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&/#3&'r#3*&'4 SOCIAL HOUSING FLEXIBILITY The United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR) are trying to convince the new provincial government to relax the guidelines just a little bit on spending social housing funds. A UCPR delegation met with provincial officials on the issue during the recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference in Ottawa. UCPR Chief Administrator Stéphane Parisien said during an interview the counties want “more flexibility” on the grant spending deadlines so that counties council and staff can make “better planning decisions” for the money. At present provinical support grants for planning and infrastructure projects often come with a deadline when the money must be spent. Government officials promised to review the situation and contact the counties later. – Gregg Chamberlain FLOOD MAPPING MEETING The United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR) will send a delegation to meet with federal Environment Minister Cath- erine McKenna to talk about financing aid for an in-depth floodplain mapping study along the Ottawa River. Clarence- Rockland Mayor Guy Desjardins also asked during the August 29 UCPR council meeting whether Hydro Québec also has some responsibility for main- taining up-to-date floodplain maps of the river. Counties council is concerned that updated floodplain maps are needed to aid future economic development planning for municipalities located along the Ottawa River. – Gregg Chamberlain
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The future of trade relations between Canada and the U.S. hinges on results of last-minute negotiations on NAFTA. But MP Francis Drouin remains hopeful. “The minister has said that we’re not going to negotiate in public,” MP Drouin said during an August 29 interview, referring to President Trump’s frequent critical public statements and Twitter comments about UIF/PSUI"NFSJDBO'SFF5SBEF"HSFFNFOU /"'5" BOEIJTUISFBUTPGQVOJTIJOHUBSJGGT on Canadian products if his demands for DIBOHFTUP/"'5"BSFOPUBDDFQUFE Late last month, Trump announced UIBUUIF64BOE.FYJDP UIFPUIFS/"'5" member, had reached a separate deal on the international trade agreement, and that Canada had until the end of the month to come back to the table to negotiate. Drouin noted that the “separate agreement” Trump talked about concerned Mexico’s auto and auto parts industry exports to the U.S. and OPU/"'5"BTBXIPMF5IFCJHJTTVFEVSJOH those talks was the lower labour costs for the Mexican auto industry compared to the U.S. i/"'5"XPVMETUJMMUBLFQSFDFEFODFPWFS that agreement,” said Drouin, adding that Mexico still wants a tri-partite deal that JODMVEFT$BOBEBi'PS/"'5"UPHPUISPVHI it has to be signed off by all three countries.” Canada has its own auto industry trade
L’avenir de l’ALENA est toujours en suspens, mais le député de Glengarry- Prescott-Russell, Francis Drouin, espère toujours qu’un règlement raisonnable est possible à la table des négociations pour éviter l’impact sur les industries locales comme Ivaco Rolling Mills à L’Orignal. —archives
issue with the U.S. to deal with under /"'5" BOE$BOBEJBOOFHPUJBUPSTIBWFTFU out Canada’s position on that. There has been no change overall on the Canadian HPWFSONFOUTWJFXPO/"'5" EFTQJUF64 demands for elimination, within 10 years, of certain clauses that benefit Canada. i8FWFTBJEAOPuTBJE%SPVJOi"TNFN - ber of Parliament for Glengarry-Prescott- Russell, my hope is for zero concessions.”
Meanwhile, Drouin noted that the fede- ral government is looking at safeguards in the wake of Trump’s 25 per cent tariff on Canadian steel and 10 per cent tariff on aluminum, which will impact exports to the U.S. later this year. Ottawa wants to make sure other countries don’t try to dump cheap steel and aluminum into the Canadian mar- ket and create problems for home industries like Ivaco Rolling Mills of L’Orignal.
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