On May 29, Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, and Scott Pearce, President of the FCM, announced over $900,000 through the Green Municipal Fund’s Community Buildings Retrofit initiative for six feasibility studies. The Community Buildings Retrofit initiative is part of a $950 million federal investment in FCM’s Green Municipal Fund (GMF) and is designed to scale up energy efficiency and lower emissions across Canada. The municipalities are The City of Sault Ste. Marie, Town of Caledon, The City of Barrie, The Town of Carleton Place, The City of Orillia, and the Town of Essex.