Presentation | 2012
Is Toronto Broke? Financing the City of Toronto
Enid Slack
Presentation by IMFG Director Enid Slack on On October 4, 2012, sponsored by the Cities Centre, University of Toronto.
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Presentation | 2012
Reflections on Toronto’s Fiscal Health and the Decade Ahead: A Discussion with the City Manager
Joe Pennachetti
In 2011, the City of Toronto initiated a service review and multi-year budgeting process to achieve long term fiscal sustainability. Toronto City Manager, Joe Pennachetti discusses the various transformational changes taken over the last year to stabilize the City's fiscal position, and future strategic directions the City can take to build an economically vibrant and inclusive Toronto.
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Presentation | 2012
Adding Value: The Link between Engineers and Municipal Infrastructure Finance and Governance
Lesley Herstein
The Canadian water and wastewater deficit has been estimated to be in the billions of dollars. Drawing upon the political, economic, and technical history of the Southern Ontario water sector, IMFG Graduate Fellowship winner Lesley Herstein explores how short-term decision-making has often resulted in greater municipal expenditure over time on water assets.
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Presentation | 2012
Crossing Boundaries: Governing Transportation in the Toronto City Region
Scott Sams
As the city region expands and the number of actors increases, governing transportation becomes more and more complicated. IMFG Graduate Fellowship winner Scott Sams discusses whether an effective, accountable, and coordinated transportation system can be achieved without resorting to amalgamating all existing transit authorities into one.
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Presentation | 2012
Challenges in Metropolitan Management: the Indian Experience
Simanti Bandyopadhyay
Although the metropolitan areas of Mumbai, Dehli, and Kolkata contribute a major chunk to the growth and income of India, only 52 per cent of urban households have tap water, only 741 out of 1000 urban dwellers have access to toilets, and 77 per cent of the urban households are covered by closed surface drainage. Faced with these major challenges, can Indian cities find the revenues they need to improve services?
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Presentation | 2012
Rethinking the Property Tax in Ontario –Where Do We Go From Here?
Enid Slack
Presentation by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the Property Tax Summit in Niagara Falls, Ontario on April 18, 2012.
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Presentation | 2012
Property Tax Reform in Ontario: How did we get here? Where do we go?
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack on April 18, 2012 at the International Property Tax Institute’s Property Tax Summit in Niagara Falls.
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Presentation | 2012
Transit Funding: How to get there from here, without going broke! Part 1
Richard Katz
Drawing on his substantial knowledge of metropolitan Los Angeles' transit infrastructure and financing, Richard Katz examines the advantages and disadvantages of different revenue tools for financing transit.
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