Search Results for: Governance
Presentation | 2013
Ensuring Toronto’s Fiscal Health while Investing for the Future
Joe Pennachetti
In the second annual Toronto City Manager's Address, City Manager Joe Pennachetti discusses the City's fiscal position and the strategic directions the City must weigh in building an economically vibrant, functional, and inclusive Toronto.
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Presentation | 2013
Local Special Purpose Bodies in Ontario: A History of Institutional Change
Jack Lucas
This presentation describes the structural history of school boards, boards of health, and hydro commissions in Ontario. The goal is to understand how and why these institutions have changed over the long term, focusing on how ideas, organized interests, and political opportunities can explain the long-term patterns, timing, and pace of institutional change.
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Presentation | 2013
Big City, Big Ideas: A Return to the Core – The Toronto Perspective
Francis Fong
Millennials are changing the face of cities. Educated, diverse and tech-savvy, this highly urbanized generation of ‘teens to thirty-somethings’ is expressing a new set of values about how they want to live, work, and play. Yet, their influx into North America’s cities is also surfacing difficult questions about housing affordability, access to employment, gentrification, and race. As urban demographics and civic values shift, what will the implications be for North America’s cities?
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Presentation | 2013
The City and its People: Civic Engagement Strategies for Residents
Brenna Keatinge
Discussions about urban governance often overlook the role of city residents, concentrating instead on developers, politicians and municipalities. This presentation focused on the case of a neighbourhood civic movement in Toronto and its residents’ strategies to influence local governance and development.
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Presentation | 2013
The Context of Municipal Borrowing in Canada
David Amborski
Can and should Canadian municipalities be borrowing more? If so, what measures and financing models should cities adopt to ensure additional borrowing is cost-effective and responsible?
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Presentation | 2013
The Municipal Borrowing Picture in Barrie, Ontario
Jeff Lehman
Can and should Canadian municipalities be borrowing more? If so, what measures and financing models should cities adopt to ensure additional borrowing is cost-effective and responsible?
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IMFG Paper | 2013
Merging Municipalities: Is Bigger Better?
Enid Slack and Richard M. Bird
This paper reviews different ways in which the formal governance of metropolitan areas may be restructured, such as through two-tier structures, voluntary cooperation, special districts, and municipal mergers. It includes a case study of the amalgamation in Toronto.
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Perspectives Paper | 2013
Trading Density for Benefits: Section 37 Agreements in Toronto
Aaron A. Moore
In the Toronto policy and planning community, Section 37 (S37) of the Planning Act is the source of much debate and disagreement. This paper suggests there should be serious consideration of whether to abolish, reform, or replace it with alternative tools, such as inclusionary housing policies or fixed charges.
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Globe and Mail: Sean Grisdale on the “Squandering” of Public Land Sales
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CBC Online: Almos Tassonyi on Brampton’s Strategic Reserve Fund
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Municipal World: Enid Slack on Municipal Finance
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