The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released a working paper called “Financing Green Urban Infrastructure.” The paper, co-authored by Enid Slack, presents an overview of practices and challenges related to financing green sustainable cities. It describes cities’ existing revenue sources, identifies other tools they could use including public-private partnerships, tax-increment financing, and […]
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25 Oct,
2012
IMFG’s transportation report profiled in GTA Novae Res Urbis publication
On October 24, 2012, IMFG’s transportation report was profiled in the GTA publication Novae Res Urbis.
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2012
André Côté blogs for Evergreen on transportation governance
André Côté blogged for Evergreen, with a post entitled “Lessons from abroad in transportation governance.”
Find out more »19 Oct,
2012
IMFG report on transportation featured in BlogTO
IMFG’s report on transportation Moving Our Region: Funding Transportation for our Future was featured in BlogTO on October 18th, in an article entitled “What Toronto can learn from how other cities fund transit expansion.”
Find out more »16 Oct,
2012
IMFG releases report about transportation finance in other global city-regions
Toronto, October 18, 2012 – A new report by the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) looks at transportation funding in major city-regions such as Los Angeles, Vancouver, Chicago, and San Francisco.
Find out more »12 Oct,
2012
New Report by Enid Slack and Harry Kitchen on Business Tax Competitiveness in BC
The BC Expert Panel on Business Tax Competitiveness has released a report by Enid Slack and Harry Kitchen called
Find out more »12 Oct,
2012
Enid Slack featured in Toronto Star article about property tax assessment increases
Enid Slack was featured in an article in The Toronto Star about property tax assessment increases, entitled
Find out more »10 Oct,
2012
Alan Broadbent gave an opening address to The Caledon Institute of Social Policy’s 20th anniversary policy conference
On October 10, 2012, Alan Broadbent gave an opening address to The Caledon Institute of Social Policy’s twentieth anniversary policy conference, outlining the history and impact of Caledon’s work, and some of the future policy challenges Canada faces.
Find out more »03 Oct,
2012
Alan Broadbent gave keynote address to Tamarack Institute’s Communities Collaborating Institute
On October 3, 2012, Alan Broadbent gave the keynote address to Tamarack Institute’s Communities Collaborating Institute on the topic of Building Strong Community Organizations for the New Fiscal Reality.
Find out more »02 Oct,
2012
Enid Slack gave a presentation at the Government Institute on Economic Research conference in Helsinki
On October 2, 2012, Enid Slack gave a presentation at the Government Institute on Economic Research conference in Helsinki, Finland, on local government amalgamations. The presentation was based on a paper Slack co-authored with Richard Bird called Municipal Mergers: Is Bigger Better?
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