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This paper assesses the impact of municipal financial tools and governance on the pattern of urban growth. The first part considers how financing tools can affect urban growth patterns and analyzes the impact of four specific financing tools: development charges, property taxes, user fees, and tax increment financing. The second part considers the role played by local governance on urban growth patterns. The third part provides some concluding comments on approaches to finance and governance that could improve the prospects for compact development.
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The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature and extent of the fiscal imbalance at the municipal level in Canada.
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This background paper is related to an event co-sponsored by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC) on May 10, 2006, featuring Enid Slack, Larry Bourne and Heath Priston, with special guest Michael Harcourt, at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.
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Presentation on October 19, 2005 featuring keynote speaker Robert K. Vogel, Professor of Political Science and Urban Affairs, Director, Ph.D. Program, School of Urban and Public Affairs, University of Louisville.
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Presentation delivered by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the International Workshop on Local Public Finance and Governance in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China on August 2, 2005.
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Presentation by IMFG Director Enid Slack to the International Workshop on Local Public Finance and Governance in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China on August 2, 2005.
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Presented on May 12, 2005 (featuring keynote speaker Bruce Katz) in the Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.
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This paper was featured at the inaugural event of the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance was held on February 21, 2005 in the Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. The topic was "Easing the Fiscal Restraints: New Revenue Tools in the City of Toronto Act."
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