Michel Durand-Wood
Author and civic commentator focused on municipal finance and urban policy, author of You'll Pay For This and creator of the Dear Winnipeg blog who advocates for understanding city insolvency and building financially resilient communities.
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Mar 23, 2026 • 1h 4min
From Service Cuts To Understanding City Insolvency
Michel Durand-Wood, author and civic commentator who writes on municipal finance, describes realizing cities can be structurally insolvent. He discusses how service cuts and rising costs revealed deeper fiscal design problems. They cover urban form, infrastructure burdens like roads and pipes, the limits of efficiency fixes, and small, local actions that nudge long-term financial resilience.
