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REPORTS

Federal Budget 2024–2025: Highlights and ReactionsFederal Budget 2024–2025: Highlights and Reactions

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PTOC Strategic Plan 2020-2025Strategic Plan 2020–2025 of the Provincial-Territorial Officials Committee on Local Government

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NEW BOOKS

Social Resilience and International Migration in the Canadian CitySocial Resilience and International Migration in the Canadian City

/ Preston, Valerie; Shields, John; & Bedard, Tara. (Eds.). — Montréal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2025.

Solid Waste Management in Canada: Approaches, Practices, and ExperiencesSolid Waste Management in Canada: Approaches, Practices, and Experiences

/ Assuah, Anderson & Ng, Kelvin Tsun Wai. (Eds.). — Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.

(Un)civil Society: Countering Gaslighting, Stalking, and Other Forms of Abuse(Un)civil Society: Countering Gaslighting, Stalking, and Other Forms of Abuse

/ McCormack, Ian. — Union, ON : Municipal World, 2025.