{"id":2186,"date":"2019-09-30T11:30:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T16:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vvgut0abxs.wpdns.site\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2019-09-30T11:23:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T16:23:16","slug":"federal-brief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambm.ca\/en\/federal-brief\/","title":{"rendered":"A vision for vibrant and prosperous bilingual communities in Manitoba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The AMBM Group today announced the publication of its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ambm.ca\/en\/federal-election-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Federal Policy Brief<\/a> outlining the key economic development and infrastructure priorities of Manitoba&#8217;s bilingual municipalities.<\/p>\n<p>With the 2019 federal election this fall, the AMBM Group is seeking to engage in a dialogue with federal stakeholders with a view to sharing the vision and initiatives of Manitoba\u2019s bilingual municipal leadership and setting the stage to stimulate its partnership with the Government of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The AMBM Group has therefore prepared six recommendations aimed at increasing the effectiveness, efficiency and coherence of economic development and infrastructure in Manitoba&#8217;s bilingual municipalities.<\/p>\n<p>For the AMBM Group, investing within viable and sustainable infrastructure is the very pillar of the economic development and prosperity of its communities.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it is tourism, social, sustainable or digital development infrastructure, some fundamental principles are central to the investment priorities of the AMBM\u2019s municipal government members. These principles are: economic efficiency, the added value French brings to bilingualism, social solidarity and environmental protection.<\/p>\n<p>The infrastructure investment priorities of the AMBM Group are based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/ambm.ca\/en\/federal-election-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>2019-2020 Priority Infrastructure Investment Plan for Manitoba Bilingual Municipalities<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A total of some 50 \u201cshovel-ready\u201d infrastructure projects valued at approximately $138 million have been identified.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/ambm.ca\/en\/federal-election-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get involved<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information:<\/strong> Justin Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, 204-289-4077, info@ambm.ca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AMBM Group today announced the publication of its\u00a0Federal Policy Brief outlining the key economic development &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[229,231],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-releases","category-publications"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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