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Other | 2011
Amenities for Density: Section 37 of the Planning Act
Larry Beasley
This presentation was delivered by Larry Beasley at an event co-sponsored by Ideas That Matter on December 6, 2006, with two panel presentations: Planning in Toronto: What's the Problem?, chaired by Paul Bedford, including panelists Julie Di Lorenzo, Frank Lewinberg, and Gary Wright; and Amenities for Density: Section 37 of the Planning Act, chaired by John Lorinc, with a presentation by Larry Beasley, and panelists Steve Diamond, and Ted Tyndorf.
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Other | 2011
Trends in Public Finance in Canada
Enid Slack and Harry Kitchen
The current division of spending responsibilities among the three orders of government and their ability to use own-source revenues to fund these responsibilities has led to concerns about the existence of a vertical fiscal imbalance. This paper provides an assessment of trends in the levels of expenditures and revenues by all three orders of government, trends that are important in assessing the extent to which there is a fiscal imbalance.
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Presentation | 2011
The Practice of Municipal Finance in Hungary
Izabella Barati-Stec
Presentation delivered by IMFG Visiting Scholar Izabella Barati-Stec on September 27th, 2012. Barati-Stec is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics, at Corvinus University, Budapest.
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Presentation | 2011
Funding Transportation for the Future: Strategies for Winning Public Support
Barry Watson
Presentation from the fourth event in the "Moving Our Region: Transportation for the Future". Keynote speakers at the event were: John Inglish, General Manager, Utah Transportation Authority; and, Barry Watson, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Environics Research Group; Moderated by Joe Berridge, Partner, Urban Strategies.
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Presentation | 2011
National Transit, Strategy and Policy
Matthew Mendelsohn, Joshua Hjartarson, and Kelly Hinton
IMFG hosted the third lecture in our "Moving Our Region: Transportation for the Future" series entitled, National Transit Strategy and Policy: North American and International Perspectives on the Federal Role.
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Presentation | 2011
Two Major Commissions, No Major Law
Steve Heminger
Presentation from the third lecture in the “Moving Our Region: Transportation for the Future” series.
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Presentation | 2011
Cities in the US and Around the World: Getting the Finances Right
Howard Chernick
A lecture on January 6, 2011 by Howard Chernick, Professor of Economics, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
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Planning for Better Transportation Outcomes in Complex Environments: Lessons Learned from Vancouver
Michael Shiffer
The second seminar in IMFG's "Moving Our Region: Transportation for the Future" series.
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