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Presentation | 2024
Rethinking Surplus Land: Three Decades of Municipal Land Sales in the City of Toronto
Sean Grisdale
On June 18, 2024, 2023-24 IMFG Fellow in Municipal Finance and Governance Sean Grisdale provided the first comprehensive summary of housing development outcomes on former city land in Toronto, drawing on almost 30 years of data documenting land sales,
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Presentation | 2024
The Politics of Local Budgeting in Canada: Three Case Studies
On June 12, 2024, Richard M. Bird Post-Doctoral Fellow, Stephanie Ortynsky, compared the process of local government budgeting to federal and provincial budgeting processes before diving into three case studies of municipalities that have embarked on budgetary reform: Halifax, Toronto, and Vancouver.
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Presentation | 2024
The Culture of Public Money: Local, Provincial and Federal Perspectives
Peter Wallace
On April 11 2024, Peter Wallace, who has played key roles at all three orders of government, joined the IMFG’s Enid Slack for a candid chat about the financial governance at the heart of Canada’s federal government, its largest province and the largest city.
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Presentation | 2024
Second Annual IMFG Address by Regional CAOs
Gary Kent, Elaine Baxter-Trahair, Erin Mahoney
In this second annual IMFG address, regional Chief Administrative Officers of Durham, York and Peel gave their perspectives on the role and effectiveness of regional governments, and discussed how they are addressing the housing crisis as well as the underlying infrastructure needed to serve it.
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Presentation | 2023
Wellbeing Budgets in New Zealand and Canada: What Can Municipalities Learn?
Stephanie Ortynsky
On November 29, 2023, Richard M. Bird post-doctoral fellow, Stephanie Ortynsky, outlined how New Zealand adopted and implemented its innovative wellbeing approach to budgeting, described where Canada stands on wellbeing budgets, and discussed how Canadian municipalities could benefit from considering their budget decisions holistically.
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Presentation | 2023
Development charges: The case for and against
Ben Dachis, Adam Found
Development charges are currently being debated across Canada. On November 14, 2023, two municipal finance exports explored differing viewpoints on development charges.
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Presentation | 2023
11th Toronto City Manager's Address
Paul Johnson
Toronto City Manager Paul Johnson discussed the intergovernmental New Deal Working Group aimed at establishing a path to fiscal sustainability.
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Presentation | 2023
Changing Patterns of Governance in Metropolitan Regions: Australian and Canadian Perspectives
Graham Sansom, Janice Baker, Zack Taylor
Panel discussed new trends in regional governance in Australia and implications for Greater Toronto, Ontario, and Canada, with a focus on the dissolution of Peel Region.
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Search Research Archive
Globe and Mail: Sean Grisdale on the “Squandering” of Public Land Sales
June 7, 2024
CBC Online: Almos Tassonyi on Brampton’s Strategic Reserve Fund
June 4, 2024
Municipal World: Enid Slack on Municipal Finance
March 5, 2024