Ensemble in another goofy issue
Ensemble has a list, I’m sure of it. They have a list of issues which they will bring up, one per week, to stay in the public eye, and if they can make Projet look bad, it’s all good. Never mind that the idea of protecting seniors from tax increases is not something any sitting government would engage to do – they’re not interested in practical management or helping find real solutions to city problems. Valérie Plante is trying to run the city, and Ensemble is playing cat and mouse games with her.
SMD 10:08 on 2019-09-11 Permalink
This policy makes sense to me, in broad terms. As the article notes, several other provinces and municipalities have implemented similar deferments of increases to property taxes, at least for those seniors on a low, fixed income. It can help seniors stay in their long-term neighbourhoods, and when they do sell their home (and profit from its increased property value) the City recoups its deferred taxes.
Interesting to note that the opposition didn’t come up with it themselves, though, but borrowed it from the non-partisan group Montréal pour tous.