Month: December 2017

IMFG Director Enid Slack and Senior Fellow Richard Bird are featured in a Financial Post article entitled “Haider-Moranis Bulletin: Why it’s time to rethink our property tax regimes”. 

The upcoming IMFG event, co-sponsored with the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto, “Building a Better Budget Process in Toronto”  was mentioned in the latest edition of the eFocus – Municipal Assessment and Taxation’s newsletter (subscription only).  The event will take place on December 19th, 2017. Seating is limited and registration is required.

IMFG Director Enid Slack delivered a presentation on “Municipal Finance – The Right Tools for the Job” to the Corporate Leadership Team and the finance team at the City of Vancouver and the Chief Financial Officers in Metro Vancouver.

New paper from the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance looks at how community councils might strike the right balance between the needs of the community and the authority of City Council. Toronto, December 5, 2017 – Twenty years after amalgamation, Toronto City Council will soon reconsider the authority and role of its four community councils. […]

IMFG Director Enid Slack was featured in a Globe and Mail article entitled A Toronto Tax Revolt Pays Off for Downtown Tenants, examining the issue of property taxes for small businesses in downtown Toronto.