THE RURBAN FRINGE

Round Three of P3 Canada Fund Launches

PPP Canada has just launched a Round Three call for proposals for the P3 Canada Fund, encouraging provinces, territories, municipalities and First Nations to consider the P3 model for their public infrastructure needs. 
PPP Canada’s mandate is to improve and increase the delivery of public infrastructure by achieving better value, timeliness and accountability to taxpayers, through P3s.  [...]

Community Development Program Expanded

The Government of Canada has made changes to the Community Development Program, Building Rural and Northern Partnerships, an initiative designed to improve the economic opportunities in rural and northern areas.  The addition of a new component to the program will allow rural communities to move forward and actually implement local initiatives and strategic activities.
From the media release:
“Planning [...]

Wear a Red Poppy … and Remember

Tribute originally created and broadcast by Global Edmonton.

The Big Wait

We’re all waiting … patients, doctors, communities.
But with the DocFest release of The Big Wait - a documentary examining the critical shortage of doctors in Canada – individuals can take a closer look at how the current system functions … and falls short.
The documentary follows two parallel, but connected, storylines – the struggle of the rural community of [...]

The Need to Revive Rural Communities

Today, residents in New Brunswick head to the polls to elect a new provincial government.  Yet rural communities here – and elsewhere across the country – are at risk of being pushed farther to the periphery of society unless governments strive to adopt policies to support them, says Susan Machum, Canada Research Chair in rural [...]

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