Search Results for: Governance
Presentation | 2015
Policing Costs in Ontario: How to Back Away from a Breaking Point
Robert Scherf
This talk surveys the fiscal impacts of rising police salaries for Ontario's municipalities, then goes on to present research about best practices for controlling costs.
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Forum Paper | 2015
IMFG@10: The Past, Present, and Future of City Finance and Governance
Richard M. Bird, Alan Broadbent, Enid Slack, and Zack Taylor
On IMFG’s tenth anniversary, panelists Enid Slack, Richard M. Bird, and Zack Taylor look at the past, present, and future of municipal finance and governance and give their progress reports: what have cities learned?
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Presentation | 2015
Urban and Transport Planning: The Grand Paris Project Example
Catherine Barbé
In this presentation, Catherine Barbé, the Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Société du Grand Paris, explored about 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.
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Video | 2015
IMFG@10: The Past, Present, and Future of City Finance and Governance
Richard M. Bird, Alan Broadbent, Enid Slack, and Zack Taylor
This video features IMFG’s tenth anniversary event. Panelists Enid Slack, Richard M. Bird, and Zack Taylor look at the past, present, and future of municipal finance and governance and give their progress reports: what have cities learned?
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Presentation | 2014
Governance and Finance of Large Metropolitan Areas
Enid Slack
Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the 5th Halle Forum on Urban Economic Growth in Germany.
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Perspectives Paper | 2014
Linking Regions, Linking Functions
Zachary Spicer
This paper describes the reasons for forming inter-municipal agreements, discusses the different forms these agreements take, and presents the findings of a 2012 survey of Ontario municipalities that examined the nature of shared services arrangements.
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Video | 2014
Métropole du Grand Paris: Planning and Integrating the Paris Metropolitan Region
Catherine Barbé
In this video, 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, with insights and lessons on further integrating the Paris metropolitan region.
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Perspectives Paper | 2014
The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Mostly)
Zachary Spicer
This paper profiles election campaigns in six of Ontario’s biggest cities – Hamilton, London, Mississauga, Ottawa, Toronto and Windsor. For each of the six cities, a local expert was recruited to take on this task.
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