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Alberta city has advice for Yellowknife as it anticipates new military investment
Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
Date: 2026-10-17 13:00:00.0
Tags: [National, Municipal, Infrastructure, Defence, Economy]As Yellowknife anticipates between $5 billion and $8 billion in generational federal military investment to upgrade the NORAD Forward Operating Location near the local airport, officials from the City of Cold Lake, Alberta advise municipal leaders to focus on relationship-building and ensuring local contractors obtain necessary security clearances ahead of time. Kevin Nagoya, Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Cold Lake, suggests establishing regional boards with the Department of Defence—similar to Cold Lake's water and wastewater treatment commission—to manage dual-use infrastructure. However, Arctic security consultant and retired colonel Pierre LeBlanc cautions that local residents should not expect massive community-wide changes or extensive public-use facilities to emerge directly from the federal defense spending.
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Feds’ tariff response requires a ‘Team Canada’ approach, expert says
Source: Global News Politics
Date: 2026-09-24 17:28:49.0
Tags: [National, Ontario, British Columbia, Trade, Economy, Municipal]A report released by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, in partnership with the City of London and Ivey Business School, emphasizes the need for a Team Canada approach to navigate the uneven impacts of the ongoing U.S.-Canada trade war. Ivey Business School economist Romel Mostafa and London Mayor Josh Morgan highlighted that municipal governments possess critical ground-level intelligence regarding tariff pressures on industries like forestry, mining, and automotive manufacturing. The unpredictability of the U.S. economic relationship has caused investment and job creation pauses, exemplified by London recording an unemployment rate of 9.1 per cent in March due to labor force migration from smaller tariff-hit communities.
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