City gets Restart money

For the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the lobbying began early.

“In March, when we started getting a sense of what impact COVID was going to have,” says Garth Frizzell, President of the Canadian Municipalities. He says the lobbying continued through the spring and, in July, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the $18 billion dollar Restart Program.

The money was forwarded to the Province for distribution, but an election put that on hold. But the Province has now set out each community’s allocation. Even better is that there are no strings attached

“We’ve got a tremendous amount of flexibility and it’s a gamut of things we can use the money for,” explains Mayor Hall.

Since the pandemic closed civic facilities and killed other revenue sources, the City is facing a deficit well over that amount.

by Cheryl Jahn

City gets Restart money

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