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Cities Differ Materially In The Extent Thoroughness And Administrative Grouping Of The Functions Performed And Services Rendered To Their Citizens

Year: 1925

Summary: Comparison of public expenditures on services and ordinary taxes in Toronto and Montreal. Also takes into account total municipal debt for each city.

Business Is Business Story No. 2

Year: 1929

Summary: A detailed description of the organizational structure of the municipal government. Highlights the need for city planning and centralized purchasing for better efficiency.

Business Is Business

Year: 1929

Summary: Municipal corporations must run more efficiently, more like businesses and with a central organization.

Bureau Of Municipal Research Submission To The Royal Commission On Metropolitan Toronto 1964

Year: 1964

Summary: A report submitted to the Royal Commission of Metropolitan Toronto examining the possibilities of removing incentives and needs for non-residential fiscal zoning. Addresses the possibility of partial fiscal amalgamation of thirteen municipalities to increase and pool revenue, as well as alternate systems for pooling and redistributing revenue among Toronto's boroughs.

BMR In Review

Year: 1980

Summary: Listing of recently published studies, research in progress, and upcoming Bureau of Municipal Research events. Sample research topics include transit problems, cost saving in local governments, who should pay for municipal services, and productivity vs. quality of life

BMR In Review

Year: 1982

Summary: A review of current Bureau of Municipal Research studies. Topics include: questions for electors, decentralization and transit proposals, industrial developments, trends in schools, property and business tax assessment, and declining local, provincial and federal revenue for municipal services.

BMR In Review

Year: 1983

Summary: A review of current Bureau of Municipal Research studies. Topics include: industrial development, changes in property taxes in Canada, urban growth, rising school costs, and prostitution. Includes Bureau board changes, details of the BMR luncheon, at which Bob Rae spoke on economic development.

BMR Bureau Of Municipal Research Annual Report 1981-1982

Year: 1982

Summary: A summary of the work done by the Bureau of Municipal Research for the year ending 1981. Documents ongoing and completed research, and plans for the future. Bureau expenditures, publications, and contributors at the end.

BMR Bureau Of Municipal Research Annual Report

Year: 1983

Summary: A summary of the work done by the Bureau of Municipal Research for the year ending 1982. Documents highlights of the past year and significant research projects. Bureau expenditures, publications, and contributors at the end.

BMR Annual Luncheon And Seminar

Year: 1977

Summary: Registration form for the Bureau's Annual luncheon and seminar, to take place on October 21, 1977, with guest speaker William M. Ellinghaus, Chairman of the Municipal Assistance Corporation in New York. Topics of discussion to include labour and local government and what citizens want from local government.

BMR Annual Luncheon And Meeting Role Of Toronto In Industrial Policy

Year: 1980

Summary: Registration form for the Bureau's Annual Luncheon and seminar, May 16, 1980. Mayor John Sewell to speak on the role of Toronto in industrial development .

An Imaginary Letter From A Hypothetical Correspondence Representing A Real Viewpoint And Illustrated By Some Official Figures

Year: 1926

Summary: Highlights harbour deficits and financial mismanagement of the project.

An Address By Honorable William G. Newman Minister Of Agriculture And Food Bureau Of Municipal Research Spring Conference

Year: 1977

Summary: Speech by William G. Newman, minister of agriculture, at the Bureau of Municipal Research Spring 1977 conference regarding the need for long-range planning in agriculture - including designating land specifically for agriculture in the face of urbanization.

A Report On The Taxation Of Personal Property Including Stock-In -Trade

Year: 1964

Summary: A report submitted to the Ontario Committee of Taxation, regarding taxation of personal property and stock in trade. Includes a brief history of taxation and tax reform in Ontario, a summary of property taxes in other provinces, and in the United States, and estimated property tax revenues for Ontario in 1963.

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