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council receive for information the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Board of Directors Meetings and Advocacy Days Report to Council December 6-8, 2022.

From December 6-8, 2022 I was one of the representatives of the City of Toronto at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Board of Directors Meetings and Advocacy Days in Ottawa, Ontario. FCM's leadership also hosted the Big City Mayors' Caucus and met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on December 6, 2022.

I attended Committee of the Whole meetings, the Board of Directors meeting, met with Members of Parliament for Advocacy and attended the keynote Speakers events.

Workshops and panels, I attended:

-   Advocacy discussion on Infrastructure with Members of Parliament M.P. George Chahal and M.P. Jennifer O’Connell

-  Round Table Discussions

-  Keynote Speaker discussion with Minister Dominic Leblanc

-  Keynote Speaker discussion with NDP Leader M.P. Jagmeet Singh

-  Reception with Parliamentarians

-  Tour of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Office

-  Question Period at Parliament Hill

-  Conservative Party Shadow Ministers Panel

-  Advocacy discussion on Infrastructure with Members of Parliament: M.P. Dan Mazier, M.P. Leslyn Lewis and M.P. Mark Strahl

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)