In 2011, the City of Toronto initiated a service review and multi-year budgeting process to achieve long term fiscal sustainability. Toronto City Manager, Joe Pennachetti discusses the various transformational changes taken over the last year to stabilize the City’s fiscal position, and future strategic directions the City can take to build an economically vibrant and inclusive Toronto.
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30 Nov,
2016
Enid Slack interviewed in the Sault Star
The Sault Star interviewed Dr. Enid Slack on the challenges that smaller municipalities face.
Find out more »17 Nov,
2016
Dina Graser and Pamela Robinson Post on Bang the Table
Dina Graser and Pamela Robinson contributed two blog posts to Bang the Table.
Find out more »20 Oct,
2016
U of T News reports on the Toronto City Manager’s Address
Reporting for U of T News, Romi Levine provides highlights from the 5th Annual Toronto City Manager’s Address at IMFG, in an article entitled City Manager Peter Wallace warns of […]
Find out more »12 Sep,
2016
Book Review of Is Your City Healthy in Public Finance and Management
“[A]n interesting read for academics, politicians and professionals in the field of municipal finance,” states Peter B. Boorsma in his review of Is Your City Healthy? Measuring Urban Fiscal Health in Public Finance and […]
Find out more »29 Aug,
2016
Murtaza Haider quoted in TVO’s The Next Ontario
John Michael McGrath mentioned IMFG’s paper on tax increment financing for transit infrastructure, authored by Murtaza Haider and Liam Donaldson, in a The Next Ontario post called Can a private […]
Find out more »28 Jul,
2016
Did the Land Transfer Tax Impact Housing Sales in Toronto?
New paper from the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance finds no evidence that Toronto’s Land Transfer Tax alone reduced housing sales in the GTA.
Find out more »21 Jul,
2016
IMFG Perspectives Paper: How can local governments build public trust?
New paper from the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance identifies five key ingredients for building fiscal trust.
Find out more »15 Jul,
2016
Enid Slack and Harry Kitchen quoted in the Daily Commercial News about their IMFG paper on revenue tools
IMFG’s paper on alternative revenue tools was mentioned in a Daily Commercial News article called, “New big-city revenue tools inevitable: economist.”
Find out more »27 Jun,
2016
IMFG’s new paper on potential revenue tools was mentioned in the Toronto Star
IMFG’s new paper (No. 27, More Tax Sources for Canada’s Largest Cities: Why, What, and How?), co-authored by IMFG Director Enid Slack and Professor Emeritus Harry Kitchen (Trent University) was mentioned […]
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