Research and Commentary

A recent poll by Business London magazine suggests Londoners are ready for a change in City Council
Please click here to read the survey, which is found on page 47 of the magazine.

Councillors using taxpayer money to fight lawsuits sparks legal action by Toronto civic activists
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Toronto Councillors close-mouthed about lawsuit
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Unfettered speech isn’t dangerous, unfettered power is
by Joseph C. Ben-Ami
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An Open Letter to Dalton McGuinty
by Christopher Bradley
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Lowering Taxes
by Jim Chapman
As published in Business London, Volume 10: Issue 4 January 2009
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Forest City Institute’s presentation to the Board of Control Budget Public Participation Meeting
by The Forest City Institute
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“If it’s broke, don’t fix it”
by Tim Hudak, MPP-PC Erie-Lincoln
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Ontario’s cities can lead the way
by The Forest City Institute
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An Open Letter to my Friends on the Left
by Steven Horwitz
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 The Number and Cost of City’s Highest Paid Staff Questioned
by Jim Horne
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Printable PDF version here (110 KB)

BMA Consulting Municipal Study
Comparative tax burdens and debt loads
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Licensing of Landlords in London
by Wes Beharell
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Can London Afford its Municipal Government?
by The Forest City Institute
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Decline in assessment growth may expose London’s lack of fiscal discipline
by The Forest City Institute
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The Anaheim Example: How Respecting Property Rights, Reducing Regulation and Allowing the Market to Work Created a Redevelopment Success Story in California
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For Readers unfamiliar with the “Kelo” reference in the Wall Street Journal article linked above, a handy guide to the United States Supreme Court’s Kelo v. City of New London decision is here.