The IMFG Paper Climate Change, Floods, and Municipal Risk Sharing in Canada (No. 30), by Daniel Henstra and Jason Thistlethwaite, was featured in a Metro News article entitled, “How Toronto is […]
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28 Jul,
2017
IMFG Director Enid Slack interviewed by Nova Res Urbis on local fiscal autonomy
IMFG Director Enid Slack was interviewed for an article entitled, “Toronto’s Fiscal Autonomy: Revenue Tools Needed” in the July 28 issue of Nova Res Urbis (subscribers only). The article featured […]
Find out more »25 Jul,
2017
Director Enid Slack interviewed by Metro News on new IMFG study on local fiscal autonomy
IMFG Director Enid Slack was interviewed by Metro News on July 25, 2017 for an article, Toronto’s lack of tax flexibility makes it less competitive: Study, based on her new IMFG […]
Find out more »25 Jul,
2017
Director Enid Slack appears on CBC’s “On The Money” to talk about local fiscal autonomy
IMFG Director Enid Slack was interviewed on CBC’s “On The Money” on July 25, 2017 following the release of her new IMFG Perspectives paper, How Much Local Fiscal Autonomy Do […]
Find out more »25 Jul,
2017
New IMFG Perspectives paper: How Much Local Fiscal Autonomy Do Cities Have?
New paper from the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance compares fiscal autonomy of eight global cities – Toronto has fewer tax options than almost all others. Toronto, July 25, […]
Find out more »19 Jul,
2017
Director Enid Slack presents at session on Financing Infrastructure in First Nations Communities
IMFG Director Enid Slack presented on “Public Financing of Municipal Infrastructure” at a session on Financing of Infrastructure in First Nations Communities, sponsored by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, in […]
Find out more »17 Jul,
2017
IMFG Board Chair Alan Broadbent discusses new book in webinar hosted by the Tamarack Institute
IMFG Board Chair Alan Broadbent and Franca Gucciardi, authors of You’re It! Shared Wisdom for Successfully Leading Organizations, discussed their book in a webinar hosted by the Tamarack Institute on July […]
Find out more »17 Jul,
2017
IMFG’s Data Visualization launch featured in July issue of eFocus Municipal Assessment & Taxation
This month’s issue of eFocus Municipal Assessment & Taxation (subscribers only) featured IMFG’s launch of its Data Visualization Pilot Project, and the first data visualization which focuses on residential property […]
Find out more »14 Jul,
2017
IMFG author Abigail Friendly’s paper on land value capture tools and social equity featured in NRU article
IMFG Paper, Land Value Capture and Social Benefits: Toronto and São Paulo Compared, by Abigail Friendly, was featured in Novae Res Urbis Toronto article, Pooling Benefits, on July 14, 2017.
Find out more »12 Jul,
2017
New IMFG paper evaluates whether land value capture tools should be used for social equity.
New paper from the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance evaluates land value capture tools in Toronto and São Paulo through an equity lens. Toronto, July 12, 2017 – In […]
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