Comment 29160

By JonC (registered) | Posted February 27, 2009 at 07:58:18

You believe that if we reduce the tax rat to match Oakville/Burlington "at this point, the city will have permanently improved its desirability, precisely because of the better economy, larger private sector and improved quality of our neighbourhoods"

It seems like a trend, but again you're wrong.

To reference back to Oakville & Burlington. They have lousy private sectors.

http://www.oakvillechamber.com/oakville-...

Non-Res as a Percentage of total assessment From 2005/2006 Financial Statements AS AVAILABLE

Assessment Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Oakville 15.35% 15.71% 15.45% 15.31% 14.85% 13.86% 13.84% 13.44% Mississauga 25.9 % --- 26.3 % 24.6 % 24.4 % --- 24.6 % --- Hamilton 29 % 28 % 26 % 25 % 25 % 24 % Vaughan 26 % 25 % 24 % 24 % 24 % Brampton 20 % 21 % 23 % 22 % 21 % Burlington 16.7 % Milton 20 % 25 % Waterloo 24 %

Oakville Chamber of Commerce Sources: Annual Reports for each municipality with data where available

Which probably relates back to them having to levy higher taxes against their citizens than Hamiltonians.

You would think it would be thrilling to be consistently right, but it actually makes me feel sad for you.

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