Power Brokers, Power Through Brokerage, and Municipal Government

The Art of Working at the City

When I asked former MPP alumni what they enjoy most about working for the city of Toronto, I received two…

Property Taxes: Hate ’em but Pay ‘em

Canadian municipalities, particularly large cities seem to have received the short end of the…

Equitable Red Light Cameras?

Last week we were joined by Munk Alumni currently working at the City of Toronto. One of the individuals…

The Limits of Autonomy

Municipal governments are essential to Canadian society, yet most are unaware of the vast role that local governments…

The Facts on City Tax

Our class last week gave me a renewed sense of the purpose, responsibilities and consequential effects of municipal…

Booming Further out of Reach

The interplay between rental affordability, the costs of property taxes…

Constrained

^This is photo of a city councillor balancing the budget.

Why, aren’t those small powers for such a large city?!

Prior to last week’s lesson on municipalities and their powers, or lack thereof, I was not well versed on the topic. At all. Dr. Eidelman enlightened us all to the fact that city dwellers use municipal resources every single day…

Money Money Money

This week we focused on the services that are provided by municipal governments. Connected to these services, are the budgets…

The bittersweet task

People living in municipalities are receiving general service from the local governments, while agencies, boards, and…