Year: 1951
Summary: Analysis of Board of Education structure, authority and expenditure in light of public controversy about their current level of expenditure.
Year: 1942
Summary: A list of Toronto City officials and personnel and contact information
Year: 1934
Summary: Argues that city workers' salaries can be reduced in light of the increase on purchasing power with the Great Depression
Year: 1962
Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services. Also lists contact information for metro Toronto representatives.
Year: 1929
Summary: Highlights changes in mill rates for the different departments in the 1929 budget.
Year: 1977
Summary: A newsletter outlining the Bureau of Municipal Research\'s work and its influence on public policy. The newsletter cites occasions on which Bureau of Municipal Research recommendations had been adopted or Bureau studies had been mentioned by public policy-makers - eg. John Robarts endorsed Bureau recommendations that local government have more control over fire services. The BMR\'s recommendation that local government be taught in schools was adopted by the municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. Ontario legislature members cited Bureau work.
Year: 1936
Summary: Outlines the Bureau's mission statement and achievements from 1914-1936. Brief summary of the Bureau's influence on policy as well as praise from Bureau publication subscribers.
Year: 1922
Summary: Outlines per capita debt burden especially with regards to education, and warns that increasing public debt without population growth can curtail Toronto's borrowing power.
Year: 1919
Summary: Responses to Education in Citizenship Story No. 1 - Helping Citizens to Grow. Focuses on the cultivation of good citizenship at home, school, and in the community at large.
Year: 1973
Summary: The education system is trying to address too many problems at once and therefore is not accomplishing any of the hoped for changes.
Year: 1966
Summary: Presents data on capital expenditure in Toronto. Provides recommendations to improve capital works programming and debt management functions.
Year: 1953
Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services.
Year: 1968
Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services. Also lists contact information for metro Toronto and suburban representatives. Now also including contact information for Children's Aid and Student Housing.
Year: 1957
Year: 1921
Summary: List of Toronto City officials and contact information.
Year: 1969
Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services. Also lists contact information for metro Toronto, suburban representatives, and children's aid.
Year: 1958
Year: 1927
Summary: Outlines the estimates for expenditures made by each municipal function (highlighted in Story No. 2). Suggests the possibility for cuts and efficiency in terms of salary expenditures.
Year: 1933
Summary: Povides a tabulated comparison of annual estimated expenditure from 1927-1933.
Year: 1916
Summary: This publication highlights the need for an independent citizen research bureau (such as the Bureau of Municipal Research) to inform fellow citizens and to keep municipal government accountable when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars. Additionally, the Bureau outlines some of their near and long-term goals in improving and modernizing city administration and planning.
Year: 1946
Summary: A listing of Toronto City officials and personnel, including contact information
Year: 1918
Summary: This publication examines how the education system functioning and whether or not it is efficiently using its funding and achieving its goals.
Year: 1961
Summary: A report proposing that municipal school boards be exempt from the new provincial sales tax when purchasing school supplies. The report also considers the added complication that provincial revenues make up a large part of school funding.
Year: 1964
Summary: Scan of major elections issues
Year: 1955
Year: 1959
Year: 1952
Summary: A report summarizing the interactions between the provincial government of Ontario and the municipal government of Toronto, particularly in the areas of taxation and finance of public infrastructure and municipal services. The expansion of municipal franchise to those who do not own property is debated.
Year: 1975
Summary: Survey of the Oro Township school system as an example of how the consolidation of the school system into larger units has affected education in the six years since it took place.
Year: 1963
Summary: A reference guide listing the contact information for the mayor, city council, and various municipal boards and services. Also lists contact information for metro Toronto and suburban representatives.
Summary: List of Toronto City officials and contact information