Hey there, time traveller!

This article was published 13/2/2018 (949 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

Mayor Brian Bowman will in Ottawa Wednesday for a meeting of the Big City Mayors’ caucus.

Bowman told reporters the caucus, which is a sub-group of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, will be discussing several issues including the upcoming federal budget, a national housing strategy, impacts from the legalization of cannabis, infrastructure, mental health, and opioids and crystal meth issues.

As the group’s name implies, it represents the mayors of 22 of the country’s largest municipalities, including Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Halifax.

The group is chaired by Edmonton mayor Don Iveson.