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A 🧵 on why “keep taxes low” is a disingenuous and irresponsible municipal campaign promise.
Did you know that municipalities manage 60% of Canada’s infrastructure and only receive 10 cents on every tax $? That’s roads, bridges, buses, trains, pools, community centres + more.
Did you know that municipalities manage 60% of Canada’s infrastructure and only receive 10 cents on every tax $? That’s roads, bridges, buses, trains, pools, community centres + more.
Property taxes are municipalities’ only source of revenue, except for some federal funding sources that go straight to cities (the Canada Community Building Fund and permanent transit fund, if you must know). Property taxes are a bad source of revenue, no one likes to pay more.
BUT municipalities are stuck in a bad constitutional arrangement. They are asked to do more with less, especially thanks to the amalgamation and downloading from the province in the 90s and the 30 yrs that the feds refused to fund affordable housing. It’s a no-win situation.
Kid’s school confirmed it’s closing tomorrow because they can’t guarantee the safety of children due to the anti-vaxx, white supremacists who are speeding through Centretown streets + screaming obscenities at residents. @OttawaPolice, time to run these extremists out of town.
These extremists have led to the closure of at least three vaccine clinics, several schools, the Rideau Centre and countless small businesses. Residents are shaken and afraid. I have lived in Ottawa since 2004 and NEVER seen anything like this.
Kids are having their rights violated by being denied school. White supremacy is marching in our streets, openly displaying the swastika and the Confederate flag. Workers at a homeless shelter are being harassed. LGBTQ residents had shit flung at their home.
