Toronto

Août 27, 2022 5:00AM

Employee compensation dominates GTHA municipal spending

Garreth Bloor, Nathaniel Li, Jason Clemens

Nineteen of the region's 26 municipalities spent more than 60 per cent of their budgets on employee compensation and contracted services.

Étiquettes:

compensation, public sector compensation, municipal spending, municipal finances, Toronto

Août 25, 2022 1:00AM

Comparing per-Person Spending and Revenue in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, 2009–2019

Garreth Bloor, Nathaniel Li, Joel Emes

Étiquettes:

ontario government spending, municipal spending, municipal services, ontario economy, toronto economy, hamilton, Toronto

Novembre 15, 2021 9:41AM

Should cities remain creatures of the province? Yes

Lydia Miljan

There’s no appetite among the general public to give the City of Toronto constitutional status.

Étiquettes:

municipal government, municipal finances, city council, Toronto

Décembre 12, 2018 2:08PM

Government spending varies widely across major Ontario municipalities

Livio Di Matteo

Burlington spent nearly 17 per cent of tax-financed expenditure on “general government.”

Étiquettes:

ontario, government spending, city hall, Toronto

Novembre 27, 2018 3:24PM

GM layoffs highlight divergence between Ontario’s two biggest cities and rest of province

Ben Eisen, Steve Lafleur

Between 2008 and 2016, 98.6 per cent of all net job-creation in Ontario took place in Toronto and Ottawa.

Étiquettes:

general motors, layoffs, doug ford, ontario economy, post-recession, Toronto

Novembre 9, 2018 11:15AM

Ontario sweeps Drive Clean into the dust bin

Kenneth P. Green

Inefficient I/M programs cost motorists time and money.

Étiquettes:

vehicle emissions testing, vehicle emission, cars, automobile, doug ford, ontario, Toronto

Octobre 31, 2018 12:33PM

The most tangible threats to cities are manmade

Josef Filipowicz

More than 80 per cent of Canadians live in towns, cities and suburbs.

Étiquettes:

municipal policy, housing affordability, home prices, housing supply, metro vancouver, Toronto, cities, red tape, building permits, zoning

Septembre 26, 2018 3:59PM

It’s time for Canadian cities to eliminate minimum parking requirements

Josef Filipowicz, Steve Lafleur

Both Toronto and Vancouver require at least one space per residential unit in most of the city.

Étiquettes:

Toronto, vancouver, parking, city hall, development, housing, housing affordability, land use

Septembre 5, 2018 2:53PM

Even homeowners want lower home prices—it’s time for governments to act

Josef Filipowicz

Survey says large majorities of homeowners in Metro Vancouver and the Greater Toronto Area want housing prices to stop rising.

Étiquettes:

housing, homebuilding, housing supply, homebuyers, homeowners, housing affordability, development permits, permit costs, metro vancouver, Toronto, GTA

Août 20, 2018 3:56PM

Urban density doesn’t necessarily determine living standards

Josef Filipowicz

Osaka, Japan is 5.7 times more dense than Calgary.

Étiquettes:

density, canadian living standards, liveability, calgary, Toronto, vancouver, housing, homebuilding

Formulaire de recherche

Toronto

Employee compensation dominates GTHA municipal spending

Comparing per-Person Spending and Revenue in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, 2009–2019

Should cities remain creatures of the province? Yes

Government spending varies widely across major Ontario municipalities

GM layoffs highlight divergence between Ontario’s two biggest cities and rest of province

Ontario sweeps Drive Clean into the dust bin

The most tangible threats to cities are manmade

It’s time for Canadian cities to eliminate minimum parking requirements

Even homeowners want lower home prices—it’s time for governments to act

Urban density doesn’t necessarily determine living standards