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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), with the support of Diamond Head Consulting, is seeking to inform the design of capacity development offerings and future funding opportunities under the Growing
Canada’s Community Canopies (GCCC) initiative, a $291M initiative to support tree planting across Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">As part of this work, we are interested in hearing from
<b>local governments and their partner non-governmental organizations</b> across Canada to better understand current urban forest management needs, challenges and priorities for urban forest programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We invite you to complete a <b>10–15-minute survey by July 11</b> at the link below:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#467886"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5WGJXQF"><span style="color:#467886">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5WGJXQF</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please do note that participation is completely optional and is unrelated to any ongoing or planned GCCC funding applications.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Your responses will help FCM shape GCCC’s future funding streams and better serve your communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Thank you in advance for your feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">--</span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">La Fédération canadienne des municipalités (FCM), avec le soutien de Diamond Head Consulting, cherche à orienter la conception de ses offres de développement des capacités et les futures opportunités de
financement dans le cadre de l'initiative Croissance de la canopée des collectivités canadiennes (CCCC), une initiative de 291 millions de dollars visant à soutenir la plantation d’arbres à travers le Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Dans le cadre de ce projet, nous souhaitons recueillir l’avis des
<b>municipalités, municipalités régionales et comtés canadiens et leurs partenaires à but non lucratifs</b> afin de mieux comprendre les besoins actuels, les défis et les priorités en matière de gestion des programmes de foresterie urbaine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Nous vous invitons à répondre à
<b>un sondage de 10 à 15 minutes d’ici au 11 juillet </b>en cliquant le lien ci-dessous :</span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#467886"><a href="https://fr.surveymonkey.com/r/5WXFG7N"><span lang="FR" style="color:#467886">https://fr.surveymonkey.com/r/5WXFG7N</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p><span lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Veuillez noter que la participation est entièrement facultative et qu'elle n'a aucun lien avec les demandes de financement en cours ou prévues du CCCC</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">.
Vos réponses aideront à façonner les futures offres de financement et la conception des programmes du CCCC pour mieux répondre aux besoins des municipalités.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Nous vous remercions d’avance pour votre contribution.</span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td><p style="color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: .5rem !important; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">As we move forward with our commitment to reconciliation, FCM acknowledges that our head offices are located on the unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation whose presence here reaches back to time immemorial. We recognize and honour the historic and ongoing contributions of Indigenous peoples across the country.
<a href="https://fcm.ca/en/about-fcm/corporate-resources/land-acknowledgement" title="">Full Statement</a></p></td>
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<td><span style="color: rgb(88, 89, 91); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 8px !important; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Dans le cadre de son engagement pour favoriser la réconciliation, la FCM tient à reconnaître que ses sièges sociaux sont situés sur le territoire non cédé de la Nation anichinabée algonquine, présente en ces lieux depuis des temps immémoriaux. Nous reconnaissons également les contributions passées et présentes des peuples autochtones au pays. <a href="https://fcm.ca/fr/a-propos/informations-sur-la-fcm/reconnaissance-des-territoires" title="">Déclaration complète</a></span></td>
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