The mayor of Tweed, Ont., along with several mayors and representatives from other surrounding municipalities, believe the provincial and federal government is neglecting them.
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An alternative option for small municipalities would be the federal government’s Housing Accelerator Fund, which has a separate application for townships with fewer than 10,000 people. "The hundreds of thousands of dollars that are spent on the supporting studies for these applications, and then to feel like you're not even part of that conversation is really, really disappointing."
"I stood up and said every time you lower your taxes, I have to raise mine," DeGenova continued. "They can look good, they can look great, but then we're the ones that have to take the brunt of it because everything comes back on us."The issues Tweed is facing are not new concerns in the province, which has seen its rural population decline.living in rural areas compared to the general population has decreased from 37 per cent in 1966 to 17 per cent in 2021.
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