Trudeau meets with municipal leaders but funding commitment remains up in the air

Local leaders from across the country asked the prime minister for more direct funding Friday in Calgary. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) wants the federal government to commit to a new municipal growth framework that would tie transfer cash to population and economic growth. "Cities are growing but our revenues are not growing," Halifax mayor and Big City Mayors Caucus chair Mike Savage told CTV News. "We need to have a new system. This property tax system was chartered before c