Expanding the car share program citywide is a great step forward to a more affordable city, with less congestion, healthier residents, and a city that is fairer and more sustainable. It is also a great step towards making permit parking fairly accessible to everyone in Toronto. Help expand car share across Toronto - send an email in just a few clicks to City Council!
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Cumulative Property Tax Increases
Toronto must get out of the financial hole we've dug ourselves into.
While there's a lot of attention on this year's proposed 10.5% property tax increase, it's possible this could have been mitigated with a modest increase to past years' property tax decisions. One big bite now versus several smaller bites in the past, if you will.
Some very rough analysis below to get a sense of some different paths since Toronto's amalgamation in 1998 that could have led to the same cumulative property tax increase as we are facing today:
