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Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON
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Join editors Richard Bird and Enid Slack and chapter author Matti Siemiatycki for a roundtable discussion around the key themes of the Institute on Muncipal Finance & Governance’s new book, Financing Infrastructure: Who Should Pay? The discussion will be followed by a reception and book signing. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.
The event will be held in Room 208N, at the Munk School of Global Affairs on Thursday, December 7.
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Richard M. Bird is professor emeritus at the University of Toronto and senior fellow of the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance at the University of Toronto.
Enid Slack is director of the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance and adjunct professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.
Matti Siemiatycki is associate professor at the University of Toronto.
Bringing together perspectives and case studies from across Canada, the US, and Europe, Financing Infrastructure argues that the answer to the question “Who should pay?” should always be “users.” Headed by two of Canada’s foremost experts on municipal finance, this book provides a closer look at why charging user fees makes sense, how much users should pay, how to charge fees well and where present processes can be improved, and how to convince the politicians and the public of the importance of pricing infrastructure correctly.
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