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This presentation focuses on the policy processes involved in implementing the Clean Water Act (2006), and outlines the practical and policy challenges of setting up the Toronto and Region Source Protection Authority with the involvement of municipal and non-municipal stakeholders.
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Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack at the 2015 State of the Federation Conference at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario.
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Presentation delivered by IMFG Post-Doctoral Fellow Bharat Punjabi at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, in Vancouver, on June 3, 2015.
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In an era when all large cities are struggling to maintain balanced budgets and pay for increased services and infrastructure, Is Your City Healthy? is a timely publication that explores the elements of fiscal health, how we measure it, and why it is important.
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The challenge of governing regions that fall within the jurisdiction of more than one municipality is a long-standing policy problem for local governments. This paper examines interlocal agreements in six Canadian metropolitan areas.
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Have Greater Toronto Area (GTA) municipalities raised their property tax rates to the point at which they are likely to lose tax revenue? In other words, will further tax rate increases lower the size of the tax base? How important is tax competition between municipalities in the GTA?
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Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the Atlanta Leadership Delegation on May 6, 2015, in Mississauga, Ontario.
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Rapid developments in digital innovation and in the availability and application of large-scale data sets create opportunities both for new economic activities and jobs, and for new and cheaper ways of delivering city services. They also hold out possibilities for new ways that governments can engage with citizens, while at the same time raising concerns about data privacy.
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