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Show Us the Numbers: Grading the Financial Reports of Canada’s Municipalities
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| Citation | Robson, William B.P., and Farah Omran. 2018. Show Us the Numbers: Grading the Financial Reports of Canada’s Municipalities. ###. Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute. |
| Page Title: | Show Us the Numbers: Grading the Financial Reports of Canada’s Municipalities – C.D. Howe Institute |
| Article Title: | Show Us the Numbers: Grading the Financial Reports of Canada’s Municipalities |
| URL: | https://cdhowe.org/publication/show-us-numbers-grading-financial-reports-canadas-municipalities/ |
| Published Date: | November 13, 2018 |
| Accessed Date: | April 19, 2026 |
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Baffling financial presentations hamper councillors, ratepayers and voters seeking to hold municipal governments to account, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Show Us the Numbers: Grading the Financial Reports of Canada’s Municipalities,” authors William B.P. Robson and Farah Omran criticize nearly all of Canada’s larger municipalities for numbers that are obscure, misleading, and just plain late.
*Note to Readers: This is an updated version of the Commentary with corrected rankings for the cities of Kitchener and Montreal
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