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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Investment management is a vital professional skill missing from our public sector and municipalities in particular. Similar to the accounting profession, professional investors must complete a globally recognized professional qualification program. The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation should be a minimum requirement given the large size of Municipal balance sheets. This is not the case…

Local group in St. Catharines completes an annual report card on city council actions and decisions. Not very impressive. See below. Al McKay