Municipalities need to rethink tax model
Property tax rates are much higher for businesses than home owners, which can cause serious problems, particularly when the economy falters
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Author: Josef Filipowicz
Local taxes suck the life out of many businesses
Property tax imbalance erodes political accountability, discourages business investment and ultimately hurts employment
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Feds should stop trying to fix Canadian housing markets
That’s a job better left to municipal and provincial governments, which can actually have an impact on supply and demand
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A tale of two cities and their wildly different spending habits
Vancouver taxes and spends far more than neighbouring Surrey. But do Vancouverites get value for their greater investment?
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City hall holds the key to solving Canada’s urban housing crisis
As centres for jobs, education and innovation, municipalities play an outsized role in Canada’s continued prosperity
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