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Video | 2025
IMFG at 20
Enid Slack et al
On January 30, 2025, the institute held IMFG @ 20, an afternoon of panels and discussions based on essays published in honour of the celebration.
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Video | 2025
Can Transit Infrastructure Projects Be Delivered Better?
Eric Goldwyn
Eric Goldwyn of the NYU Marron Institute discussed the NYU Transit Costs project on how infrastructure projects can be delivered better.
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Video | 2024
12th Annual City Manager's Address
Paul Johnson
Toronto City Manager Paul Johnson spoke about the implementation of the New Deal for Toronto as well as future deliverables in the 2024 City Manager's Address.
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Video | 2024
Flooding: Toward a Municipal Contribution to Economic Risk Sharing
Bernard Deschamps, Sonali Chakraborti
One of the authors of the report, Flooding: Toward a Municipal Contribution to Economic Risk Sharing, Bernard Deschamps sat down with IMFG to discuss why it is important that municipalities implement a cost-sharing mechanism to reduce flooding risks.
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Video | 2024
Levelling Up Innovation in Local Government: An Evaluation of International Smart City Competitions
Austin Zwick, Zachary Spicer, Shauna Brail
Austin Zwick and Zachary Spicer discuss what they learned from studying smart city competitions from around the world and what governments can do to improve these competitions in the future.
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Video | 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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Video | 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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Video | 2023
Development Charges: The case for and against
Adam Found, Ben Dachis
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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Edmonton Journal: Enid Slack on the Financial Pressures on Municipal Budgets
April 24, 2025
Hamilton Spectator: Zack Taylor on the Expansion of ‘Strong Mayor’ Powers
April 16, 2025
Century of Cities: Enid Slack on the Fiscal Future of Canadian Cities
March 3, 2025