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Presentation | 2017
Tackling the Storm Out of the Norm: Climate Risk Management Strategies for Cities
Daniel Henstra and Jason Thistlethwaite
What tools are available to local governments seeking to share the growing risks associated with a changing climate with other levels of government and non-governmental actors?
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Presentation | 2017
PlaNYC as a change management effort
Rohit Aggarwala
As part of an ongoing series on climate change and cities, IMFG co-sponsored an event featuring speakers from Toronto, Los Angeles, and New York, who discussed their experiences with climate change mitigation and effective steering strategies for local governments.
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Presentation | 2017
Urban Climate Innovation in Toronto
Mary Pickering
As part of an ongoing series on climate change and cities, IMFG co-sponsored an event featuring speakers from Toronto, Los Angeles, and New York, who discussed their experiences with climate change mitigation and effective steering strategies for local governments.
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Presentation | 2017
Mitigating Climate Change in Los Angeles
Jonathan Parfrey
As part of an ongoing series on climate change and cities, IMFG co-sponsored an event featuring speakers from Toronto, Los Angeles, and New York, who discussed their experiences with climate change mitigation and effective steering strategies for local governments.
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Perspectives Paper | 2016
New Tax Sources for Canada’s Largest Cities: What Are the Options?
Harry Kitchen and Enid Slack
This paper argues that additional taxes are entirely appropriate for major cities and estimates the potential revenue that some of these taxes could generate in eight Canadian cities – Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, and Halifax.
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Presentation | 2016
Can Ontario Municipalities Borrow More to Make Needed Investments?
Gustavo Carvalho
What new financial instruments and strategies could municipalities rely on to take advantage of today’s low interest rates? What can we learn from municipal lending markets elsewhere?
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Presentation | 2016
How to Reform the Property Tax
Enid Slack
This presentation was delivered by Dr. Enid Slack to the Caribbean Valuation and Construction Conference in St. Lucia.
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Presentation | 2016
Land Value Capture: Issues, Options, and Implementation
Enid Slack
A presentation given by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the Caribbean Valuation and Construction Conference in St. Lucia.
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