June 17, 2020 Municipalities across Canada are in critical need for emergency operational funding. We need everyone to express to our provincial and federal counterparts how dire the situation at the local level is becoming! Using the template letter MNL has provided, please send a letter or e-mail to your Members of Parliament and House of Assembly. Subject: Emergency operational funding for municipalities is needed NOW! Please address the letter/e-mail to the Prime Minister of Canada, Right Honourable Justin Trudeau. We also ask that you cc the letter to the following individuals: • Premier Dwight Ball, • Minister of Finance, Hon. Tom Osborne • Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment, Hon. Derrick Bragg • Your local Member of Parliament • Your local Member of the House of Assembly • President of Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador MNL’s template letter is calling for our MPs and MHAs to use their influence and support emergency operational funding for municipalities without delay. You may use MNL’s template letter as is, or you can identify areas of particular relevance for you. Please copy us into the letter so we can track action on letters to MP’s and MHA’s using email [email protected]. Members of Parliament Name District Email Right Honourable Justin Trudeau Prime Minister PMO Jack Harris (NDP) St. John’s East [email protected] Seamus O’Regan (Liberal) St. John’s South – Mount Pearl [email protected] Ken McDonald (Liberal) Avalon [email protected] Churence Rogers (Liberal) Bonavista – Burin – Trinity [email protected] Scott Simms (Liberal) Coast of Bays – Central – Notre Dame [email protected] Gudie Hutchings (Liberal) Long Range Mountains [email protected] Federal and Provincial Representatives June 16, 2020 /2 Name District Email Yvonne Jones (Liberal) Labrador [email protected] All Members may be written to by using the following address: [Member's Name] MP, [Member's District] House of Commons * Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0A6 * Mail may be sent postage-free to any member of Parliament. Members of the House of Assembly Name District Party Ball, Dwight Humber - Gros Morne Liberal Bennett, Derek Lewisporte - Twillingate Liberal Bragg, Derrick Fogo Island - Cape Freels Liberal Brazil, David Conception Bay East - Bell Island Progressive Conservative Brown, Jordan Labrador West New Democrat Byrne, Gerry Corner Brook Liberal Coady, Siobhan St. John's West Liberal Coffin, Alison St. John's East - Quidi Vidi New Democrat Conway Ottenheimer, Helen Harbour Main Progressive Conservative Crocker, Steve Carbonear - Trinity - Bay de Verde Liberal Crosbie, Ches Windsor Lake Progressive Conservative Davis, Bernard Virginia Waters - Pleasantville Liberal Dempster, Lisa Cartwright - L'Anse au Clair Liberal Dinn, James St. John's Centre New Democrat Dinn, Paul Topsail - Paradise Progressive Conservative Dwyer, Jeff Placentia West - Bellevue Progressive Conservative Federal and Provincial Representatives June 16, 2020 /3 Name District Party Evans, Lela Torngat Mountains Progressive Conservative Forsey, Pleaman Exploits Progressive Conservative Gambin-Walsh, Sherry Placentia - St. Mary's Liberal Haggie, John Gander Liberal Haley, Carol Anne Burin - Grand Bank Liberal Joyce, Eddie Humber - Bay of Islands Independent/Non-Affiliated Lane, Paul Mount Pearl - Southlands Independent/Non-Affiliated Lester, Jim Mount Pearl North Progressive Conservative Loveless, Elvis Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune Liberal Mitchelmore, Christopher St. Barbe - L'Anse aux Meadows Liberal O’Driscoll, Loyola Ferryland Progressive Conservative Osborne, Tom Waterford Valley Liberal Pardy, Craig Bonavista Progressive Conservative Parrott, Lloyd Terra Nova Progressive Conservative Parsons, Andrew Burgeo - La Poile Liberal Parsons, Kevin Cape St. Francis Progressive Conservative Parsons, Pam Harbour Grace - Port de Grave Liberal Petten, Barry Conception Bay South Progressive Conservative Reid, Scott St. George's - Humber Liberal Stoodley, Sarah Mount Scio Liberal Tibbs, Chris Grand Falls-Windsor - Buchans Progressive Conservative Trimper, Perry Lake Melville Liberal Wakeham, Tony Stephenville - Port au Port Progressive Conservative Warr, Brian Baie Verte - Green Bay Liberal Federal and Provincial Representatives June 16, 2020 /4 All Members may be written to by using the following address: [Member's Name] MHA, [Member's District] Confederation Building PO Box 8700 St. John's NL A1B 4J6 Social Media For those of you who are active on Twitter and social media and wish to take our call to action further, below are tweets that MNL will posting over the next several days. Feel free use any of these and remember to tag your local MHA and MP! Federal content: Throughout #COVID19, #cdnmuni have been working hard but now they face a financial crisis. @JackHarrisNDP @ChurenceRogers @SeamusORegan @McDonald4Avalon @Gudie @YvonneJJones @Scott_Simms our outdated fiscal framework is not holding up! They need emergency operational funding. #CDNmuni are on the front lines of #covid19. But this pandemic has created a financial crisis in our cities and communities. They need emergency operational funding. @JackHarrisNDP @ChurenceRogers @SeamusORegan @McDonald4Avalon @Gudie @YvonneJJones @Scott_Simms #cdnpoli Local leaders are taking extraordinary steps to keep Canadians safe & support local businesses. But now they face a financial crisis and need emergency operational funding. @JackHarrisNDP @ChurenceRogers @SeamusORegan @McDonald4Avalon @Gudie @YvonneJJones @Scott_Simms #CDNmuni With plummeting revenues, rising costs, limited fiscal tools & no ability to run deficits #COVID19 has exposed cracks in #CDNmuni fiscal framework. Emergency operational funding @JackHarrisNDP @ChurenceRogers @SeamusORegan @McDonald4Avalon @Gudie @YvonneJJones @Scott_Simms From deferred property taxes & user fees to hard-hit local industries, #CDNmuni nationwide face a staggering near- term financial gap of $10-$15 B. @JackHarrisNDP @ChurenceRogers @SeamusORegan @McDonald4Avalon @Gudie @YvonneJJones @Scott_Simms support emergency operational funding Supporting #CDNmuni in financial crisis with emergency operational funding is crucial to protecting frontline services & Canada’s recovery. @JackHarrisNDP @ChurenceRogers @SeamusORegan @McDonald4Avalon @Gudie @YvonneJJones @Scott_Simms #cdnpoli Local governments need the ability to transfer unused allocations to the federal Gas Tax Fund for capital expenditures as part of Canada’s #COVID19 economic recovery plan. @JackHarrisNDP @ChurenceRogers @SeamusORegan @McDonald4Avalon @Gudie @YvonneJJones @Scott_Simms #CDNmuni Federal and Provincial Representatives June 16, 2020 /5 Provincial content Throughout #COVID19, #nlmuni have been working flat-out to keep our residents safe. But now they face a financial crisis. @TomOsborneMHA @PremierofNL @DerrickBragg #COVID19nfld has exposed cracks in our outdated fiscal framework. They need emergency operational funding now! Municipalities are on the front lines of #covid19nfld but this pandemic has created a financial crisis in our communities. We cannot wait anymore: @TomOsborneMHA @PremierofNL @DerrickBragg #nlmuni need emergency operational funding now! #nlpoli Local leaders are taking extraordinary steps to keep our communities safe & support local businesses. But now they face a financial crisis. They need your support now more than ever with emergency operational funding! @TomOsborneMHA @PremierofNL @DerrickBragg #nlmuni #nlpoli Municipalities have plummeting revenues, rising costs, limited fiscal tools & no ability to run deficits. #covid19nfld has exposed cracks in the outdated fiscal framework and they need emergency operational funding. @TomOsborneMHA @PremierofNL @DerrickBragg #nlpoli #nlmuni From deferred property taxes and user fees to hard-hit local industries, municipalities in this province are facing a staggering financial gap. They need emergency operational funding now. @TomOsborneMHA @PremierofNL @DerrickBragg #nlpoli #nlmuni Supporting #nlmuni in financial crisis from #covid19nfld is crucial to protecting frontline services & our local economic recovery. Municipalities need emergency operational funding now. @TomOsborneMHA @PremierofNL @DerrickBragg #nlpoli .