The Politics of Local Budgeting in Canada: Three Case Studies
Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Room 108N 1 Devonshire Place, North House, Room 108N, Toronto, ON, CanadaOn June 12, 2024, Richard M. Bird Post-Doctoral Fellow, Stephanie Ortynsky, compared the process of local government budgeting to federal and provincial budgeting processes before diving into three case studies of municipalities that have embarked on budgetary reform: Halifax, Toronto, and Vancouver.
Rethinking Surplus Land: Three Decades of Municipal Land Sales in the City of Toronto
School of Cities, Suite 853, Boardroom 55 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOn June 18, 2024, 2023-24 IMFG Fellow in Municipal Finance and Governance Sean Grisdale provided the first comprehensive summary of housing development outcomes on former city land in Toronto, drawing on almost 30 years of data documenting land sales,
Real Estate Development Timing in Toronto: Insights from Multi-Residential Development Applications
School of Cities, Suite 853, Boardroom 55 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThe 2023-24 Blanche and Sandy Van Ginkel Graduate Fellow in Municipal Finance and Governance Keir Matthews-Hunter presented preliminary findings from analysis of approved multi-residential development applications from 2012-2015.
A New Deal for Toronto: They Said “Yes” – What Happens Now?
Campbell Conference Facility Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOn November 26, 2024, Toronto City Manager Paul Johnson discussed the implementation of the New Deal over the past year and looked ahead to key deliverables as well as next steps of how the City is working towards financial sustainability.
Can Transit Infrastructure Projects Be Delivered Better?
Campbell Conference Facility Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaEric Goldwyn of the NYU Marron Institute discusses the NYU Transit Costs project on how infrastructure projects can be delivered better.
IMFG @ 20
Campbell Conference Facility Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCome celebrate 20 years of IMFG with an afternoon of panel discussions featuring IMFG contributors as they reflect on their work.