2004 FCM Quality of Life Report
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The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) released its 2004 Quality of Life Highlights report on Wednesday, April 14. This is the third in a series of reports on quality of life prepared by the FCM using information obtained from a variety of national and municipal data sources. The first report, published in 1999, addressed the social effects of the severe economic recession of the early 1990's. A second report, published in 2001, identified the beginning of an economic recovery that took place in the second half of the 1990's.
The 2004 Quality of Life report finds that quality of life in the 20 municipalities surveyed is at risk as pressures continue to mount on income, the environment and people living on the margins.
This is the first time the City of Kingston has participated as one of the survey communities in the FCM's Quality of Life Reporting System. The 2004 report provides a framework the FOCUS Kingston Implementation Committee can use to assess quality of life priorities identified in our community strategic plan from a national perspective.
