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IMFG Paper | 2023
How Can Municipalities in British Columbia and Quebec Contribute to Flood Risk Reduction?
Bernard Deschamps, Michael Bourdeau-Brien, and Mathieu Boudreault
IMFG paper on flood risk in British Columbia and Quebec argues that restructuring disaster financial assistance could incentivize municipalities to improve flood protection and suggests tools they can employ to achieve lower risk.
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IMFG Paper | 2023
Measuring the Fiscal Health of U.S. Cities
Howard Chernick, Andrew Reschovsky
New IMFG report analyzes the fiscal health of U.S. cities and finds that, between 2000 and 2014, many cities were in poor health and disparities among cities increased.
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IMFG Paper | 2022
The Old and the New: A Tale of Two Local Property Taxes in Ireland
Gerard Turley
New IMFG paper on property taxes in Ireland draws potential lessons from the Irish experience for other countries and identifies future opportunities.
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IMFG Paper | 2022
Infrastructure Provision for Informal Settlements: Accra and Buenos Aires
Hsi-Chuan Wang
New IMFG paper compares informal settlement policies in Accra, Ghana, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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IMFG Paper | 2022
A New Agenda for Local Democracy: Building Just, Inclusive, and Participatory Cities
Brittany Andrew-Amofah, Alexandra Flynn, and Patricia Wood
New IMFG paper explores how Canadian cities can introduce a more inclusive model of governance to better represent marginalized and vulnerable communities.
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IMFG Paper | 2022
A Seat at the Table: Municipalities and Intergovernmental Relations in Canada
Tomas Hachard
In the final paper of the IMFG’s Urban Project series, Tomas Hachard explores how Canada’s intergovernmental infrastructure could be reformed to include municipalities. Drawing on an analysis of how other countries have made space for municipalities in their intergovernmental processes, the paper offers four approaches to intergovernmental reform in Canada from eliminating unfunded mandates to strengthening trilateral relations.
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IMFG Paper | 2022
Evaluating Affordable Housing Outcomes in Toronto: An Analysis of Density Bonusing Agreements
Julie Mah
Over the last several decades, municipalities have increasingly relied on the private sector to help build affordable housing. Julie Mah analyzes and maps the affordable housing outcomes achieved in Toronto through Section 37 agreements. Between 1988 and 2018, the ad hoc use of Section 37 generated a limited number of affordable units. However, as the city implements a new inclusionary zoning policy in November 2021, Mah’s analysis of where, how many, and what type of affordable units were produced through Section 37 agreements creates a baseline against which the new approach can be evaluated
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IMFG Paper | 2021
Provincial-Local Equalization in Canada: Time for a Change?
Richard M. Bird and Enid Slack
New IMFG and Urban Project paper reviews the current state of provincial-municipal equalization transfers in Canada and suggests ways to improve their design. Arguing that no province provides adequate equalization for municipalities, the authors take a critical look at the mechanics of such a transfer, and how it should ideally operate. Issues that first need to be resolved range from determining how local needs are calculated to ascertaining how municipal fiscal capacity is measured. Slack and Bird conclude with some suggestions for what is needed to devise fair, efficient, and transparent provincial-municipal equalization systems.
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CBC News: Enid Slack on Edmonton’s 7% Property Tax Increase Plan
November 23, 2023
IMFG is looking for its next Manager, Programs and Research
November 16, 2023
Local Public Sector Alliance welcomes IMFG Director Enid Slack as Advisory Board Chair
November 7, 2023