IMFG Visiting Scholar Murtaza Haider explores the impact of the Land Transfer Tax (LTT) on housing sales in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Previous research has shown that housing sales declined after the implementation of the LTT but Dr. Haider’s research concludes that the negative impact on housing sales was not statistically significant.

Catherine Barbé, the Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Société du Grand Paris, shares some of her experience and strategies with the implementation of the Grand Paris project, and insights and lessons on further integrating the Paris metropolitan region.

A strong university helps build a strong city, and vice versa. Universities impart innovative dynamism and resilience to the economies of urban regions. They are stabilizing forces on urban economies, and on the local neighbourhoods they inhabit. And they connect their host regions to the world. What role should the University of Toronto play in our region’s future?

The presentation compares the findings on the governance and finance of 18 metropolitan areas in federal systems around the world and identifies some of the issues that will need to be resolved if these areas are to thrive in the future.

This talk examines the policy and fiscal aspects of inter-local cooperation agreements in six Canadian metropolitan areas—Toronto, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Calgary.

As municipal elections near, a new and exciting chapter for Toronto is about to begin. Torontonians will face tough choices on important issues ranging from transit to taxes and growth. Underlying this conversation is the state of the City’s fiscal health. Toronto City Manager Joe Pennachetti discusses the key challenges facing municipalities, the City’s fiscal position, and the strategic directions the City must weigh to build for the future.

This seminar explores the infrastructure asset management tools used by municipalities in Canada. IMFG Graduate Fellowship winner Daniella Dávila Aquije profiles the City of Mississauga, and the strategies it has implemented to address the deficit.

IMFG Graduate Fellowship winner Andrew Do investigates the benefits of open data and presents findings on the state of the City of Toronto’s open government and open data efforts based upon a survey of the literature, best practices, and key informant interviews.

A new two-volume, 1,635-page autobiography explores the life, architecture, and philosophy of Eberhard (Eb) Zeidler, from his early life and studies at the Bauhaus to the present—an exceptional career that established him as one of the world's most influential architects.

A number of cities in Ontario are separated cities that are not politically connected to the counties in which they are geographically located. Although the original intention was that urban growth would be directed toward the separated city and the county would remain rural, many counties that surround separated cities have also been growing. What are the implications of city-county separation?