Year: 1914
Summary: Local problems have increased as a result of WWI; the issue of unemployment and soldiers' dependants should be addressed by provincial or municipal government.
Summary: Private citizens and government must both do their part to to strengthen Canada's economy and prevent unemployment.
Summary: Presents a tentative scheme for central control of labor supply, unemployment, and immigration, with suggestions for: administration, legislation, fees and costs, methods and procedures, and interdepartmental co-operation.
Summary: Creation of a permanent Rotary Relief Fund for Unemployment would provide a self-recreating fund for citizens, and make possible projects employing a large number of workers.
Summary: A self-recreative fund should be implemented to contend with the issue of unemployment. Certain private institutions are creating work in the community, and their endeavors should be supported.
Year: 1915
Summary: Summarizes progress in three major areas of concern: unemployment relief, fire department reorganization, and accounting and budget reform.
Year: 1932
Summary: In light of the recent financial emergency (eg. the Depression), the Bureau outlines some of the steps taken to reduce municipal operating costs in 1932 and proposes steps to meet further reduction targets in 1933.
Year: 1933
Summary: Tabulated comparison of estimated civic expenditures from 1928-1933, analyzed according to objects of expenditure, and comments.
Summary: Argues that civic expenditure should be reduced, to accommodate the effects of the Great Depression on citizen's ability to pay taxes.
Year: 1934
Summary: Outlines the costs of welfare relief and raises the question of whether or not welfare relief should be continued after the depression ends. The advantages and disadvantages of several different relief systems are discussed.
Summary: Argues that city workers' salaries can be reduced in light of the increase on purchasing power with the Great Depression
Summary: Analysis of problems in 1934 budget such as lack of balance and misrepresented opinion of expert consultant.
Summary: An open letter to the citizens and taxpayers of Toronto, outlining the fact that large deficits in light of the Great Depression are not presented to their full extent. Highlights some major issues in the budget including some major upcoming capital expenditures.
Summary: Outlines what expenses on unemployment are and who should be addressing the issue. Argues that municipalities are not equipped to deal with the relief of unemployment - but that chronic relief, like public health, is a municipal issue.
Summary: Highlghts the issue of growing deficits in the Great Depression, and argues this issue is not being fully presented to the public.
Year: 1935
Summary: A summary of the work done by the Bureau of Municipal Research for the year ending 1935. Topics of importance include unemployment relief, civic salaries and wages, the city budget and credit, voter turnout, declining assessment, and civic efficiency and amalgamation. Bureau expenditures and subscribers at the end.
Summary: Provides budget and expenditure figures for the fiscal year 1935. Argues that the biggest challenge pointed out in the budget is current unemployment expenditure and debt on past unemployment expenditure.
Summary: Provides budget and expenditure figures for the fiscal year 1935, and includes money spent on direct unemployment relief and debt charges. Advocates against tax increases, and calls for debts incurred by the city abbatoir to be examined.
Year: 1936
Summary: A summary of the work done by the Bureau of Municipal Research for the year ending 1936. The chief concern of the Bureau is the balancing of the civic budget. Bureau expenditures and subscribers at the end.
Summary: Outlines the fact that Toronto is once again operating on an unbalanced budget. Details the costs of unemployment relief and raises the question of taxation of municipally-owned utilities
Summary: Outlines the issues of budget management in light of city debt.
Summary: Outlines where city taxes and revenues go, providing a pie-chart of expenditures. Argues that the city's current debt charges weigh down the budget, and may interfere with future projects such as improving the sewage system, undertaking slum clearance, and various other city improvements.
Summary: The city budget should be balanced by reduced expenditure and not increased taxes, with unemployment payments bearing a heavy burden on the budget.
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.
Summary: Outlines the division of responsibilities between the province and municipalities and how this affects social services and payments.
Summary: A summary of the various reports regarding the city's financial state. Some highlights of these reports include details on the housing issue, and how city planning was essential to the success of new the new housing programme.
Summary: Provides the major figures for the 1937 budget including debts and expenditures.
Year: 1938
Summary: Provides a classification of expenditures in the 1938 Civic Budget. The Bureau notes that revenue now covers expenses but unemployment relief still poses a problem. The Bureau proposes that the city of Toronto pursue some of the advantages of the council-manager system, including the coordination of all services departments under a single department of Public Works with a single, unified administration, the adoption of staggered terms for council, and the election of city councillors by the city as a whole.
Summary: Summary of main points in 1937 Finance Commissioner's report. Outlines the financial results of current operations for 1937, results of funding direct relief, record of tax collections since 1928, the distribution of taxpayer dollars in 1937, how much Toronto owes, and how much Toronto could legally borrow.
Summary: Outlines city budget figures for 1938. Suggests a detailed administrative survey be made of all city departments and that a long term capital expenditures budget be established. Further goes on to note that the cost of government is on the rise, however costs in Health and Sanitation and general welfare are on the decline.