Month: November 2022

On October 19, 2022, IMFG convened a public panel discussion entitled “Strong(er) Mayors – What Difference Will They Make?” The speakers were Karen Chapple, Director of the School of Cities at the University of Toronto; City Hall journalist Matt Elliott; Alison Smith, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto; and Gabriel Eidelman, […]

IMFG Fellow Zachary Taylor commented in the Toronto Star about the latest powers bestowed upon Toronto and Ottawa’s mayors, calling them “unprecedented.” Read the article.

IMFG Director Enid Slack commented on the need for more revenue tools in light of the growing demand for municipal services in a a CBC-Toronto Metro Morning segment and CBC News article on Toronto Mayor John Tory’s appeal for more fiscal help. Read the article.

IMFG Director Enid Slack commented to CTV News Toronto on how municipal reserve funds can and can’t be used following an assertion from the provincial Conservatives that municipalities have millions of dollars available in reserve development fee funds. Read the article.

IMFG Fellow Aaron Moore commented in the Winnipeg Free Press on the mayor’s decision to cut his cabinet. (Read article.)