On October 18, IMFG hosted a conference entitled Financing Urban Infrastructure: Who Should Pay?, chaired by IMFG Director Enid Slack and IMFG Senior Fellow Richard M. Bird.
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2016
Category: News
18 Oct,
2016
MetroNews Toronto reports on City Manager’s Address
In an article entitled We “can’t cut our way out” of budget gaps: Toronto city manager, MetroNews Toronto reports on the City Manager’s 2016 address to IMFG.
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2016
The Toronto Star reports on the Toronto City Manager’s Address
Betsy Powell of the Toronto Star reported on Toronto City Manager Peter Wallace’s 2016 City Manager’s Address to IMFG, in an article entitled Toronto can’t ‘cut our way out’ of budget […]
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2016
IMFG Director Enid Slack discussing Fiscal Health at the Innovation Lab
On October 11, IMFG Director Enid Slack delivered a talk to the City of Toronto’s Innovation Lab on “Toronto’s Fiscal Health: Insights from the Outside.”
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2016
Enid Slack speaks to the London Finance Commission
On October 7, IMFG Director Enid Slack provided oral evidence to the London Finance Commission in the UK, based on a report written for the Commission.
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2016
Daily Commercial News reports on Matti Siemiatycki’s study calling for an infrastructure oversight agency
Daily Commercial News published an article on a new report by U of T professor Matti Siemiatycki, which recommends the establishment of a Canadian Infrastructure Investment Agencey as “centre of excellence,” […]
Find out more »15 Sep,
2016
IMFG Perspectives Paper: National Urban Policy: A Roadmap for Canadian Cities
Complex urban challenges require new thinking both locally and nationally: New paper from the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance examines the case for a national urban agenda in Canada.
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2016
IMFG Forum Paper: Participatory Budgeting: The Practice and the Potential
Complex urban challenges require new thinking both locally and nationally: New paper from the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance examines the involvement of citizens in budgeting decisions at the […]
Find out more »12 Sep,
2016
Book Review of Is Your City Healthy in Public Finance and Management
“[A]n interesting read for academics, politicians and professionals in the field of municipal finance,” states Peter B. Boorsma in his review of Is Your City Healthy? Measuring Urban Fiscal Health in Public Finance and […]
Find out more »31 Aug,
2016
Enid Slack and Harry Kitchen cited in Maytree Opinion
In a recent editorial entitled The housing and transit budget shell game, Alan Broadbent cites research presented by Enid Slack and Harry Kitchen to support his argument that “Canada’s large cities […]
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