Unfortunately, some still have work to do. It is my hope that at next year's conference ALL municipalities will have risen to the challenges before them. That savings will have been found. Service delivery streamlined. And government made more accountable.
Taxpayers expect nothing less from their elected representatives at every level of government.
One important way we will work with you is in the area of training. Our regional operations staff and the Provincial Municipal Education and Training Secretariat in our ministry are eager to offer you more help. They've asked me to remind you that you will get an evaluation form at this conference. Indeed, ladies and gentlemen, this has been quite a year. We can be proud of the heroes we have honoured, the working relationships we have forged and the accomplishments we share.