Perspectives Paper | 2020
It Takes Three: Making Space for Cities in Canadian Federalism
Tomas Hachard
Canadian cities are on the front lines addressing and dealing with the impacts of Canada’s major policy challenges, including the COVID-19 crisis. However, they remain “little siblings” in Canadian federalism, often ignored by the federal government or overruled by the provinces. This paper examines four specific challenges cities face because of this situation, as well as two fundamental steps that can be taken to address the imbalance in Canadian governance and fiscal relations.
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IMFG Paper | 2020
Cities in National Constitutions: Northern Stagnation, Southern Innovation
Ran Hirschl
This paper surveys the status of cities in national constitutions and provides a comparative analysis of three significant recent attempts to strengthen the constitutional status of cities in India, South Africa, and Brazil.
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IMFG Paper | 2020
Policy In Place: Revisiting Canada’s Tri-Level Agreements
Neil Bradford
This paper identifies specific policy fields where new tri-level agreements could have a positive impact and closes with six principles to inform their design and implementation.
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Perspectives Paper | 2020
The Evolution of Community Consultation in GTA Transit Planning
Nick Lombardo
The paper suggests that community consultation be integrated into the earliest stages of the planning process to ensure that such plans proceed into the expensive construction process with much broader support.
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Forum Paper | 2020
Engagement to Action: Improving Policy Outcomes Through Better Consultation
Kate Nelischer
Engagement to Action: Improving Policy Outcomes Through Better Consultation contextualizes and summarizes remarks from a panel discussion on the role of public consultation in policy making within the context of intensifying polarization, erosion of trust, and increasing diversity.
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Perspectives Paper | 2020
From the Top Down: The Governance of Urban Development in Mexico
Alejandra Reyes
This paper describes the experience of some of Mexico’s largest cities in implementing nationally mandated urban growth policies, in particular the top-down nature of these new policies and the lack of local consultation in their implementation.
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IMFG Paper | 2020
Theme and Variations: Metropolitan Governance in Canada
Zack Taylor
The question of how best to govern large urban areas has long preoccupied policymakers, particularly as metropolitan areas have become recognized as drivers of national prosperity and globalization. This paper identifies five governance models in operation across the country and identifies five themes and trends in metropolitan governance.
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Perspectives Paper | 2020
A Playbook for Voluntary Regional Governance in Greater Toronto
André Côté, Gabriel Eidelman, and Michael Fenn
The coronavirus pandemic has thrown into relief a range of health, social, and economic challenges for municipalities in the Greater Toronto region. These challenges – such as lack of affordable housing, income inequality, the need to spur economic development, and the impact of climate change – all spill across municipal boundaries and need to be addressed through cooperation and coordination at the regional scale.
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