Enid Slack quoted in a Toronto Star article on increasing Toronto’s capacity...
IMFG Director Enid Slack was quoted in a Toronto Star article called, “Toronto’s revenue problem: Why the city has left some cash-generating tools in its back pocket.”
View ArticleEnid Slack quoted in the London Free Press
IMFG Director Enid Slack was quoted in an article on municipal inflation metrics in the London Free Press called, “Mayor using ‘unusual’ tax hike yardstick.”
View ArticleIMFG’s event and new Perspectives Paper by Matti Siemiatycki was featured in...
On January 21, 2016 IMFG held an event and released a new IMFG Perspectives paper (No. 11) by U of T Professor Matti Siemiatycki on infrastructure cost overruns. The event and paper were featured in a...
View ArticleIMFG’s Perspectives Paper on cost overruns received coverage on TVOntario’s...
IMFG’s Perspectives paper (No. 11) by Matti Siemiatycki was discussed in an article on TVOntario’s website, “Why infrastructure projects are chronically over budget.”
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Policymaking and the City: Joe Pennachetti in Conversation with Matt Galloway
Speakers: Joe Pennachetti and Matt Galloway Join former Toronto City Manager Joe Pennachetti in conversation with Matt Galloway, host of CBC Radio 99.1 FM’s Metro Morning. With 35 years of municipal...
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Detroit Past and Present: How Regional Governance Could Restart the Motown...
Speaker: Zachary Lewsen, IMFG’s 2015-16 Graduate Fellow In 2013, Detroit, Michigan became the largest American city to declare bankruptcy. In the policy discussions that followed, two solutions have...
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When Debt Meets Public Approval: Municipal Bond Elections in San Antonio, Texas
Speaker: Jacqueline Peterson, IMFG’s 2015-16 Blanche and Sandy Van Ginkel Graduate Fellow Across North America, cities are faced with hard decisions about how to pay for infrastructure. Municipal bonds...
View ArticleEnid Slack quoted in a Toronto Star article on the Tax Increment Financing...
IMFG Director Enid Slack was quoted in a Toronto Star article called, “Report backs Mayor John Tory’s SmartTrack transit plan.”
View ArticleIMFG Senior Fellow Joe Pennachetti was interviewed by UofT News
Former City Manager Joe Pennachetti spoke with UofT News about his various roles at U of T in an article called, “Joe Pennachetti on cities and the role of the University of Toronto.”
View ArticleEnid Slack gives presentation to delegation from France
On April 22, Enid Slack gave a presentation on “Municipal Finance and Governance in Canada” to a delegation from Paris, France at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.
View ArticleEnid Slack quoted in a Toronto Star article on driving infrastructure
IMFG Director Enid Slack was quoted in a Toronto Star article called, “Are Toronto drivers paying their fair share?”
View ArticleZachary Lewsen interviewed by FairchildTV about Detroit economic’s recovery
IMFG Graduate Fellow Zachary Lewsen was interviewed by FairchildTV for a segment of a news story about Detroit called, “Detroit Economic recovery is not,’the West Wei event,’ the question of...
View ArticleIMFG’s event on Participatory Budgeting was featured in UofT News
On May 5, 2016, IMFG co-hosted an event with its Big Cities, Big Ideas (BCBI) partners called, Funding Democracy: Participatory Budgeting in Canada. The event was featured in a UofT News article, “Our...
View ArticleIMFG was mentioned in an insideHalton.com article about Oakville’s fiscal health
IMFG was mentioned in an insideHalton.com article called, “Oakville mayor calls on business community to help Town fight poverty.”
View ArticleIMFG’s new paper on alternative revenue sources was mentioned in QP Briefing
IMFG’s new paper (No. 27, More Tax Sources for Canada’s Largest Cities: Why, What, and How?) was mentioned in a QP Briefing article. Read the article here: “Paper pushes for more municipal tax powers...
View ArticleIMFG’s paper by Enid Slack and Harry Kitchen on new revenue tools was...
IMFG’s Paper No. 27 was featured in a Metro News Toronto article called, “Toronto should rely more on new revenue tools, less on property taxes for money: experts.” IMFG Paper No. 27, More Tax Sources...
View ArticleEnid Slack talks new revenue tools on The Exchange
On June 27, IMFG released a report on potential alternative revenue sources for Canadian cities called, More Tax Sources for Canada’s Largest Cities: Why, What, and How? (No. 27). IMFG Director Enid...
View ArticleIMFG Events | Big City, Big Ideas (BCBI) Lecture Series
Big City: Big Ideas (BCBI) is an ongoing public lecture series that features global leaders in urban and regional planning, policy, and finance. BCBI is made up of the following partnering...
View ArticleIMFG’s recent paper on TIFs mentioned in the Toronto Star
Murtaza Haider, co-author of the IMFG Paper, Can Tax Increment Financing Support Transportation Infrastructure Investment?, was interviewed by the Toronto Star in an article called, “Mayor John Tory’s...
View ArticleIMFG’s paper on new revenue tools featured on CIUT 89.5 FM
On a morning edition of the radio show, Detangled, co-hosts Vas Bednar and Allison Smith from CIUT 89.5 FM discussed IMFG’s latest paper on alternative revenue tools. Listen to the show here. On July...
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