133 results (showing 61-90)

Motoring Safety Story No.4

Year: 1930

Summary: Examines the ways in which legislation can prevent traffic accidents and fatalities, but also outlines ways in which roads and vehicles can and should be improved in order to make roads safer.

Motoring Safety Story No.2

Year: 1929

Summary: Outlines the efficacy of "safety-responsibility" legislation passed by the Connecticut Commission of Motor Vehicles. Concludes these efforts to increase vehicle safety are worthy of more study.

Motoring Safety Story No.1

Year: 1929

Summary: Outines different policy tools for addressing road safety and traffic fatalities, addressing pros and cons of each. Some proposals include compulsory liability insurance, the establishment of a state fund for those injured in auto accidents, and refusing to register a motorists who has outstanding judgements against them, or who has been responsible for any traffic fatality.

Motoring Safety Story No. 3

Year: 1929

Summary: Outlines more aspects of the efficacy of "safety-responsibility" legislation passed by the Connecticut Commission of Motor Vehicles. Concludes these efforts to increase vehicle safety are worthy of more study.

Monthly Letter To The Citizens Of Toronto

Year: 1948

Summary: Considers the role of the Board of Assessors responsible for re-examining tax properties in the city.

Monthly Letter To Men And Women: Why A City Corporation

Year: 1947

Summary: Pointing to the legitimacy and authority problems that arise from the council members' hope to establish a municipal corporation.

Monthly Letter To Men And Women: Election Issues

Year: 1946

Summary: This publication advocates a staggered 2-year council term.

Metroplan: Real Or Rhetorical Participation?

Year: 1974

Summary: The bureau is sceptical about the possibility of making planning progress with the new Metroplan project. This project requires civic engagement in many different areas in the city without enough centralized and professional planning capacity - while endorsing unclear consultation models.

Metroplan: A Gamble Worth Taking?

Year: 1977

Summary: Analysis of the Metroplan's goal to reduce dependency on downtown Toronto and instead establish another major centre in Scarborough and North Yonge.

Metro Toronto: A Decade Later

Year: 1963

Summary: Appraises the first decade of Metropolitan Toronto's Municipal Council.

Metro Toronto Under Review: What Are The Issues?

Year: 1975

Summary: Scan of major issues that the Robarts Royal Commission is dealing with regarding the city of Toronto: relationships with neighbouring municipalities, political system, role of boards and commissions, finance, municipal boundaries, inter-governmental relations etc.

Metro And Area Boards Of Education: Budget Ceilings Fracture A Fragile Compromise

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.

Members' Newsletter

Year: 1963

Summary: Report of final meeting of seminar on the Metropolitan community, on estimates of a large increase in municipal capital investment, and on hospital construction grants.

Market Value Reassessment A Study Of The Theory And Practice And The Results

Year: 1970

Summary: Study of the completed basic reassessment at market value in Mississauga. Explains the procedures and difficulties involved in market value assessment.

Low Voter Turnout In Municipal Elections - No Easy Solutions

Year: 1976

Summary: Analysis of survey by the Bureau in 4 Ontario municipalities, in order to assess the reasons for low voter turnout in municipal elections, and ways to increase voter turnout in the future.

Land Acquisition For The North Pickering Project

Year: 1972

Summary: Suggests that discrepancies between compensation schemes in Federal and Provincial legislation challenge the development plan to build an airport or new community project in North Pickering.

Is Policing The Public's Business?

Year: 1976

Summary: Review of studies that have been done about the police, the police budget process, the role of the police and the need for more provision of information about its actions.

In Response To The Robarts Report

Year: 1977

Summary: The proposals of the Robarts Report aim to bring power down from the Province and give greater authority at the Metropolitan level. BMR counters that further study is needed before internal boundaries are changed.

Impact Of The Retail Sales Tax On Ontario's School Boards

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.

How Public Revenues Should Be Divided

Year: 1937

Summary: The introduction of tax credits that will reduce income tax revenues must be balanced by a proper measure of increasing revenue from other sources and not only by an increase in property taxes.

Food For The Cities

Year: 1977

Summary: Report based on the Food For the Cities Conference, examining the issue of farmland protection in Ontario. Assesses the need for new provincial land use policies.

Financing Metro-Additional Sources Of Revenue

Year: 1965

Summary: Examines additional means by which Metro's municipal services might be financed.

Financing Hospital Construction In Metro

Year: 1962

Summary: Discusses whether Metro should make capital grants for hospital construction, or the province accept greater responsibility for coordinating and financing hospital construction.

Estimated Current Revenues For 1940 (In Comparison With Those Of 1930 And 1939)

Year: 1940

Summary: Provides the estimated current revenues for the 1940 civic budget. Outlines expenditures and the tax rate. Raises questions as to whether all city departments are as efficient and as adequately mechanized as they could be.

Disappearing Farmland: So What?

Year: 1977

Summary: Discusses the implications of the reduction of land used for farming and the possible policies that can be used in order to retain agricultural land and food independence.

Directory Of The Metropolitan And City Government 1973-74

Year: 1974

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, children's aid, and relevant provincial organizations