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Provincial-Local Fiscal Transfers in Canada: Provincial Control Trumps Local Accountability. Enid Slack Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance University of Toronto Conference on “General Grants vs. Earmarked Grants: Theory and Practice” Copenhagen, September 17, 2009.
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Provincial-Local Fiscal Transfers in Canada: Provincial Control Trumps Local Accountability Enid Slack Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance University of Toronto Conference on “General Grants vs. Earmarked Grants: Theory and Practice” Copenhagen, September 17, 2009
Provincial control trumps local accountability • Context of provincial-municipal relations • Transfers to municipalities: • Are they general purpose or earmarked? • Have earmarked grants increased? • Have earmarked grants increased in response to decentralization? • Are earmarked grants for infrastructure? • Special case of education