Are Our Taxes Too Low? BLUESKY
The Bulldog post Promises, Promises, Your Worship has prompted an exchange of views on social media.
This from Bluesky:
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Roch Bourassa:
#ottawa #ottpoli needs to get away from rampant low-tax increase politicians who seem to have taken over since post-amalgamation.
That political mindset is in dire need of change. It’s long past its best-before date!
Will 2026 muni elxn show if ottawa is ready to invest 0r keep using band-aids?
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Paul:
Generally speaking, inside the greenbelt wants to see significant changes in how this city is run
Outside the greenbelt always seems to be a different story
Perhaps because the entropic breakdown in infrastructure has not yet paid visits to their new-ish streets, sidewalks and community facilities
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Why did what I pay the city increase by 12% from June to July? Levies are being loaded up to hide backdoor tax increases
My neighbour noticed her annual tax and levy bill went up $600 per year, 12% too
Take a really good look at your tax bill. It’s shocking
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Backdoor tax increases have been happening ever since the city began carving off municipal services as stand alone items on tax bills.
Only now are residents starting to see what has been going on post-amalgamation.
Taxes were never increased by 2% or 2.5% or …
The City has a $10.2 billion funding gap to maintain its infrastructure & facilities in good repair. Sutcliffe’s low tax approach does not address this. Not a responsible approach to government.
Alex, in Kanata the city is building new sidewalks across the street from sidewalks that are too dangerous to walk on. My friend has MS and has a hand bike, but he can’t use the sidewalks, he has to go on the road!
The new sidewalks are being installed to harmonize the City of Ottawa pre-amalgamation policies with the other parts of Ottawa. Rather than change the policy and put that money into renewing sidewalks, they are letting the sidewalks deteriorate, even the new ones. Remember that 12 % increase in taxes and levies also increases rents. It’s financially devastating those who cannot afford these massive tax increases. They brought on 200 new employees last year and another 150 before that. This year is also tracking for another 200. That’s nearly 50 million dollars alone in salary not including the projects associated with those salaries. No Alex, they don’t have a taxation issue, they have a spending problem and they need to reduce dramatically