Etiket: UMQ
François Legault, the UMQ and the peace of the beggars
Prime Minister François Legault presented himself with an olive branch at the annual meetings of the Union of Municipalities of Quebec (UMQ). Having become a believer in contrition, Mr. Legault…
UMQ conference: the Quebec government will provide aid of 21 million to municipalities for the development of their territories
Quebec will provide $21 million in aid to cities to support them in implementing the National Architecture and Land Use Planning Policy. The Minister of Municipal Affairs, Andrée Laforest, made…
UMQ Conference | Oppositions are addressed to mayors
After Prime Minister François Legault on Thursday, it was the turn of the leaders of the opposition parties to address the mayors of Quebec, gathered in Montreal as part of…
The president of the UMQ takes stock of a busy first year
This text is part of the special section Municipalities Housing shortage, homelessness, climate transition, public transport… Cities find themselves at the heart of Quebec’s biggest current challenges. Enough to keep…
A conference will focus on water management during the UMQ Conference
This text is part of the special section Municipalities Helping municipalities to better plan the use of blue gold in the face of climate change is the main theme of…
The UMQ asks to index registrations and the fuel tax for public transport
Municipalities are asking the government to index the cost of registrations and fuel taxes, to better finance public transport in particular. This is part of the demands set out by…
The UMQ asks to index the tax on fuel and registrations
(Drummondville) Municipalities are asking the government to index registrations and fuel taxes, to better finance public transport in particular. Posted at 5:13 p.m. Patrice Bergeron The Canadian Press This is…
The UMQ and the FQM oppose the end of popular financing of political parties
Ending popular financing of political parties as François Legault suggests would harm municipal democracy, according to the presidents of the two major associations of municipalities in Quebec. They themselves contributed…
Intercity transportation | Quebec must “revisit the business model,” argues the UMQ
The interurban transportation financing model “no longer works,” notes the Union of Quebec Municipalities (UMQ), which is calling for a review from the Legault government. The latter, however, retorts that…
The UMQ launches a campaign to attract more immigrants to the region
(Saint-Hyacinthe) The municipalities of Quebec invite immigrants to drop anchor in Quebec, but in the regions. Posted at 12:53 p.m. Pierre Saint-Arnaud The Canadian Press The Union of Municipalities of…
The UMQ wants to be prioritized by the Blue Fund, Charette refuses
The Union of Municipalities (UMQ) asks that its members be prioritized for funding from the Blue Fund. A request rejected out of hand by the Minister of the Environment, Benoit…
Financing of the Blue Fund | The UMQ wants to be prioritized, Charette refuses
(Quebec) The Union of Municipalities (UMQ) asks that its members be prioritized for funding from the Blue Fund. A request rejected out of hand by the Minister of the Environment,…
At the foundations of the UMQ, Legault did not meet the expectations of the municipalities
Municipal elected officials who were hoping for good news and especially dollars from Quebec for adaptation to climate change remained on their appetite, Thursday, at the foundations of the Union…
The president of the UMQ takes stock of his mandate
This text is part of the special section Municipalities After two years as president of the Union des municipalités du Québec (UMQ), Daniel Côté resigns with regret, because he loved…
Charge on new dwellings | The UMQ defends its approach with cities
The Union des municipalités du Québec (UMQ) defends its support approach with cities that establish royalties on new housing despite a recent legal opinion concluding that the municipal by-laws adopted…
Homelessness: Marchand and the UMQ commission a study on costs for municipalities
The committee on homelessness, chaired by the mayor of Quebec Bruno Marchand at the Union of Quebec Municipalities (UMQ), will commission a study to document the costs assumed by cities…
The UMQ wants to protect citizens against the mining boom
The Union of Quebec Municipalities (UMQ) is asking the provincial government for legislative changes in the face of the mining boom. In a statement adopted at the forum on the…
The UMQ wants a better sharing of tax revenues
In a context of an ultra-majority CAQ government, the Union of Quebec Municipalities (UMQ) does not intend to play the role of unofficial opposition. On the other hand, the municipal…
Green infrastructure: the UMQ deprived of an envelope of $ 350 million from Ottawa
Quebec municipalities will have to do without an envelope of $350 million for public transit and green infrastructure due to a new direction from Ottawa, which the Union of Quebec…