EddyMCD
Active Member
Two things I would love to see Chow do, though both are very big asks.
1. Cancel the Gardiner east project. This will apply maximum pressure on DoFo and hopefully force the province to take on maintenance of the two main highways. At a bare minimum it could lead to a re-negotiation where the Province takes on some percentage of the burden.
2. Raise property taxes on SFHs more than on condos. The time of owning a cheap freehold property in the 416 is over, this privilege should no longer exist. The City could raise taxes on all freeholds, or anything within 1 km of a subway line, or use some other creative method. But either way, it costs more money service freehold properties than it does condos, and current tax rates do not reflect this. The MPAC assessments the City uses for taxes are also more favorable to SFHs, this needs to end.
I would be happy to see either of these ideas considered, but I'm not hopeful.
I also think Chow will have a much easier time negotiating more money with the Feds where Tory previously failed, such as for the Covid relief budget overruns.
1. Cancel the Gardiner east project. This will apply maximum pressure on DoFo and hopefully force the province to take on maintenance of the two main highways. At a bare minimum it could lead to a re-negotiation where the Province takes on some percentage of the burden.
2. Raise property taxes on SFHs more than on condos. The time of owning a cheap freehold property in the 416 is over, this privilege should no longer exist. The City could raise taxes on all freeholds, or anything within 1 km of a subway line, or use some other creative method. But either way, it costs more money service freehold properties than it does condos, and current tax rates do not reflect this. The MPAC assessments the City uses for taxes are also more favorable to SFHs, this needs to end.
I would be happy to see either of these ideas considered, but I'm not hopeful.
I also think Chow will have a much easier time negotiating more money with the Feds where Tory previously failed, such as for the Covid relief budget overruns.
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