What’s New at IMFG

IMFG author Jason Thistlethwaite was featured in a CBC news article on May 9, 2017, “One way to battle future flooding: stop building on flood plains, say experts“.

IMFG Director Enid Slack gave a presentation entitled “How to Reform Property Tax – Challenges, Obstacles, and Opportunities”, at the International Property Tax Institute, 12th Mass Appraisal Valuation Symposium in […]

Former IMFG Post-Doctoral Fellow Abigail Friendly wrote an article entitled, Federal systems don’t preclude national urban policies on May 8, 2017, for Citiscope .  

An editorial in the Globe and Mail on May 8, 2017, “In Canada, flooding happens because governments let it happen“, featured a recent IMFG Paper.

A new paper from the Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance explores the role of the city manager in Canadian municipal government.

IMFG Board Chair, Alan Broadbent, launched his new book You’re It, on May 4th , at St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto.

IMFG welcomes Harry Kitchen as a Visiting Scholar. Harry is Professor Emeritus in the Economics Department at Trent University and is spending five months at the Institute researching the impact […]

An article on who pays for damage and property tax relief due to fracking in this month’s issue of eFocus Municipal Assessment & Taxation (subscribers only) featured IMFG’s event, Local […]

IMFG Director Enid Slack facilitated two panel discussions at the Ontario Community Hubs Summit 2017, May 1 -2. Dr. Slack sits on the Premier’s Advisory Group on Community Hubs.

Harry Kitchen, IMFG’s Visiting Scholar, presented a seminar on “Local Taxes and User Fees: Myths and Realities” at the Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario (AMCTO) , […]