What’s New at IMFG

IMFG Director Enid Slack was featured in the Toronto Star to comment on the future of city revenues due to COVID-19’s impact on the downtown core’s real estate values.

IMFG Director Enid Slack was featured in The Hill-Times (paywall) to discuss the necessity for ongoing federal support as pandemic has laid bare cracks in ‘outdated’ municipal financing system.

IMFG Fellow Alex Flynn has article published in the current volume of The Journal of Law and Social Policy. The article is called “With Great(er) Power Comes Great(er) Responsibility: Indigenous Rights and Municipal Autonomy.”

IMFG Director Enid Slack presented on the pressures and potential policy solutions for Canadian cities during COVID-19 for a webinar organized by the Toronto Association for Business and Economics and the Canadian Association for Business Economics.

IMFG Director Enid Slack was interviewed on Global News to discuss the fundamental mismatch between municipal responsibilities and funding tools.

IMFG Director Enid Slack was featured on CBC News to discuss the new funding for Ontario municipalities from the province and federal government to address COVID-19 budget gaps.

IMFG Director Enid Slack was quoted in an article for Maclean’s Magazine examining what Canada’s economic recovery might look like.

IMFG Director Enid Slack was quoted in an article published in The Pointer

Tomas Hachard, IMFG’s Manager of Program and Research, was featured in the November issue of City Hall Watcher

IMFG Manager Tomas Hachard has written an opinion piece for the CBC summarizing the arguments from his IMFG Perspectives Paper, It Takes Three: Making Space for Cities in Canadian Federalism.