IMFG Director Enid Slack presented to a group of visiting delegates from China, discussing Non-Tax Revenues in Municipal Government in Canada. As the size and scope of responsibilities for cities expands, […]
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12 Sep,
2017
IMFG Visiting Scholar Harry Kitchen featured in Metro News article
IMFG Visiting Scholar Harry Kitchen was featured in a Metro News article on September 11th, regarding Toronto’s parking rates, suggesting that increasing prices for parking is the best way to […]
Find out more »01 Sep,
2017
Director Enid Slack presents IMFG Perspectives paper on fiscal autonomy of eight cities
IMFG Director Enid Slack presented on “How Much Local Autonomy do Cities Have? A Comparison of Eight Cities” at the International Forum of Fiscal Autonomy and Coordination for Effective Decentralization […]
Find out more »14 Aug,
2017
IMFG Perspectives paper on municipal eligible investments featured in the Financial Post
IMFG Post-Doctoral Fellow Gustavo Carvalho’s new IMFG Perspectives paper (No. 18), Cities as Prudent Investors: New Rules for Investment by Ontario Municipalities, was featured in a Financial Post article entitled, […]
Find out more »14 Aug,
2017
IMFG publication on land value capture and social benefits featured in eFocus newsletter
Former IMFG Post-Doctoral Fellow Abigail Friendly’s new IMFG Paper, Land Value Capture and Social Benefits: Toronto and São Paulo Compared (No. 33), was featured in this month’s issue of eFocus […]
Find out more »31 Jul,
2017
IMFG Paper on climate change and floods featured in Metro News
The IMFG Paper Climate Change, Floods, and Municipal Risk Sharing in Canada (No. 30), by Daniel Henstra and Jason Thistlethwaite, was featured in a Metro News article entitled, “How Toronto is […]
Find out more »28 Jul,
2017
IMFG Director Enid Slack interviewed by Nova Res Urbis on local fiscal autonomy
IMFG Director Enid Slack was interviewed for an article entitled, “Toronto’s Fiscal Autonomy: Revenue Tools Needed” in the July 28 issue of Nova Res Urbis (subscribers only). The article featured […]
Find out more »25 Jul,
2017
Director Enid Slack interviewed by Metro News on new IMFG study on local fiscal autonomy
IMFG Director Enid Slack was interviewed by Metro News on July 25, 2017 for an article, Toronto’s lack of tax flexibility makes it less competitive: Study, based on her new IMFG […]
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2017
Director Enid Slack appears on CBC’s “On The Money” to talk about local fiscal autonomy
IMFG Director Enid Slack was interviewed on CBC’s “On The Money” on July 25, 2017 following the release of her new IMFG Perspectives paper, How Much Local Fiscal Autonomy Do […]
Find out more »25 Jul,
2017
New IMFG Perspectives paper: How Much Local Fiscal Autonomy Do Cities Have?
New paper from the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance compares fiscal autonomy of eight global cities – Toronto has fewer tax options than almost all others. Toronto, July 25, […]
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