Search Results for: Governance
Presentation | 2013
Merging Municipalities: The Case of Toronto
Enid Slack
IMFG hosted a panel discussion entitled, "Municipal Mergers in Montreal and Toronto: Is Bigger Better?", featuring remarks from Enid Slack, Richard M. Bird, Jean-Philippe Meloche, and François Vaillancourt.
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Presentation | 2013
Merging Municipalities: Is Bigger Better?
Richard M. Bird
IMFG hosted a panel discussion entitled, "Municipal Mergers in Montreal and Toronto: Is Bigger Better?", featuring remarks from Enid Slack, Richard M. Bird, Jean-Philippe Meloche, and François Vaillancourt.
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Presentation | 2013
Montreal as a Megacity: The Need For Recent Reforms
Jean-Philippe Meloche and François Vaillancourt
IMFG hosted a panel discussion entitled, "Municipal Mergers in Montreal and Toronto: Is Bigger Better?", featuring remarks from Enid Slack, Richard M. Bird, Jean-Philippe Meloche, and François Vaillancourt.
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Perspectives Paper | 2013
The Fault Lines at City Hall
André Côté
Drawing on academic literature, media reporting, and some illustrative events, this paper takes a careful look at local government in Toronto and examines three of the major fault lines that are causing friction at City Hall.
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IMFG Paper | 2012
Hungary: An Unfinished Decentralization?
Izabella Barati-Stec
This paper examines the system of municipal finance in Hungary with special attention to the current changes in the regulation and finance of Hungarian municipalities and the change in central control over municipal finances in general after 2008, and suggests possible reforms.
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Forum Paper | 2012
Shared Spaces: Funding and Managing Libraries and Parks in Tough Times
Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance
Public parks and library systems across North America are experiencing fiscal distress. Short-term cost-cutting measures galvanize the community to oppose the reductions, but are there longer-term solutions to the funding problems?
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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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