Month: May 2014

IMFG Director Enid Slack was quoted in a Toronto Star article on May 29th, on John Tory’s transit relief plan called “John Tory pledges to create $8 billion rail relief line in seven years.”

IMFG post-doctoral fellow Zachary Spicer presented a paper on his research on a panel called “Beyond Borders: Local Climate Change Policy and Inter-Local Cooperation,” at  the Canadian Political Science Association annual conference on May 27th.

On April 29th, IMFG Director Enid Slack was on the “Building Sustainable Cities” panel at the Big Ideas for Sustainable Prosperity: Policy Innovation for Greening Growth Conference in Ottawa. The conference was featured on the CBC’s Ideas with Paul Kennedy on May 27th.

On May 29th, IMFG Chair Alan Broadbent  participated on a panel called “If Mayors Ruled the World,” at Congress 2014: Borders without Boundaries, held at Brock University, May 24-30, 2014.

Toronto: Looking Forward 2014-2018 Keynote Speaker: Joseph P. Pennachetti, Toronto City Manager; Moderator: Anne Golden, Ryerson University, and former President and CEO of the Conference Board of Canada

On May 21st, IMFG Chair Alan Broadbent gave a keynote address to Notre Montreal, an intitiative of Canadian Rights in Quebec (CRITIQ), on the issue of special status for Montreal within Quebec.

The Government of Ontario’s arrangements with local governments are facing pressures for reform, and the Province’s challenging fiscal conditions could be the catalyst for a rethink about how provincial-municipal affairs are managed in the years ahead.

On May 21, Enid Slack was quoted in a Toronto Star article called “Are government incentives just corporate welfare?” on whether public investment translates into jobs.