Category: News
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Number of St. Catharines properties in tax arrears soars under current council
Check out this article addressing the growing number of property owners in arrears as property taxes rise at multiples of inflation year after year. http://www.thepointer.com/article/2025-04-30/number-of-st-catharines-properties-in-tax-arrears-soars-under-current-council
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Homeowners being ‘crushed’ by ever increasing property taxes
CambridgeToday received the following letter about city spending. Hespeler reader criticizes what he sees as unnecessary infrastructure upgrades and calls for greater transparency in how public money is spent The Property Taxpayers Alliance (staging1.propertytaxpayer.ca) is not surprised to see how many times Coun. Scott Hamilton is quoted these days in articles about the need for…
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Ontario Landlords Watch interviews John Waylett of the Property Taxpayers Alliance 5:00 minute mark
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Over-spending by Waterloo Region Governments is ‘root cause’ for excessive property taxation
Waterloo Region homeowners are being crushed by year-after-year above inflation property tax increases. I read councillor Craig’s article in CambridgeToday, providing three main reasons for excessive taxation in the Waterloo Region. He blamed everyone but the root cause – municipal government excessive spending. Saying the Region is underfunded by the province is highly questionable. The…
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Municipalities should be focused on efficiency
Posted August 14, 2025 in the Waterloo Record I’m writing on behalf of the Property Taxpayers Alliance, regarding municipalities that want the right to raise even more money using local income taxation, not just property taxation. This move would add to the decline in Canadian productivity and our standards of living. Rather than spending more,…
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Cambridge budget survey called biased by taxpayers group
‘For a survey to have any meaning whatsoever, and have statistical significance, it must be conducted independently, ask relevant questions, and provide context,’ says a CambridgeToday.ca reader’. I am writing on behalf of the Property Taxpayers Alliance regarding the recent City of Cambridge request for budget feedback about how you want them to spend your…