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IMFG Director Enid Slack comments on Toronto’s fiscal situation in a Toronto Star article on the top mayoral candidates views on city’s budget hole.

IMFG Director Enid Slack discusses the options open to the municipality of St. Albert, Alberta, regarding the city’s debt situation in the St. Albert Gazette.

IMFG Contributor Gabe Eidelman contributed a Toronto Star op-ed on the need for a metropolitan mindset for the GTHA despite the dissolution of Peel Region.

IMFG Fellow Zack Taylor discusses the possibility for a progressive mayoral candidate to win Toronto’s mayoralty campaign in the Globe and Mail.

IMFG Postdoctoral Fellow Robert Stewart will host this Jane’s Walk exploring the impact of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT on social and business activity in Toronto on May 6 at 12 noon. The walk will take you through the heart of the city, providing a firsthand look at the effects of urban development on the community. Don’t […]

Director Enid Slack was quoted in a Toronto Star column by Edward Keenan on Toronto mayoral candidate Anthony Perruzza’s idea to remove the so-called ‘education levy’ from city property taxes that go to the province’s general revenues. Keenan also cited the IMFG 2019 Perspectives report on property taxes in Canada.

IMFG Director Enid Slack contributed to an op-ed in The Conversation on how Canada’s federal transfer payment system badly needs a tune-up.

IMFG Board Chair wrote an op-ed for TVO Today on the need to hear realistic financial proposals from Toronto mayoral candidates.

IMFG Board Chair wrote an op-ed for TVO Today on why Toronto’s strong mayor will need a strong council.

IMFG Director Enid Slack told the Globe and Mail that Toronto City Council’s decision to use reserve funds to cover the budget shortfalls for last year and this year is a major concern.