Presentation | 2017
Urban Climate Innovation in Toronto
Mary Pickering
As part of an ongoing series on climate change and cities, IMFG co-sponsored an event featuring speakers from Toronto, Los Angeles, and New York, who discussed their experiences with climate change mitigation and effective steering strategies for local governments.
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Presentation | 2017
Mitigating Climate Change in Los Angeles
Jonathan Parfrey
As part of an ongoing series on climate change and cities, IMFG co-sponsored an event featuring speakers from Toronto, Los Angeles, and New York, who discussed their experiences with climate change mitigation and effective steering strategies for local governments.
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Presentation | 2016
Can Ontario Municipalities Borrow More to Make Needed Investments?
Gustavo Carvalho
What new financial instruments and strategies could municipalities rely on to take advantage of today’s low interest rates? What can we learn from municipal lending markets elsewhere?
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Presentation | 2016
How to Reform the Property Tax
Enid Slack
This presentation was delivered by Dr. Enid Slack to the Caribbean Valuation and Construction Conference in St. Lucia.
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Presentation | 2016
Land Value Capture: Issues, Options, and Implementation
Enid Slack
A presentation given by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the Caribbean Valuation and Construction Conference in St. Lucia.
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Presentation | 2016
Governance and Finance of Metropolitan Areas
Enid Slack
This presentation was delivered to the Beijing Forum, Peking University, Beijing.
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Presentation | 2016
Financing the Golden Age: Municipal Finance in Toronto, 1950 to 1975
Richard White
In this presentation, historian Richard White presents on the history of Toronto’s revenues and expenditures, public debt, regional governance, intergovernmental finances, and more.
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Video | 2016
What We Do is What We Fund: The 5th Annual City Manager's Address
Peter Wallace
In this video, Toronto City Manager Peter Wallace delivers his annual address to IMFG. Toronto is facing tough decisions in the coming years: does the City have the right toolkit to fund high quality public services and badly needed capital improvements? Do we have a solid foundation on which to position our city-building objectives?
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October 21, 2025
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