IMFG was mentioned in a Toronto Star article called, “SmartTrack has its merits, but TIFs were never the means: James.”
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31 Mar,
2016
Murtaza Haider discusses tax increment financing (TIF) on Metro Morning
Following the release of the IMFG Paper (No. 25), Can Tax Increment Financing Support Transportation Infrastructure Investment? The co-author of the paper, Murtaza Haider was a guest on Metro Morning on […]
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2016
Enid Slack gives a presentation to the Municipal Finance Authority of BC
On March 31, 2016, IMFG Director Enid Slack was invited by the Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia to give a lecture on “Local Governments in the 21st Century: What […]
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2016
Enid Slack quoted in a Toronto Star article on the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) model
IMFG Director Enid Slack was quoted in a Toronto Star article called, “Report backs Mayor John Tory’s SmartTrack transit plan.”
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2016
Can cities use tax increment financing to pay for transit infrastructure?
New IMFG Paper studies Toronto’s Sheppard subway line and offers cautionary advice to city policymakers about tax increment financing.
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2016
IMFG’s Perspectives Paper on cost overruns discussed on TVO
IMFG’s Perspectives paper (No. 11) by Matti Siemiatycki was discussed in an article on TVO, “Why infrastructure projects are chronically over budget.”
Find out more »10 Feb,
2016
New IMFG Paper Looks at Opportunities for City Governments to Harness the Data Revolution
New IMFG Paper, “Cities, Data, and Digital Innovation,” charts the course of big data and digital innovation in Toronto and London, UK, and offers a recipe for success.
Find out more »05 Feb,
2016
IMFG’s event and new Perspectives Paper by Matti Siemiatycki was featured in the Daily Commercial News
On January 21, 2016 IMFG held an event and released a new IMFG Perspectives paper (No. 11) by U of T Professor Matti Siemiatycki on infrastructure cost overruns. The event […]
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2016
IMFG’s new Perspectives Paper on how cities can avoid cost overruns by Matti Siemiatycki was featured in the Globe and Mail
IMFG’s recent Perspectives paper (No. 11) by Matti Siemiatycki was discussed in a Globe and Mail article, “Five steps to control megaproject costs.”
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2016
IMFG’s new Perspectives Paper by Matti Siemiatycki was featured in On-Site Magazine
On January 21, 2016 IMFG held an event and released a new IMFG Perspectives paper by UofT Professor Matti Siemiatycki on infrastructure cost overruns. The event and paper were featured […]
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