IMFG Director Enid Slack talks about her latest research on provincial-municipal equalization transfers and how governments can provide comparable levels of public services across municipalities on the Municipal World podcast.
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30 Dec,
2021
IMFG Director Enid Slack Quoted in the Toronto Star on the Changes Needed for the City’s Fiscal Future
The Toronto Star quoted IMFG Director Enid Slack on how cities are on the frontlines of the pandemic response and the need for a fundamental change on which level of […]
Find out more »26 Dec,
2021
IMFG Report on Transit Cited in Canadian Press
The Canadian Press cited a 2019 IMFG Perspectives paper, Transit in the Greater Toronto Area: How to Get Back on the Rails, by Matti Siemiatycki and Drew Fagan in an […]
Find out more »08 Dec,
2021
IMFG Contributor Adam Found Featured in Municipal World Podcast
IMFG contributor Adam Found appeared on Municipal World’s podcast to discuss his latest IMFG paper on how it is possible for development charges to improve housing affordability.
Find out more »30 Nov,
2021
Globe and Mail Cited Equalization Paper by the Late Richard M. Bird and IMFG Director Enid Slack
The Globe and Mail mentioned the Provincial-Local Equalization in Canada paper in a column, citing that “a province-to-municipality equalization program ‘… is an essential element of a fair and efficient […]
Find out more »02 Nov,
2021
IMFG Director Enid Slack and IMFG Manager of Programs & Research Tomas Hachard Discuss Property Taxes in St. Albert Today and Toronto Star
IMFG Director Enid Slack and IMFG Manager of Programs and Research Tomas Hachard discussed the challenges of a “visible tax” like the property tax in St. Albert Today as part […]
Find out more »01 Nov,
2021
IMFG Director Enid Slack Cited in The Economist
IMFG Director Enid Slack and the late Richard Bird were cited in The Economist on their work on property tax reform in Ontario for an article on China’s new property […]
Find out more »29 Oct,
2021
IMFG Director Enid Slack Published New Paper on Megacities and Multi-Level Governance
IMFG Director Enid Slack publishes a new paper called “The Rise of Megacities and Multi-Level Governance” as part of the Forum of Federations’ occasional paper series.
Find out more »27 Oct,
2021
IMFG Director Enid Slack Discussed Amalgamation on CKGL 570News
IMFG Director Enid Slack appeared on Kitchener-Waterloo’s CKGL 570News to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of regional amalgamation.
Find out more »14 Oct,
2021
IMFG Post-Doctoral Fellow Julie Mah Interviewed on Evictions Research for CBC Online
The 2020–2021 IMFG Post-Doctoral Fellow, Julie Mah, was featured in a CBC online story about her paper on Evictions in Toronto where she called for more collaboration and data sharing […]
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