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IMFG Director Enid Slack has written an article for Municipal World to discuss municipal responsibilities in light of COVID-19

IMFG Director Enid Slack was interviewed on CBC’s News at Six to discuss the announcement of federal and provincial funding for Ontario municipalities.

IMFG Fellow Alex Flynn has published an article in a new book by the University of Ottawa Press, the article is entitled “Municipal Power and Democratic Legitimacy in the Time of COVID-19”.

IMFG Director Enid Slack was interviewed on 7 different CBC Radio shows including: Halifax Mainstreet, Cape Breton Mainstreet, Yellowknife Trail’s End, St. John’s On the Go, Toronto Here and Now, New Brunswick Shift, and Sudbury Up North        

IMFG Fellow Aaron Moore pens op-ed for CBC on the power of the development industry in the City of Winnipeg

IMFG Director Enid Slack presented on COVID-19 and Metropolitan Governance as part of webinar organized by the Inter-American Development Bank

IMFG Director Enid Slack presented on the impact of COVID-19 on Municipal Finances as part of a webinar organized by the Institute of Municipal Assessors and the International Property Tax Institute

IMFG Director Enid Slack was quoted in an article for Bloomberg Tax on the needs of Canadian municipalities after deferring property taxes due to the COVID pandemic.

IMFG Director Enid Slack was featured on 14 CBC Radio shows to discuss the federal announcement of funding for municipalities. The programs included CBC’s Shift – New Brunswick, Mainstreet – Cape Breton, Trail’s End – Yellowknife, Radio West – Kelowna, On The Go – St. John’s, Up North – Sudbury, All Points West – Victoria, […]

IMFG Director Enid Slack wrote an article for The Policy Review on the threats to local government caused by COVID-19