Category: News

IMFG Director Enid Slack commented on the state of Toronto’s finances to CBC News and described it as “an aging Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman.”

IMFG Fellow Aaron Moore appeared on Global News Winnipeg to discuss campaign promises and how much power a mayor actually yields upon being elected.

IMFG contributor Zachary Spicer appeared on Newstalk Sauga 960 AM’s Brian Crombie Radio Hour to discuss his Forum paper, “Digital Dilemmas: Digital Dilemmas: Technology, Governance, and Canadian Municipalities.”

Director Enid Slack responded to the Globe & Mail‘s John Ibbitson on Pierre Poilievre’s housing plans for municipalities, which includes cities like Vancouver and Toronto must “increase home building by […]

IMFG Contributor Zachary Spicer was quoted on CBC News Online to discuss the anecdotal trend that fewer people were running in municipal elections. He also appeared on CBC Radio One […]

IMFG Fellow Aaron Moore spoke with CTV Winnipeg on the impact of fewer incumbents are running in municipal elections.

IMFG Contributor Gabe Eidelman commented in The Globe and Mail on Ontario’s legislation for a strong mayor system.

IMFG Contributor Zachary Spicer wrote an op-ed on the need for higher salaries for municipal leaders in the Globe and Mail (print edition). It also appeared in the Ottawa Citizen […]

IMFG Fellow Zack Taylor appeared in a Canadian Press article on Ontario’s plan to introduce a strong mayor system for Toronto and Ottawa, citing the pros and cons of such […]

IMFG Contributor Almos Tassonyi commented to CBC Windsor on local mayoral candidate’s proposal to invest city’s surplus funds in One Investment (aimed at Ontario municipalities).