The Association of Manitoba Municipalities is hosting their Annual Convention in Brandon next week.

Councillors Penny Byer, Colleen Smook, Dennis Foley, and Duncan Wong will be representing Thompson. Byer says they’ve submitted a couple of resolutions including one to lobby for a restorative justice system, for the North:

"What happens with these resolutions, they go to the conference, they get discussed, voted on and then hopefully they will proceed to the next level, which means AMM staff will now take it and lobby the province on your behalf. So the province not only hears from you, but they hear from AMM, which is the lobbying agency for municipalities, so it’s a very strong voice with the province".  

Byer adds the City hopes to speak with provincial Ministers about outstanding issues, at the convention:

"We’re strongly hoping that we can get a hold of Minister of Health, Sharon Blady to discuss the situation with our chemo and dialysis here in Thompson, also Minister of Justice Gord Mackintosh to talk about the Northern Restorative Justice Facility".

There will be over 100 Manitoba municipalities attending the conference.