Municipal, provincial, and other representatives are gathering in Ottawa this weekend for the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference.
That includes Wawa Mayor Melanie Pilon, who says a key priority will be discussing the Algoma District Services Administration Board (ADSAB) apportionment calculation (how it determines what each member community pays into it) - particularly how it considers the power dam compensatory grant Wawa receives in lieu of property taxes from local power dams - an issue Wawa has been pushing on for a few years.
Mayor Pilon says another key issue is highway travel.
Mayor Pilon - who will be accompanied by Councillor Joe Opato - also notes plans to meet with the Ontario Medical Association about physician recruitment and retention, Ontario's Ministry of Labour and Immigration about immigration and workforce attraction issues, and the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, as well as attending the launch of AMO's Indigenous Advisory Council and its first Indigenous Reconciliation Plan.