Blog – Property Taxpayers Alliance

Property Tax Arrears Rising!!!

Please consider voting this October for municipal councillor and mayoral candidates who support bringing average annual property tax increases down in line with inflation (~ property taxpayer income growth). Vote out those who have supported property tax increases 2 to 3 times the inflation rate year after year. Cities must cut expenses and live within our…
570 News interviews John Waylett about PTA letter to Waterloo Regional Chair Karen Redman

The PTA asks Karen Redman to address the region’s unsustainable year-after-year above-inflation property tax increases. They are contributing to homelessness. Listen at the 46:10 minute mark. https://www.seekyoursounds.com/podcasts/the-mike-farwell-show/the-mike-farwell-show-june-1st-2026m/podcasts/the-mike-farwell-show/the-mike-farwell-show-june-1st-2026
Group calling out local governments for overspending, growing taxes

By Josh Piercey, CityNews Kitchener, Posted Aug 22, 2025 03:01:00 PM Last Updated Aug 22, 2025 04:50:09 PM. The Property Taxpayers Alliance is seeking greater accountability from local governments, which, in their opinion, are overspending and lacking transparency. “Our municipalities don’t have a revenue problem, they have a spending problem,” said John Waylett, founder of the Property Taxpayers Alliance,…
LETTER: Kudos to council for cutting Fashion History Museum funds

CambridgeToday received the following letter about the Fashion History Museum. I am writing on behalf of the Property Taxpayers Alliance to applaud council’s decision to end the misuse of property taxpayer dollars subsidizing the Hespeler Fashion History Museum. The pouring of our hard-earned property tax dollars into sinkholes such as this needs to stop. There is a reason…
Niagara Region Municipal Government Bloat – Residents Can No Longer Afford To Pay

Every year the province publishes sunshine list which mandates companies that receive public funding to release the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of workers who make at least $100,000. In 2024 here in Niagara taxpayers spent over $3 million dollars on CAOs salaries whereas the City of Hamilton spent $280,000. In addition Niagara taxpayers…
Niagara has an astounding 126 councillors and mayors across the region – the cost to local taxpayers is staggering.

https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news/council/528-000-thats-how-much-niagara-falls-city-council-cost-taxpayers-last-year/article_9bfdf8a1-ef5a-50df-bf36-642e35d61f61.html by Allen McKay, Property Taxpayers Alliance Manager Niagara Region Niagara falls city council cost local taxpayers $528,000 in 2024. Welland City Council received a report last week outlining their councilors cost $591,386 for local taxpayers in 2024. Now imagine, across Niagara we have 126 politicians and the costs to the local taxpayer. What is more…
Woolwich Council Incapable of Good Fiscal Management

Letter to the Editor of the Woolwich Observer by Hardy Willms, Conestogo A three-ring circus of incompetence. That’s the only way you can describe Region of Waterloo’s Woolwich Township council after the that last budget process. It’s hard to know where to begin with this group. Firstly, you never, and I mean never, start a fiscal…
The Race to the Bottom, Decisions, and Questions That Need Answers

by Dr. David Jones, Tiny Township We make decisions daily that affect ourselves and our families. Some of our political leaders make decisions that can affect an entire municipality. As the number of people affected rises, so does the responsibility to make the best decision, armed with the best information. Our level of consumption is limited…
Mayors of Niagara’s 3 Largest Cities Endorse Ford

See Article Here This article speaks to Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati, St. Catharines Mayor Mat Siscoe and Welland Mayor Frank Campion supporting the Progressive Conservative leadership race for premier. Some have suggested these mayors are violating ethics rules. During the provincial steering committee meeting in January 2024 the mayors of St. Catharines and Niagara Falls called for governance reform here in…
CambridgeToday received the following letter taking issue with the way numbers are used to determine the Cambridge tax increase.

The Ontario Property Taxpayers Alliance (www.propertytaxpayer) is writing about a City of Cambridge website page called Test Your City Budget Knowledge. It is misleading and should be taken down. It says the approved 2025 operating budget tax levy was 1.28 per cent and that this is below the current two per cent rate of inflation. They’re only telling half…