IMFG Visiting Scholar Harry Kitchen has a new article, Financing Canadian Cities: It is Time to Diversify Revenues, appearing in this month’s issue of Public Sector Digest. (Subscribers only.)
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19 Sep,
2017
IMFG featured in eFocus Newsletter
The IMFG was recently featured in eFocus – Municipal Assessment and Taxation’s newsletter (subscriber only), with a write-up on the IMFG’s third visual exploration of Ontario municipal finance data.
Find out more »19 Sep,
2017
Director Enid Slack and Visiting Scholar Harry Kitchen present report to Saint John Council
IMFG Director Enid Slack and Visiting Scholar Harry Kitchen presented a report to the Saint John Council on Municipal Property Tax Issues in the City of Saint John. CBC covered the report […]
Find out more »15 Sep,
2017
IMFG’s “What Makes a Resilient City?” event featured on CBC Radio-Canada
IMFG and 100 Resilient Cities, Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation co-sponsored the event “What Makes a Resilient City?” on September 14th at the Campbell Conference Facility at the Munk School of Global Affairs. Featuring […]
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2017
Director Enid Slack presents to visiting delegation from China
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, […]
Find out more »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 […]
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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 […]
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