Unpacking Equity: Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Toronto

Unpacking Equity is a collaboration between the Public Policy and Governance Review and the Gender, Diversity and Public Policy Initiative (GDPP) at the School of Public Policy and Governance. This series aims to explain equity-related policy issues and break down complicated topics involving equity, diversity and inclusion. Policy professionals can gain a better understanding of these…

Do we have the tools to melt Toronto’s fiscal iceberg?

Lauren Birch Lessons Learned from Peter Wallace, Toronto’s City Manager An engaged crowd of policy wonks and academics gathered on the evening of October 17th at the Munk School of Global Affairs to listen to Toronto’s City Manager Peter Wallace. Hosted each year by the Institute for Municipal Finance & Governance (IMFG), the 5th Annual City Manager’s…

Looking beyond GDP: Measuring prosperity in Ontario

Christal Huang Ontario, how well are we doing? The Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity (ICP) launched its Working Paper, Looking Beyond GDP: Measuring Prosperity in Ontario on October 13, 2016, to explore this question. As the title of the Working Paper suggests, ICP sought to use broader measures given the limits of what the GDP captures….