IMFG Paper | 2025
A Fleeting Metropolitan Moment
Gabriel Eidelman, Jen Nelles
Report details the rise and fall of a bottom-up, voluntary regional collaboration in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and offers lessons about what it takes to build effective metropolitan governance.
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IMFG Paper | 2024
Flooding: Toward a Municipal Contribution to Economic Risk Sharing
Bernard Deschamps, Philippe Gachon, Michel Leclerc, Mathieu Boudreault
Report proposes an economic contribution mechanism for municipalities facing floods to reduce inequity and encourage mitigation and risk reduction.
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IMFG Paper | 2024
Levelling Up Innovation in Local Government: An Evaluation of International Smart City Competitions
Austin Zwick, Zachary Spicer, Aaron Eben
Report evaluates whether the nationally-led smart city competition model advances technological adoption in participating cities.
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Forum Paper | 2024
Changing Patterns of Governance in Metropolitan Regions: Australian and Canadian Perspectives
Graham Sansom, Zack Taylor, Janice Baker
IMFG Forum paper reflects on recent changes to metropolitan governance in Greater Western Sydney in Australia and Peel Region in Canada, and concludes that current approaches are falling short in both countries.
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Who Does What Report | 2024
The Municipal Role in Immigration
Valerie Preston, John Shields, Valerie Pruegger, Mireille Paquet, Sivakamy Thayaalan
Who Does What report examines the role municipalities can play in delivering immigration services.
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IMFG Paper | 2024
Land Use Planning to Mitigate Climate Change in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
Clara Turner, Jeff Allen, Karen Chapple, Sarah A. Smith
Report evaluates the extent to which different forms of new housing production will achieve greenhouse gas reduction targets and suggests best practices and policy approaches for housing and land use.
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Who Does What Report | 2024
The Municipal Role in Child Care
Martha Friendly, Gordon Cleveland, Sue Colley, Rachel Vickerson, Carolyn Ferns, Carley Holt,
Who Does What report examines the role municipalities can play in delivering child care.
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IMFG Paper | 2024
Reforming Statutory Public Hearings for Planning
Aaron Moore, Alexandra Caporale
IMFG paper examines mandatory public hearings in municipal planning processes and makes four recommendations to improve public participation.
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Radio-Canada: Enid Slack on Toronto and a Parking Levy
January 28, 2025
Radio-Canada: Enid Slack on Toronto and Montreal’s Property Taxes
January 20, 2025
The Agenda: Enid Slack on How Property Taxes Are Spent
January 14, 2025