Year: 1950
Summary: A public address by Dr. W. A. Mackintosh about what the government should and shouldn't be doing in terms of responsibilities for services and infringement on the personal and economic freedoms of the residents.
Year: 1972
Summary: Explores municipal reform in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick.
Year: 1958
Summary: Analysis of function and challenges of fire departments in the Toronto area.
Year: 1963
Summary: Appraises the first decade of Metropolitan Toronto's Municipal Council.
Year: 1970
Summary: Focuses on how decisions regarding the Metro Toronto transportation system are made.
Year: 1973
Summary: Investigates the effects of property tax on land use planning. Suggests possible alternative tax structures for Ontario.
Summary: Results of a questionnaire sent to all candidates for municipal office in Metropolitan Toronto in December 1962. Notes the similarity in social and economic positions of municipal politicians.
Year: 1969
Summary: Three case studies concerning personnel transfers stemming from municipal amalgamations and assumption of the welfare function by Metro.
Year: 1949
Summary: Discusses the length and inefficiency of City Council meetings.
Summary: Examines the trend towards building privately developed new communities in Toronto.
Summary: Better accountability in budget making requires more transparency in information and more clarity regarding tax assessments.
Summary: Identifies structural implications of municipal reform and re-defining of municipalities in Ontario.
Year: 1966
Summary: Provides recommendations to alleviate the problems faced by expropriated owner-occupants.
Year: 1952
Summary: Discusses the advantages of a two-year term in efficiency and performance of city council members.
Year: 1951
Summary: Analysis of Board of Education structure, authority and expenditure in light of public controversy about their current level of expenditure.
Year: 1959
Summary: Looks at the meaning of "the spoils system", and the application of the ideas of "merit", "the central personnel agency" and "the classification system" in the public personnel field.
Summary: Advocates for "full and frank treatment" of important civic business in order to keep the public engaged.
Year: 1954
Summary: Encouraging citizens to vote.
Summary: Describes the responsibilities and requirements of elected city officials.
Year: 1961
Summary: Examines proposals which aim to correct weaknesses of Metro Toronto Area government.
Summary: Describes trends in voter turnout and issues that could increase engagement.
Summary: Presents data on capital expenditure in Toronto. Provides recommendations to improve capital works programming and debt management functions.
Summary: Analsis of voting trends in the last election.
Summary: Describes the desperate need for renovations in city hall.
Year: 1960
Summary: Authority and form of management of the different boards and commissions in the city
Summary: Summarizes relevant factors which influence the number of councillors required to do the work of the Metropolitan Municipality.
Year: 1965
Summary: Examines recommendations proposed by The Royal Commission on Metropolitan Toronto (which evaluated the effectiveness of the existing form of metropolitan government).
Year: 1962
Summary: Commercial taxpayers in Ontario pay a greater proportionate share of municipal taxes than other types of ratepayers. Statistical evidence shows that the difference in rates levied to residential and commercial taxpayers has increased.
Summary: Analysis of voter turnout in Toronto and suburbs.
Summary: Describes possibilities to improve efficiency of civic authorities by amalgamation of departments, boards etc.