What’s New at IMFG

IMFG Fellow Aaron Moore commented on Winnipeg mayor Scott Gillingham’s request to the provincial government to remove some mayoral powers on CBC Online.

IMFG Director Enid Slack spoke about the city’s need for income or sales taxes to the Toronto Star for an article on potential long-term fixes for Toronto’s budget disaster.

IMFG Director Enid Slack spoke to the Canadian Press on inflationary pressures on property taxes and the municipal need to find alternate sources of revenues. The story appeared in the […]

IMFG Chair Alan Broadbent wrote an op-ed called “Strong-mayor powers shouldn’t mean minority rule” for TVO Today and referenced IMFG Fellow Zack Taylor’s draft paper on the Strong(er) Mayors panel.

IMFG contributor Carolyn Whitzman spoke with CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning to discuss Ottawa’s new vacant unit tax.

Kofi Hope interviewed IMFG contributor Adam Found for a column in the Toronto Star on whether waiving development charges will make housing more affordable in Ontario.

IMFG contributor Zachary Spicer wrote about how even without strong mayor powers, mayors can get a lot accomplished in The Conversation.

IMFG Fellow Alexandra Flynn co-authored an op-ed in the Toronto Star on how citizens are the real losers in Ontario’s ‘strong mayor’ law. Read the article. 

IMFG Fellow Alexandra Flynn was interviewed on her idea that Vancouver’s Stanley Park be given the rights of personhood through an Indigenous-led process in the Vancouver Sun. Read the article.

On October 19, 2022, IMFG convened a public panel discussion entitled “Strong(er) Mayors – What Difference Will They Make?” The speakers were Karen Chapple, Director of the School of Cities […]