Fiscal Health
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Toronto’s Future: Who’s Paying? The 7th Annual IMFG Toronto City Manager’s Address
Campbell Conference Facility Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, 1 Devonshire Place, TorontoChris Murray, Toronto's new City Manager, is a former planner who thinks of the future in terms of decades, not years. In his address, Toronto's Future: Who's Paying?, he will discuss the "elephant in the room" when it comes to municipal government: what kind of city are we leaving behind for future generations?
Does local government autonomy promote fiscal sustainability? Lessons from Illinois’ home rule municipalities
What are the consequences of home rule authority on fiscal sustainability? What lessons does this hold for Canadian municipalities? This seminar will address these questions by analyzing the experience of over 50 cities and villages that adopted home rule within the past two decades.
Promise and Peril in the Smart City: Local Government in the Age of Digital Urbanism
Campbell Conference Facility Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, 1 Devonshire Place, TorontoThe recent swell of interest in smart cities draws attention to the way the city of the future will be designed, built, and run. Increased use of technology in municipal servicing and governance holds tremendous promise to increase community engagement, create efficiencies in service production, better manage scarce resources and increase sustainability. At the same […]