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Presentation | 2017
Reimagining Toronto's Community Councils
Alexandra Flynn
Presented by Alexandra Flynn at the "Democracy from the Bottom Up: Unlocking the Potential of Community Councils" event on Dec. 12th, 2017.
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Presentation | 2017
New York City Community Boards
Jessica Silver
Presented by Jessica Silver at the "Democracy from the Bottom Up: Unlocking the Potential of Community Councils" Event on Dec 12th, 2017
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Presentation | 2017
Mini-Public Community Councils? Lessons from Vancouver
Edana Beauvais
Presented by Edana Beauvais at the "Democracy from the Bottom Up: Unlocking the Potential of Community Councils" Event on Dec 12th, 2017
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Presentation | 2017
The Public Acceptability of Taxation: Implications for Canadian Cities
Matthew Lesch
Aversion to taxes presents a major policy dilemma for elected governments: voters want governments to deliver goods and services but are deeply suspicious of their efforts to raise taxes.
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Presentation | 2017
Returning to the Golden Rule of Balanced Budgets
The “golden rule” of public finance states that over an economic cycle, governments should borrow only to invest and not to fund current spending, and that the current budget must always balance or be brought into surplus. In Ontario, all municipalities are subject to legal borrowing limits, with special exceptions for Toronto and York Region.
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Investing in Toronto's Future: IMFG 6th Annual City Manager's Address
Peter Wallace
Toronto is an exceptional city at least partially because of public policies and past investments. As Toronto City Manager Peter Wallace discussed in his 2016 remarks to IMFG, Toronto faces challenges in meeting the demands of a global, international city.
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Presentation | 2017
100 Resilient Cities
Otis Rolley
Otis Rolley moderated and presented at the IMFG event "What Makes a Resilient City?", co-sponsored 100 Resilient Cities, Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation, on Sept 14th, 2017.
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Presentation | 2017
What Makes a Resilient City? #ONENYC
Daniel Zarrilli
Daniel Zarrilli, Chief Resilience Officer, New York City, presented at the IMFG event "What Makes a Resilient City?", co-sponsored 100 Resilient Cities, Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation, on Sept 14th, 2017.
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