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Presentation | 2022
The Pandemic and Beyond: Perspectives from Chief Administrative Officers in the GTA
Janice Baker, Elaine Baxter-Trahair, Bruce Macgregor, Drew Fagan
On Tuesday, December 6, 2022, the CAOs of York, Peel and Durham regions outlined their current fiscal situations and provided a fiscal outlook. They explored their region’s COVID-19 response, and set out some future goals, including in the context of complex intergovernmental relationships across the GTA and with the provincial and federal governments.
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Who Does What Report | 2022
The Municipal Role in Policing
Alok Mukherjee, Jihyun Kwon, Erick Laming
New IMFG report describes the current challenges in delivering police services across three orders of government, and sets out approaches to address these challenges.
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Presentation | 2022
Using Green Investment Banks to Finance Low-Carbon Pathways
Robert Stewart
On November 29, 2022, IMFG postdoctoral fellow Robert Stewart outlined the GIB model, described how GIB entities are being used across several countries to finance low-carbon economic activity, and discussed the potential application of GIBs as tools for Canadian municipalities to bridge low-carbon financing gaps.
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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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Other | 2022
Expert Commentary on Fall 2022 Changes to Municipal Governance in Ontario
Zack Taylor
Bills 3 and 39 have brought major changes to municipal governance in Ontario. IMFG Fellow Zack Taylor synthesizes expert commentary on these changes, following a panel with Karen Chapple, Gabriel Eidelman, Matt Elliott and Alison Smith.
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Who Does What Report | 2022
The Municipal Role in Public Health
Katherine Fierlbeck, Gaynor Watson-Creed, Lawrence Loh, Lindsay McLaren, Jason Cabaj
Who Does What report examines the role municipalities play in public health, the constraints they face, and how they can work better with other orders of government.
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Perspectives Paper | 2022
Unbalanced Investments: Accra’s Informal Settlements
Hsi-Chuan Wang
New IMFG paper examines how Accra, Ghana has invested in informal settlements through the distribution of drainage projects.
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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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