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| July 2008 | Canada's Municipal Magazine | vol. 118, number 7 |
Municipal strategic planning gaps — 5
The challenge for senior management is to ensure that the strategic plan becomes a “living plan” for the whole organization.
imagineCALGARY — 9
More than 18,000 Calgarians helped the city define its vision for the future.
Click! Strategic planning in Markham — 13
Building on its success with online voting, Markham does e-consultation.
10 practical tips for strategic planning— 15
Jon Linton serves up advice from his time in the trenches.
Investing in future leaders — 19
Pathways to leadership at the City of Thunder Bay.
An IT lawyer’s notes to diary — 23
Highlights of municipal procurement over the last 25 years (Part 2).
Building Canada: A P3 push? — 27
Behind the spin, there is little new money in the Building Canada plan, says CUPE president Paul Moist.
Ordering compliance with orders to comply — 29
A powerful alternative is part of the municipality’s compliance toolbox.
Critical infrastructure assurance programs — 31
Municipalities must begin to examine weaknesses to the critical infrastructure and develop programs to increase its resiliency.
GFOA finance practices for Canadian municipalities — 33
Development of recommended municipal finance practices in Canada.
Fee (not so) simple — 37
Implications of Ontario’s amendments to its property assessment and tax system.
Holistic approaches to land development — 41
New urbanist principles used in Garrison Woods, a former army base that was developed by Canada Lands Company in Calgary.
Canada's broken tax system is a “job killer” — 45
New report among the highlights at Federation of Canadian Municipalities annual conference in Quebec City.
FCM honours municipal excellence — 46
Winners of FCM’s awards for Outstanding International Volunteer Contribution and the 2008 Sustainable Community Awards.
| Coming Events | 25,55 |
| Editor’s Notes | 3 |
| Environmental Zone | 53 |
| Governance Zone | 47 |
| Management Zone | 51 |
| Procurement Zone | 49 |
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