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TAS said:
I heard that almost a third of our property tax bill goes to province in the way of education taxes that are collected by the city and that this education tax rate has increased significantly but people don't probably recognize that.

I was wondering, for the muncipal taxes collected on business properties, is that soley municipal or do businesses have to pay education tax, too?
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They do. The only properties not paying the "education" tax are those that are exempt for other reasons, like nonprofits and seniors lodges.
 
policyenthusiast said:
They do. The only properties not paying the "education" tax are those that are exempt for other reasons, like nonprofits and seniors lodges.
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Thanks. And a correction to my post above - it's 25% of municipal tax bill went to provincial education taxes this past cycle. So if you have a $4,000 city tax bill, $3,000 actually goes to city for services/operations/capital projects and $1,000 goes to province (and of course we also pay provincial taxes in addition to this from our income). UCP has already stated education portion will be increasing next year.
 
TAS said:
Thanks. And a correction to my post above - it's 25% of municipal tax bill went to provincial education taxes this past cycle. So if you have a $4,000 city tax bill, $3,000 actually goes to city for services/operations/capital projects and $1,000 goes to province (and of course we also pay provincial taxes in addition to this from our income). UCP has already stated education portion will be increasing next year.
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Unsurprising. The GoA is blowing their own horn about "lowering income taxes" in the province, but the savings are immediately offset by this years' provincial tax increases. Nothing changed, the Province just started making municipalities collect a larger share of their taxes.
 
kcantor said:
I can also remember many parties making contributions to more than one individual in a campaign - and often for every individual campaigning that wasn't an outright wing nut
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Richard Lam doesn't seem to even draw the line at outright wing nut.

It's not even pocket change I'm sure, and this is only one example, but the lack of any discernment by much of "the business community" in supporting candidates is disheartening to say the least.
 
There is a lot of discussion here about municipal and other issues that people feel strongly about. Former Mayor Mandel doesn't mince his words on them either starting at 42:30.

 
Wow, I didn't see this coming.

"Jennifer Rice has received more than $75,000 in campaign support from donations and fundraisers, far more than any other incumbent on council seeking reelection. In the campaign disclosures that were made public last weekend, she’s raised more money than mayoral candidates Rahim Jaffer, Andrew Knack and Michael Walters."

“This is a clear message that the people support me,” Rice said Monday.

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'People see me as a human being, not a politician': Jennifer Rice raises more funds than any other current councillor - Yahoo News Canada

She has been the subject of controversy over the past four years, but says she's popular 'because I represent the people'
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You want a good laugh...

Go look at Paul Brake's twitter profile. He's running for City Council. Yikes is all I have to say.
 
Reading up on Sipiwiyiniwak candidates:

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