TO: Members of Council May 26th, wf 0 " v

FROM: Mayor L.B. Scott MAY 29 1972

As the representative of our City I attended the Canadian Federation of

Mayors and Municipalities’ Convention held in Quebec City from May 2lst to 25th,

1972,

-A total of 680 registered delegates attended, representing some 275

municipalities,

In comparing this convention to several Provincial level conventions that
_I- have attended in past years, I must point out that I felt there was consider-—

ably more work undertaken by those attending.

The emphasis was more on delegate "workshops" to study proposed resolutions
and make recommendations to the convention at large, rather than the "social

- aspects" which usually predominate.

I took part in the workshop entitled "Experimental and Demonstration

Projects in Urban Transportation.

“I shall submit a separate report on this for Council's information.
Without a doubt the highlight of the convention was the announcement of
the forthcoming tri~level conference in November in Toronto, with Federal,

Provincial, and Municipal representatives sitting down together for the first

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‘time to discuss common problems.

Convention hopes were high that 'senior' governments could be talked into
a formula of revenue sharing of personal and corporate income taxes.

The municipal argument is that the property tax, from whick most muni-~-
cipal revenues derive, is unfair to poorer people and is inadequate to allow:
municipalities to pay for things they are responsible for doing.

No one expects the question of revenue-sharing to be settled at the first
tri~level conference,

But delegates said they feel progress, on the questicn was made, The
reason for feeling that way is that at this conference, for the first time,

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