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.
Year: 1959
Summary: Analysis of voter turnout in Toronto and suburbs.
Year: 1950
Summary: Identifies amalgamation costs in light of the plans to improve efficiency and restructure council areas.
Summary: Suggests better candidate selection can lead to greater engagement of the public and better performance of the council
Year: 1960
Summary: Authority and form of management of the different boards and commissions in the city
Summary: Scan of all Canadian provinces and the Federal government's systems of paying for property occupied in cities in ways other than property taxes.
Year: 1951
Summary: Analysis of voter turnout in the last elections.
Year: 1952
Summary: Analysis of voter turnout.
Year: 1954
Summary: Analysis of voter turnout throughout the Toronto area.
Year: 1964
Summary: Reproduces extracts of arguments in a Bureau brief in support of the broadening Metro's revenue base. Emphasizes property taxation.
Year: 1948
Summary: Suggests that citizens should be engaged not only in voting but also in the selection of candidates.
Year: 1956
Summary: The bureau states its affirmative stance on a proposal to bring in universal adult suffrage.
Summary: Describes changes in local government in Windsor and lessons for Toronto and the Metro process started in 1953.
Summary: citizens should be engaged not only in voting but also in the selection of candidates.
Year: 1958
Summary: Internal annual report.
Summary: Suggests that assessment law and assessment practice should be modified to ensure equity in real property assessment.
Year: 1968
Summary: Summarizes the Report of the Ontario Committee on Taxation, with emphasis on assumptions, conclusions, and recommendations pertaining to municipal government.
Summary: Discusses presenting budget estimates prior to the elections, as an act of good governance and accountability.
Year: 1957
Summary: The Bureau indicates its support of a temporary increase in tax rates.
Year: 1949
Summary: Analysis of voter turnout, and how many voters voted for each office, in the last elections.
Year: 1965
Summary: Examines additional means by which Metro's municipal services might be financed.
Year: 1970
Summary: Study of the completed basic reassessment at market value in Mississauga. Explains the procedures and difficulties involved in market value assessment.
Summary: Argues there is need to reduce public expenditure.
Summary: The Bureau and the Citizens esearch Institute of Canada - their role and what they deal with: monitoring, making information available, analyzing what the govt. should and shouldn't be involved in.