The South Grey News cited the 2013 IMFG report on municipal amalgamations to discuss how they can benefit smaller municipalities as part of a four-part series on the 25th anniversary […]
Vancouver’s Daily Hive revisited our 2018 Forum paper on revisiting the legacies of Toronto becoming a megacity to discuss the implications of amalgamating Vancouver region cities.
IMFG Director Enid Slack appeared on CBC Radio’s Labrador Morning to discuss the pros and cons of municipal amalgamation and the questions residents should ask ahead of time. Starts at […]
IMFG Director Enid Slack appeared on Kitchener-Waterloo’s CKGL 570News to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of regional amalgamation.
New paper from the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance revisits the remaking of Toronto Toronto, August 21, 2018 – In 1998 the Province of Ontario consolidated Metropolitan Toronto and […]
In 1998, Metropolitan Toronto and its six lower tier municipalities were amalgamated to form the City of Toronto. The decision to amalgamate was controversial then, and continues to be contentious to some today. Two decades later, what can we say about the megacity merger? Did it achieve its goals? Are Torontonians better served by one large government than the previous two-tier model? Looking forward, what lies ahead for regional governance in the GTHA?
A presentation by André Côté, a Masters student at the School of Public Policy and Governance and winner of the Alan Broadbent Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance, on March 25, 2009, at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.
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A Scarborough resident has initiated a campaign to de-amalgamate Scarborough from the rest of Toronto. Two newspaper articles covering the story cite IMFG’s 2013 study on municipal amalgamation.
IMFG was mentioned in the St. Catherine’s Standard in an article on Niagara amalgamation called “Balsom: Keeping all options on the table.”
