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IMFG Paper | 2020
Cities in National Constitutions: Northern Stagnation, Southern Innovation
Ran Hirschl
This paper surveys the status of cities in national constitutions and provides a comparative analysis of three significant recent attempts to strengthen the constitutional status of cities in India, South Africa, and Brazil.
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Video | 2020
Global Check-Up: How Has COVID-19 Affected Municipal Fiscal Health?
Many Canadian municipalities have taken hits to their budgets due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But what has the effect been on municipalities around the world? Have municipalities in different countries fared better than others? What accounts for any differences? What needs to be done to ensure municipalities bounce back?
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IMFG Paper | 2020
Policy In Place: Revisiting Canada’s Tri-Level Agreements
Neil Bradford
This paper identifies specific policy fields where new tri-level agreements could have a positive impact and closes with six principles to inform their design and implementation.
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Video | 2020
Municipal Finance and COVID-19 in Canada: What Comes Next?
In this video, a panel examines the continued impact of COVID-19 on municipal finance. How are municipalities preparing for their 2021 budgets? What impacts are they anticipating from COVID-19? What steps are needed at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels to safeguard the fiscal health of municipalities?
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Perspectives Paper | 2020
The Evolution of Community Consultation in GTA Transit Planning
Nick Lombardo
The paper suggests that community consultation be integrated into the earliest stages of the planning process to ensure that such plans proceed into the expensive construction process with much broader support.
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Video | 2020
A City for All: Achieving More Inclusive Municipal Governance in Toronto
In this video, a group of experts explore how Toronto can begin to address its divisions and achieve more inclusive municipal governance.
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Forum Paper | 2020
Engagement to Action: Improving Policy Outcomes Through Better Consultation
Kate Nelischer
Engagement to Action: Improving Policy Outcomes Through Better Consultation contextualizes and summarizes remarks from a panel discussion on the role of public consultation in policy making within the context of intensifying polarization, erosion of trust, and increasing diversity.
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Perspectives Paper | 2020
From the Top Down: The Governance of Urban Development in Mexico
Alejandra Reyes
This paper describes the experience of some of Mexico’s largest cities in implementing nationally mandated urban growth policies, in particular the top-down nature of these new policies and the lack of local consultation in their implementation.
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