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Drop-off in renewable projects will deprive MD of major tax revenues

Alberta’s moratorium on renewable projects has created a hangover effect for municipal districts that received the benefit of steady tax revenue for years
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While residents struggle, Peel Region proposes massive tax hike

Difficult to understand need for 80% increase in Peel police budget over five years, say property taxpayers representing Brampton, Caledon, and Mississauga
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BC towns fight pipeline tax break that would gut municipal budgets

Proposed changes to taxes paid by oil companies would mean $100 more in property tax for every man, woman and child in towns along BC pipeline routes
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Carney’s industrial bet: Building Canada’s future while cutting the public service

Ambitious spending and sweeping strategies define the new budget but execution risks could turn a bold vision into a missed opportunity says Rachel Samson
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Peel police board approves 9.9 per cent budget hike, one year after passing an unprecedented $144M spending increase

Residents and local leaders in Mississauga are again raising affordability concerns over property taxes as Peel Police Services budget hike goes to Council
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This Port Dover golf course could be yours for a song in tax sale

While tax sales for unpaid property taxes can be an opportunity to purchase a property far below market value, it’s also buyer beware for budding barons
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Canada’s tax agency may be the key to driving dangerous truck operators off Peel's roads

The Canada Revenue Agency could solve the dangerous trucking problem in Peel Region overnight if it enforced laws for contractors and underground economies
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Facing wage pressures, YRP requests double-digit budget hike

A proposed York Regional Police budget hike would account for most of the overall tax levy in one of the lowest municipal property tax regions in Ontario
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New Brunswick: Province says no extra money to compensate for property tax freeze

Property tax freeze compensation and tax credits were the main issues of discussion at the annual conference of the Union of New Brunswick Municipalities
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Feds, BC are shifting LNG risks to public purse, report claims

Taxpayers will be on the hook for expansion of LNG fuel infrastructure projects on West Coast as Ottawa and BC weaken commitment to polluter pays principle
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Trump renews push to end quarterly reporting — here’s what that would mean

Accounting Professor Douglas A. Stuart says reporting frequency has been studied for decades; the scientific evidence behind frequency is not cut-and-dried
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Niagara council rejects bid for $40M taxpayer incentive to fund luxury homes

Niagara Regional Council decision to reject a maneuver to avoid defeat of $40 million developer incentive called a victory for taxpayers outside of Welland