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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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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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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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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 delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack at the 44th Annual CPTA National Workshop in Quebec City.
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Presentation by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the Port Cities Committee of Metro Vancouver on the final report of the Municipal Port Property Tax Commission.
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Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to a Study Tour of Senior Civil Servants from India and Sri Lanka, sponsored by the Institute of Public Administration in Canada in partnership with the School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto.
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The Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) hosted a presentation on September 8th entitled, What I have learned about cities. Keynote Speaker was Anne Golden, Ph.D., C.M. Anne has been President and Chief Executive Officer of The Conference Board of Canada since October 2001.
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