AMM - Association of Manitoba Municipalities
The Core Challenges for Municipalities
• Municipal government plays a greater role in the lives of Canadians than any
other time in history and the new realities facing municipalities have serious
repercussions as they diligently try to balance growing responsibilities with
stagnant revenues.
• Municipal infrastructure is the very foundation of a community, yet its current
state leaves communities with little hope for prosperity. Nationally the municipal
infrastructure deficit is in excess of $123 billion and provincially it is estimated
at over $11 billion, or a staggering $10,000 per Manitoban.
• As well, municipal responsibilities continue to grow, either through the
intentional or unintentional offloading of responsibilities or new unfunded
mandates being forced on municipalities.
• Because of these challenges municipalities must have access to new sources of
revenues. Options include the Province collecting a one cent municipal tax to be
allocated to municipalities for infrastructure, a rebate of the Provincial Sales Tax
paid by municipalities, or an increase to existing revenue sources such as VLTs.
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