Sentences with phrase «municipal operating spending»

Municipal operating spending has also increased because of further downloading of responsibilities by federal and provincial governments onto municipalities. The biggest increases in spending by municipalities over the past two decades have been for housing, health, social services and environmentâ $» all areas where federal and provincial governments also have responsibility, as the FCM's recent State of Canadaâ $ ™ s Cities and Communities report demonstrated.

Not exact matches

The chart below shows just how local and municipal government operating spending and spending on employee compensation has changed over the past two decades as a share of the economy.

And as far as spending by big cities growing too fast, their operating spending has increased at a slower pace than overall municipal government spending while their responsibilities have arguably grown at a faster pace.

           The CFIB says municipal government operating spending increased by 55 % after adjusting for inflation from 2000 to 2011 compared to population growth of 12 %.

The result is a serious underinvestment in charters by the municipal bond markets, meaning that too many charters have to spend operating funds on bricks and mortar instead of classroom instruction.