Month: February 2018

IMFG Director Enid Slack was featured in a radio show entitled “Beyond the Budget: Examining Canadian Fiscal Policy” for Beyond the Headlines, describing the fiscal challenges facing all levels of the Canadian government.  

IMFG Visiting Researcher Zachary Spicer discussed the controversy of London, Ontario, becoming Canada’s first city to switch to ranked-ballot voting in the article, “New-look London vote will cost more to run, take longer to count.”    

IMFG Director Enid Slack was featured in an article entitled, “John Tory will not commit to future cap on Toronto property taxes” in The Globe and Mail, discussing the city’s need for diverse revenue sources.

The recent IMFG Forum paper Finding Common Ground: Interlocal Cooperation in Canada was mentioned in the latest edition of the eFocus – Municipal Assessment and Taxation’s newsletter (subscription only).  

The Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance partnered with the Canadian Tax Foundation to co-sponsor a Symposium on Municipal Taxation: Funding the Canadian City – a National Dialogue on Municipal Taxation and Fees. This all-day conference, held on February 7th, 2018, included academics and policy practitioners from across Canada.

IMFG Director Enid Slack was featured in an article entitled, “Paying more, getting less” in The Observer Extra about commercial property taxes.