Chris Goertzen, Mayor of the City of Steinbach and President of the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM), won an important position on the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Executive Committee of the Board of Directors.
During last weekend’s FCM Annual Conference in Ottawa, Goertzen was elected to represent Canada’s 18 Provincial-Territorial Associations (PTA).
Chosen by a group of his peers – the Presidents of his fellow associations across Canada – Goertzen’s role will involve chairing meetings of the group and ensuring its concerns and issues become priorities for FCM.
Goertzen noted that with more municipal issues being federal-provincial in nature, it is increasingly important that the municipal associations are strongly represented at the FCM executive level..
Goertzen will also be working closely with Councillor Jenny Gerbasi, City of Winnipeg, who became FCM President during the conference.
“FCM is the national voice of municipal government across Canada, and municipal associations have an important role to play in bringing the message of cooperation between all levels of government to the FCM table,” said Goertzen. “I look forward to being part of that process.”
