Unsound said "A near 12% tax increase, one year after a near 10% increase. Ridiculous. And their excuse is to blame the mistakes of the last city councilors. Seriously?
Guess who was sitting in those city councillor seats? Thaaaat's right, most of these people, including the mayor. Try again with your excuses and do better for us. "
I share your frustration. It's unfortunate that the increases in the past weren't larger, so the increments were smaller tonet us where we need to be revenue-wise.
As tempting as it is to vote for politicians who promise to keep taxes low, the reality is that costs will never stop going up, and revenue needs to keep pace. We haven't done that as a city (neither did Winnipeg, which is facing a similarly large increase). Remember this lesson when you vote next time and someone promises to not raise taxes.
In a related note, the Public Utilities Board is imposing an increase to insurance rates almost double what MPI proposed, the reasoning that MPI's own actuaries say they need a bigger increase than what was ultimately proposed. Good on them. Sucks to pay more, but good that someone is listening to the actual bean counters.
Edited by Abbysmum, 2025-01-11 19:37:03