Municipal

Business

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
Business

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
Business

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
Business

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
Provincial

Ford’s speed camera cut could cost taxpayers up to $140K next year

Niagara-on-the-Lake says taxpayers may have to make up the difference in revenue loss through increased property taxes due to Doug Ford speed camera ban.
Municipal

Municipalities across Ontario warn of property tax increases due to Doug Ford's speed camera ban

Like his expensive policing contract, Doug Ford’s decision to ban speed cameras will cause property taxes to increase, say municipalities across Ontario
Municipal

$100K in revenue at stake for NOTL if Ford scraps speed cameras, mayor says

Property taxes will rise in Niagara-on-the-Lake and other cities across Ontario due Premier Doug Ford's plan to scrap automated speed cameras next month
Provincial

New Brunswick: First Nations, province reach historic tax deals

The Holt Liberal government is set to restore tax-sharing agreements with First Nations that were cancelled by the previous Conservative government in NB
Business

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
Business

Alberta: Unpaid taxes leave municipal districts in financial pickle

In Alberta, municipalities can no longer pay for joint healthcare and social services, because Smith government lets oil and gas companies off the tax hook
Business

New Brunswick: 'Change is needed' – Consultations begin on province's high property taxes

The new Liberal provincial government has frozen property taxes as it follows through with a campaign promise of tax reform currently in the discovery phase
Business

Patrick Brown’s $180M transportation funding gap just the beginning of pain for Brampton taxpayers

Critics say the property tax base — Brampton homeowners — will eventually be forced to cover substantial deficits as a result of budget and tax freezes