Category: Waterloo Region
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Over-spending by Waterloo Region Governments ‘root cause’ for excessive 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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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…
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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…
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Waterloo Region Tax Hikes A Slap To The Face
Council spent weeks struggling to bring down the regional tax levy and failed to even meet their high target of an 8 per cent tax increase. Council have spent weeks and weeks struggling to bring down the regional tax levy. The best they can do is a 9.48 per cent tax bill increase for 2025?…
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An Anonymous Letter To the Property Taxpayers Alliance from a long time Cambridge Resident – very sad
“I became too frustrated here in Cambridge and have sold our home to move my family outside of the Waterloo region. It was the crime, addiction, encampments, overspending and property tax hikes that drove us out of Cambridge. Our numerous requests for Ward 4 Councillor Ross Earnshaw to hold a community discussion meeting for his…