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Respect Taxpayers. Lower the Burden. Improve Toronto.
Toronto taxpayers deserve value for their money.
Let's focus on delivering essential services, protecting affordability, and holding government accountable.
Eliminate the Municipal Land Transfer Tax
Toronto is competing with other GTHA municipalities for business investment and industrious, successful, high-income households.
In 2008, the City of Toronto implemented a Municipal Land Transfer Tax. No other Ontario municipality imposes a municipal land transfer tax on top of the provincial land transfer tax. Toronto's municipal land transfer tax rates on residential properties over $3-million are significantly higher than the provincial land transfer tax rates and go as high as 8.6% of sale price.
Toronto's mission to attack businesses has succeeded in driving out those enterprises that pay top wages - the prerequisite to housing and food.
Toronto's mission to attack high-income households purchasing high-value assessed property is, again, destroying the economy. Those who have money to spend are essential contributors to the city's economy and the jobs it provides.
It's not the City's job to play Robin Hood or servant to the pickpocketing gangs.
Freeze Property Taxes & Utility Rates
Homeowners don't have sufficient funds to maintain their property in a state of good repair.
Photo: Stella Kargiannakis
Photo: Stella Kargiannakis
Guardrail on stairs does not comply with Building Code.
Consider Implementing a Litterbug Tax
On all take-out food wrapping (foil, waxed, etc.), containers, bags, hot and cold beverage containers, candy wrappers, and any other wrapping and container that is frequently found among litter.
I would allow one year for behavioral change, with a campaign, in schools & restaurants, to discourage littering.
If people continue to litter, a litterbug tax will be implemented.
The consumers will have a choice. Change your behaviour or pay the price.
SIGN: S. KARGIANNAKIS
Photo: Trash along Eglinton Ave. E. | Stella Kargiannakis
Photo: Litter around bus shelter Victoria Park Ave. | Stella Kargiannakis
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