MNL Fiscal Framework Position Paper

MNL has been actively researching and advocating for fiscal change since our President’s Task Force on Municipal Sustainability in 2004. The priorities outlined below are the culmination of our internal research and that of leading economists like Dr. Wade Locke and Dr. Tom Cooper at Memorial University. However, it also reflects the extensive municipal consultations we undertook in partnership with the Department of Municipal and Intergovernmental Affairs. These consultations were summarized in a discussion document that was distributed at the 2014 MNL Municipal Symposium and formed the basis of a feedback session we conducted at that time.