John Michael McGrath mentioned IMFG’s paper on tax increment financing for transit infrastructure, authored by Murtaza Haider and Liam Donaldson, in a The Next Ontario post called Can a private […]
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2016
Category: News
29 Aug,
2016
Paper Spotlight: Fostering Citizen Trust in Municipal Government
Geothink featured IMFG Perspectives A Recipe for Fiscal Trust (No. 13), by Pamela Robinson and Dina Graser in its Spotlight, entitled Fostering Citizen Trust in Municipal Government.
Find out more »28 Jul,
2016
Did the Land Transfer Tax Impact Housing Sales in Toronto?
New paper from the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance finds no evidence that Toronto’s Land Transfer Tax alone reduced housing sales in the GTA.
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2016
IMFG Perspectives Paper: How can local governments build public trust?
New paper from the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance identifies five key ingredients for building fiscal trust.
Find out more »15 Jul,
2016
Enid Slack and Harry Kitchen quoted in the Daily Commercial News about their IMFG paper on revenue tools
IMFG’s paper on alternative revenue tools was mentioned in a Daily Commercial News article called, “New big-city revenue tools inevitable: economist.”
Find out more »07 Jul,
2016
IMFG’s paper on new revenue tools featured on CIUT 89.5 FM
On a morning edition of the radio show, Detangled, co-hosts Vas Bednar and Allison Smith from CIUT 89.5 FM discussed IMFG’s latest paper on alternative revenue tools. Listen to the […]
Find out more »30 Jun,
2016
IMFG’s recent paper on TIFs mentioned in the Toronto Star
Murtaza Haider, co-author of the IMFG Paper, Can Tax Increment Financing Support Transportation Infrastructure Investment?, was interviewed by the Toronto Star in an article called, “Mayor John Tory’s campaign staff behind […]
Find out more »29 Jun,
2016
IMFG Events | Big City, Big Ideas (BCBI) Lecture Series
Big City: Big Ideas (BCBI) is an ongoing public lecture series that features global leaders in urban and regional planning, policy, and finance.
Find out more »28 Jun,
2016
Enid Slack talks new revenue tools on The Exchange
On June 27, IMFG released a report on potential alternative revenue sources for Canadian cities called, More Tax Sources for Canada’s Largest Cities: Why, What, and How? (No. 27).
Find out more »27 Jun,
2016
IMFG’s paper by Enid Slack and Harry Kitchen on new revenue tools was mentioned in Metro News Toronto
IMFG’s Paper No. 27 was featured in a Metro News Toronto article called, “Toronto should rely more on new revenue tools, less on property taxes for money: experts.”
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