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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-08-16 Electronic Council Communications Information Package Date:August 16, 2024 Time:12:00 PM Location:ECCIP is an information package and not a meeting. Description: An ECCIP is an electronic package containing correspondence received by Staff for Council's information. This is not a meeting of Council or Committee. Alternate Format: If this information is required in an alternate format, please contact the Accessibility Coordinator, at 905-623-3379 ext. 2131. Members of Council: In accordance with the Procedural By-law, please advise the Municipal Clerk at clerks@clarington.net, if you would like to include one of these items on the next regular agenda of the appropriate Standing Committee, along with the proposed resolution for disposition of the matter. 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Pages 1.Region of Durham Correspondence 2.Durham Municipalities Correspondence 3.Other Municipalities Correspondence 3.1 Township of Red Rock - Catch and Release - August 12, 2024 3 3.2 Township of Terrace Bay, NOMA Resolution - Support for OINP (Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program) - August 14, 2024 5 3.3 City of Quinte West - The Canada Community-Building Fund - August 15, 2024 7 4.Provincial / Federal Government and their Agency Correspondence 5.Miscellaneous Correspondence August 16, 2024 Electronic Council Communications Information Package (ECCIP) Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 The Corporation of the Township of Terrace Bay P.O. Box 40, 1 Selkirk Avenue, Terrace Bay, ON, P0T 2W0 Phone: (807) 825-3315 Fax: (807) 825-9576 August 14, 2024 NOMA P.O. Box 10308 Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 6T8 To Whom It May Concern: At the Township of Terrace Bay Regular Council Meeting held on August 6, 2024 the following resolution was passed. RE: NOMA Resolution - Support for OINP (Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program) Resolution: 239-2024 Moved by: Councillor Adduono Seconded by: Councillor Dube WHEREAS employers across Northern Ontario are experiencing a critical shortage of skilled workers, contributing to a shrinking labour market. WHEREAS, the labour shortage is causing significant economic hardship for Northern Ontario communities, including reduced productivity and business closures; and WHEREAS population and migration trends to 2021 suggest that Northern Ontario needs 100,000 newcomers by 2041 to sustain current population; and WHEREAS the success of the federal Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) demonstrates the effectiveness of allocating nomination spots to address regional labour shortages in attracting newcomers to Northern Ontario; and WHEREAS, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program has been expanded from 9,750 nominees in 2022 to a goal of 21,500 nominees in 2024; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY the COUNCIL of the Township of Terrace Bay 1. Urges the Government of Ontario to address the critical labour market shortage in Northern Ontario by allocating 3,000 Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program spots to support the region's economic growth and development. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Copies of this resolution be forwarded to: the Ontario Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training & Skills Development; local Members of Provincial Parliament; the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association/Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities; and the Aguasabon and Thunder Bay Chambers of Commerce Page 5 The Corporation of the Township of Terrace Bay P.O. Box 40, 1 Selkirk Avenue, Terrace Bay, ON, P0T 2W0 Phone: (807) 825-3315 Fax: (807) 825-9576 Sincerely, Jon Hall Chief Administrative Officer/Clerk CC: MLITSD David Piccini – David.piccini@ontario.ca MPP – Thunder Bay Superior North – Lise Vaugeois – Lvaugeois-QP@ndp.on.ca FONOM – fonom.info@gmail.com Aguasabon Chamber of Commerce – aguasabonchamber@gmail.com Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce – chamber@tbchamber.ca Page 6 Tel: 613-392-284 | Toll Free: |-866-485-284 | virginial@quintewest.ca clerk@quintewest.ca P.O. Box 490 7 Creswell Drive Trenton, Ontario K8V 5R6 www.quintewest.ca A Natural Attraction Virginia LaTour, Deputy City Clerk August 15, 2024 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Via Email - justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca RE: Notice of Motion — Councillor Stedall — The Canada Community-Building Fund Dear Prime Minister: This letter will serve to advise that at a meeting of City of Quinte West Council held on August 14, 2024 Council passed the following resolution: Motion No 24-366 — Notice of Motion - Councillor Stedall - The Canada Community-Building Fund Moved by Councillor Stedall Seconded by Councillor McCue Whereas the City of Quinte West is entering into an agreement to receive Canada Community-Building Funds, which is administered by the Association of Ontario Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) on behalf of the Federal government; And whereas the funding allocations are less that 2% year over year for the next 5 years; And whereas the amounts allocated in the past 5 years were less than 2% year over year; And whereas non-residential construction price inflation has risen by 29% since the end of 2020 and municipalities are facing soaring costs for infrastructure projects without a corresponding growth in revenue; And whereas there is a requirement for municipalities to complete an asset management plan and a housing needs analysis; Page 7 And whereas both of these plans show the large funding gap between infrastructure and housing needs and funds available from property taxation; And whereas The City of Quinte West has over $1.5 billion in core infrastructure assets and, like other municipalities, its infrastructure is aging and in need of upgrades and replacement; And whereas The City’s Asset Management Plan requires $37 million annually to maintain existing assets which, based on current available funding, is resulting in an annual infrastructure deficit of over $17.1 million; And whereas municipalities are facing a gap in federal infrastructure funding as the 10-year Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program has come to an end; Now therefore be it resolved that the City of Quinte West calls on the Federal Government to provide a supplement to the allocations provided to municipalities under the AMO CBBF agreement for 2024 - 2028 for the same amount that was allocated, effectively doubling the allocation for those years; And further that this resolution be forwarded to MFOA, AMO, MP Ryan Williams, and Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, and all Municipalities in Ontario. Carried We trust that you will give favourable consideration to this request. Yours Truly, CITY OF QUINTE WEST © Virginia LaTour, Deputy City Clerk CC: Donna Herridge, Executive Director, MFOA Colin Best, President, AMO Ryan Williams, MP, Bay of Quinte Hon. Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance All Municipalities of Ontario Page 8