Category: News

IMFG Post-Doctoral Fellow Julie Mah’s preliminary research on Section 37 and Affordable Housing in Toronto was discussed in an article in the Globe and Mail (paywall). It reported that only 1.5 […]

IMFG Fellow Alexandra Flynn co-authored an opinion piece on how to get cities out of their constitutional straitjacket for Policy Options.

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Richard Bird, Senior Fellow at IMFG and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics and the Rotman School of […]

IMFG Director Enid Slack and IMFG Manager of Programs & Research Tomas Hachard have co-authored a new article for Policy Options on the need for municipalities to be given more control […]

IMFG Fellow Alexandra Flynn co-authored an op-ed in the Vancouver Sun on provinces as partners and not ‘parents’ to cities.

IMFG Director Enid Slack was featured in the Toronto Star to comment on the future of city revenues due to COVID-19’s impact on the downtown core’s real estate values.

IMFG Director Enid Slack was featured in The Hill-Times (paywall) to discuss the necessity for ongoing federal support as pandemic has laid bare cracks in ‘outdated’ municipal financing system.

IMFG Fellow Alex Flynn has article published in the current volume of The Journal of Law and Social Policy. The article is called “With Great(er) Power Comes Great(er) Responsibility: Indigenous […]

IMFG Director Enid Slack presented on the pressures and potential policy solutions for Canadian cities during COVID-19 for a webinar organized by the Toronto Association for Business and Economics and […]

IMFG Director Enid Slack was interviewed on Global News to discuss the fundamental mismatch between municipal responsibilities and funding tools.