‘There can be some tunnel vision at Queen’s Park’

Mayor Randy Hope

Mayor Randy Hope and councillors Carmen McGregor and David VanDamme will attend the 2018 Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) Conference in Toronto from January 21 to 23.

Mayor Hope said ROMA brings together municipal officials who have the same issues and allows them the opportunity to interact with the province.

“We sometimes need to remind the provincial leaders that there is a province outside of the GTA,” Mayor Hope said in a press release.

“There can be some tunnel vision at Queen’s Park.”

More than 1,000 rural municipal officials from across the province will attend the session, which will be the last major municipal conference before this year’s provincial election.

There will be nearly 50 sessions and workshops from topics including property tax assessment, to rural education and health care to new legislation regarding marijuana legalization, waste management, municipal investment and elections.

Conference news releases, fact sheets and presentations from a number of key speakers will be posted on ROMA’s website throughout the duration of the conference at www.roma.on.ca.

Municipal officials say ROMA is the most representative and effective voice for Ontario’s rural municipal governments.

About 270 of Ontario’s 444 municipalities have populations of less than 10,000, while scores more are rural in character.

Through its relationship with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, ROMA advocates for policies and programs that will help build thriving rural Ontario communities.

Premier Kathleen Wynne, Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown and New Democratic Party leader Andrea Horvath will all attend the conference.

1 COMMENT

  1. We have to remember that this is important to all Rural Communities in the province of Ontario.

    We are often forgotten about and decisions are made without taking into considerations of how it effects the residence of our rural communities.

    Farms, towns and communities in rural Ontario should be recognized because we are the competition against foreign import. We hold the prices down which makes us very important.

    Municipal politics can be discussed later.

    Good luck Randy Hope in protecting rural communities.

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