Municipal Organizations Travel to AMM

Municipal Affairs
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More than 700 delegates from cities, towns, and rural communities across Manitoba gathered at Winnipeg’s RBC Convention Centre last month for the annual Association of Manitoba Municipalities Convention.

From healthcare and infrastructure to municipal funding, cell service, and RCMP policing costs, leaders spent three days debating the issues shaping communities across the Keystone Province.

And while the focus remained on Manitoba, municipal organizations from beyond the provincial borders were also on hand.

Federation of Canadian Municipalities President Rebecca Bligh attended the convention, meeting with delegates throughout the week.

We spoke with President Bligh about what she’s been hearing—and how, despite each province’s unique landscape, the challenges facing municipalities remain deeply interconnected.

(INTERVIEW – CLIP – BLIGH)

For Rural Municipalities of Alberta Vice President Jason Schneider, this convention marked his first trip outside Alberta since being acclaimed to the role just last week in Edmonton.

Schneider spent the week speaking with leaders and comparing how both provinces are navigating similar issues—and why a speech from Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew may have offered a welcome olive branch for rural municipalities back home.

(INTERVIEW – CLIP – SCHNEIDER)

From the land of the living skies, Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities President Bill Huber was also in attendance. He said the conversations happening in Winnipeg echoed the concerns he hears from his own members across Saskatchewan.

(INTERVIEW – CLIP – HUBER)

And finally, Union of British Columbia Municipalities President Cori Ramsay joined this year’s convention to build new connections and discuss shared challenges between B.C. and Manitoba—including one issue top of mind in both provinces: the reliability of cell coverage in rural regions.

(INTERVIEW – CLIP – RAMSAY)

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