Budget Quickie

With the Provincial Budget released on Tuesday at the end of the section on infrastructure there are a couple of relevant notes for CCRC.

First is the investment of $1 million to "...help to eliminate barriers to merging..." in other words debt relief in cases of amalgamation. Even though amalgamation is still seen as a dirty word in this province it is being discussed in some areas and debt issues are often the main stumbling block so any funding to address this is good news.

Second is an undisclosed amount to finance a 5 year pilot project in regional governance! Obviously this is of great interest and relevance to the work that the CCRC does so we'll be keeping our ears open to learn more about this initiative.