Windsor gets ‘F’ in CD Howe report [Video]

A new report from the C.D. Howe Institute puts the City of Windsor at the bottom of the list alongside two other Ontario municipalities for fiscal transparency.

On Thursday, the independent think tank gave Windsor an ‘F’ in its annual report tracking how municipalities help residents navigate city finances, joined by Hamilton and London.

“Some of the marks that we give are really kind of straight forward things,” said Bill Robson, report co-author and CEO, speaking to AM800’s Patty Handysides. “None of this is going tremendously deep and we’re not making judgements about whether a city spent wisely or foolishly or taxed too much or too little.”

A news release from the institute indicates the low grades “reflect multiple issues with transparency, reliability and timeliness” in communicating municipal finances to the public.

The report is meant to be a barometer of the goal to present financial information that is transparent, useful, and …