Category: News

IMFG Fellow Aaron Moore commented on the performance of Winnipeg mayor Scott Gillinagham for an article on Global News Online as well as in a stand-alone interview.

IMFG Fellow Alexandra Flynn discussed what rulings in Ontario and B.C. mean for homeless encampments for TVO Today. She points out that “it’s the courts who are setting the human-rights […]

IMFG Fellow Alexandra Flynn commented in the Toronto Star on a Superior Court ruling that the Region of Waterloo would violate charter rights of homeless people if they were removed […]

Municipal World published a review of the fall strong mayors panel called “Exploring the relevance of strong mayor powers.”

IMFG Director Enid Slack commented to CBC Online on Mayor John Tory’s bid for a new ‘fiscal framework’ for Toronto and what the city can currently do to raise revenues.

IMFG Fellow Aaron Moore commented on Winnipeg mayor Scott Gillingham’s request to the provincial government to remove some mayoral powers on CBC Online.

IMFG Director Enid Slack spoke about the city’s need for income or sales taxes to the Toronto Star for an article on potential long-term fixes for Toronto’s budget disaster.

IMFG Director Enid Slack spoke to the Canadian Press on inflationary pressures on property taxes and the municipal need to find alternate sources of revenues. The story appeared in the […]

IMFG Chair Alan Broadbent wrote an op-ed called “Strong-mayor powers shouldn’t mean minority rule” for TVO Today and referenced IMFG Fellow Zack Taylor’s draft paper on the Strong(er) Mayors panel.

IMFG contributor Carolyn Whitzman spoke with CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning to discuss Ottawa’s new vacant unit tax.